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> I asked Erik if the room needed to be cleaned [...] And he said it wasn't needing special cleaning so he offered me $250 Well that sort of says everything we
by rdtsc 1y ago
> I asked Erik if the room needed to be cleaned [...] And he said it wasn't needing special cleaning so he offered me $250
Well that sort of says everything we'd want to know. They charged the customer $500, like they'll need to tear up the room and bring in a large team to clean everything. But they never bothered with that because they know it's a scam, and the company selling these knows exactly how their customers will use these.
Unsurprisingly, the customers just love this new technology and can't get enough of it:
(review from https://www.restsensor.com https://www.restsensor.com)
> "Rest’s in-room smoking detection service has helped us capture a lucrative ancillary revenue stream while also improving our guest experience." Kirsten Snyder, Asset Manager, Woodbine
- madaxe_again 1y agoWait, woodbine? A hotel literally owned by/named after a cigarette brand? You literally couldn’t make this up.
- clort 1y agoLargely a property development company, named after a geological feature "Woodbine Sand", in Texas [1] https://woodbinedevelopment.com/woodbinedevelopment.com/our-story https://woodbinedevelopment.com/woodbinedevelopment.com/our-...
- userbinator 1y agoWhile we're on that topic of "things that aren't actually named after cigarettes": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlboro_(disambiguation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlboro_(disambiguation)
- southernplaces7 1y ago>> "Rest’s in-room smoking detection service has helped us capture a lucrative ancillary revenue stream while also improving our guest experience." Kirsten Snyder, Asset Manager, Woodbine At least this chain mentions using lubrication while shafting its customers.