I currently live in a luxury hotel (as they describe themselves) for $400 a night. It must be said, I barely found a hotel – everything was sold out. It all started with the fact that there was no hot water in the room. They gave me a new room, which also did not have hot water. But in this new room, a plumber came and whacked the faucet, causing it to turn even more, and then the warm water started flowing. Well, good, now I know how to bang it. But I spent almost half an hour searching for this second room, wandering the corridors and following signs that lead nowhere. When I told the receptionist that only ghosts could improve my mood from the lack of hot water and the forced move, the lady at the reception smiled cunningly and said that anything can happen. And after that, I spent half an hour looking for the room.
Imagine, you are given room 446. You exit the elevator. There you see signs
“to the right 438-456”
“to the right 466-476”
“to the right odd rooms”
“to the left 400-432”
“to the left 478”
You follow the corridor and at the very end of it
“to the right 439-487”
“straight 429-437”
“back 427-401”
Ok, I have 446, so to the right. There’s a door
“straight 439-477”
Hm. Ten rooms just lost by turning towards the door. Well, alright, my 446 is somewhere here.
You enter, and it’s not there. There’s 445 and 447.
It turned out that as I walked from the elevator following the arrow “to the right 438-456”, it wasn’t in vain it said “to the right – odd”. But then where are the even ones? Also to the right! Just not mentioned. The even numbers are behind one of the doors marked “to the right – odd”. You have to walk about ten meters and see on the right side of the corridor a blind door of the same style as the wall with a “exit” sign and numbers 438-454. So the even numbers are behind this door, but how would you know? And what if you have 445? Well good, we go through the door. But there’s nothing there.
Absolutely nothing, just stairs to the fifth and third floors. But there’s also an unmarked door. And behind this door, hurray, even numbers.
Whoever navigated this needs to be beaten with whips. The fact that the hotel is 132 years old does not excuse it)
Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev. 