In past articles in which your participation was not only requested but also helpful and humorous, I did not give the answers to questions which I have posed to you; so this article contains the answers to past articles — Part 41 — along with links to the aforementioned articles…
Answers to Past Articles — Part 41: Complimentary Breakfast Elite Status Reservation Issues
…and the links are embedded in the titles of each section as well as within the sections themselves; so please click on the links in each section to take you to the original article.
The Favorite Answer will usually be the correct answer by a reader of The Gate With Brian Cohen — along with a Favorite Comment from the same article which I found to be funny or informative.
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 201
When will the good people at the American Association of Retired Persons — which is more popularly known by its acronym of AARP — learm to spell simple words correctly?
An orange pylon was placed there to apparently warn everyone else of the serious danger here.
Favorite answer by gary rind: “I try to learm something new every day and today would be one of those days that I’ve learmed something new!”
Favorite comment by Jim F.: “Hmmm…AARP hasn’t been referred to as the ‘American Association of Retired Persons’ since 1999 and (800) 315-0334 is not the published toll-free number for IHG Hotels & Resorts. I certainly didn’t call the number because I was afraid what I might learm.”
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 202
If a sign states that the breakfast is compilmentary at one particular Fairfield Inn hotel property and not complimentary, does that mean that the breakfast is not guaranteed to be included in the room rate at no extra charge?
Once again, an erroneous sign was actually created, paid for, and approved by at least one person as another example of quality control at its best.
Favorite answer by @travelblawg: “My first thoughts…
“1. Misspelled Complimentary.
“2. Every Day should be two words, otherwise it means it’s a ‘common’ or ‘ordinary’ breakfast. (Which is likely true nevertheless)
“3. Braille only used for part of sign.
“4. Put Breakfast Area in top spot as most common directional inquiry. Follow with left arrow items, then right arrow items last.
“5. ‘Guest’ isn’t necessary.
“6. Inconsistent capitalization.”
Favorite comment by Jerrix: “Did you compilment them on their spelling?”
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 203
I suppose that someone at Priceline felt the need to reiterate that this booking is non-refundable after 9:00 in the evening on April 26, 2023 as well as April 25, 2023. What about any other day after April 26, 2023 — such as April 25, 2024, which will be in three days? Is this booking still non-refundable after 9:00 in the evening?
Favorite answer by rmah: “you either have 59 seconds or 24 hours and 59 seconds. to be safe, cool off the hot minute and un-book and cook!”
Favorite comment by Jim F.: “What are one’s options for the 60 seconds between April 25, 2023 @ 8:59pm and April 25, 2023 @ 9:00pm (or the 24 hours and 60 seconds between April 25, 2023 @ 8:59pm and April 26 @ 9:00pm) — and why have 2 non-refundability deadlines, anyway? Perhaps that is when you enter (cue the music) ‘The Twilight Zone.’”
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 204
Here we go again with the complimentary breakfast sign — this time, at a Holiday Inn Express & Suites hotel property. However, I suspect that someone with a tactile dysfunction could not resist peeling off the letter H in HOURS and the number in the time at which the complimentary breakfast ends.
Favorite answer by T: “What the ell is going on. Looks like someone needs to buy a letter and a number.”
Favorite comment by DaninMCI: “What is actually wrong is that most HIX have gone to breakfast starting at 6:30 am or 7 am which doesn’t work for many business travelers so apparently this property didn’t get the memo on that.”
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 205
Either the person who wrote the text shown above suffers from such a severe stuttering issue that it extends from oral speech to the written word; this is the The Georgetown Inn and not just any old The Georgetown Inn; or three locations of this hotel property exist: The Georgetown Inn, The The Georgetown Inn, and The The The Georgetown Inn.
That last sentence was not intended to poke fun at people who stutter; but rather poke fun at the text.
Favorite answer and comment by the derek: “The message is likely pre-written with a provision to add the name of the hotel in bold. The problem becomes when ‘The’ is part of the hotel’s name. Without accounting for this, the sentence becomes a a stutter stutter.
“Disclaimer. These comments are not intended to make fun of person that happens to have a stutter. There are strategies to address stuttering.
“A better phrase would have been ‘A reservation is being held for you at _____’. The ___ works for both ‘The Georgetown Hotel’ and ‘Georgetown Hotel’.”
Access to Past Articles in the What is Wrong With This Photograph? Series
You can refer to this definitive list of past articles of the What is Wrong With This Photograph? series of articles — which also includes articles which reveal the answers — and that list will be continuously updated as additional articles are written and posted here at The Gate With Brian Cohen. This is to ensure that future articles in this series are not encumbered with a long list of links — especially when viewing and reading them from a portable electronic device.
Your constructive input as a reader of The Gate With Brian Cohen is always appreciated.
Final Boarding Call
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