VissFeb 20, 2023
know whats weird?
continental breakfasts.
before the plague, I used to travel about once every 6 weeks for conferencing. phobos doesnt have sales or marketing people, so to get the word out its me going to conferences and presenting. I'd find hotels with 'breakfast available' but it was always pretty lame. cheapest possible stuff, left out, stale. bleh.
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but i've been lucky enough to speak at cons in the uk and europe, and every time i go across the pond for work and the con pays for the hotel, i end up in a hotel that comes with breakfast and its ALWAYS GLORIOUS. it makes me wonder why hotels in the states dont seem to give a shit about food quality or the enjoyment of their customers. It's not like it was 3 star michellin breakfast - but it was food that 'someone cared just enough about'. which i guess is something the US doesn't do at all.
Feb 20, 2023 at 7:41pmWeb
Show threadAndrew Ulysses BakerFeb 20, 2023
@Viss They do not care, because they can call cold bagels and a miniature box of froot loops "continental", and we do not even ask questions, like "which continent?" and "do they eat on this continent?"
Show threadVissFeb 20, 2023
@failrate sigh. how disappointing.
Show threadGary BlosserFeb 20, 2023
@Viss Yeah, the main reason I usually order in a pizza the first night at a US hotel...so I have cold pizza breakfasts available when I cannot get something better elsewhere. 😅​
Show threadVissFeb 20, 2023
@zombie042 this sounds like a great idea :D - though i wager depending on where you end up it becomes a bit of a gamble
Show threadSpike Feb 20, 2023
@Viss not only that, but a HUGE selection of breakfast stuff. Not merely a few cold rolls and a steam tray of sloppy wet "scrambled eggs" from a carton.
Show threadWowSuchCyberFeb 20, 2023
@Viss if you ever stop in a Van Der Valk hotel in the EU, reserve special time to enjoy the breakfast, it's one of the best I've had. They often host superchargers so when on the road for the holidays I try to time stops with the breakfast, so good.
Show threadCallalilyFeb 21, 2023
@Viss
US hotels breakfasts are awful.