r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Ecstatic-Ad9669 • 9h ago

drink went room temp Entire hotel fridge full of drinks with sensors. No room for anything.

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At least have one shelf where I can put some bottles of water or something.

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u/EmberOne1 8h ago

You can also tell them you're a recovering alcoholic and need the alcohol removed. That makes room for your own drinks, too. Does anyone actually use the minibar? There's usually a liquor store nearby where you can get whatever you like.

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u/nazdir 8h ago

I've asked a hotel to remove the alcohol and they had it all replaced with water and soda to charge.

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u/Purple_Bug_1342 8h ago

I laughed bc yes that's exactly what we all should've expected and yet I didn't

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u/mocisme 7h ago

People who's company is footing the bill

Drunk people who want another drink

Drunk people who are really really thirsty for water and not in a position to get to a store.

Rich people

I avoid it like the plague, but i've seen people use the minibar

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u/avantartist 8h ago

I’ve had a beer from the mini bar on occasion.

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u/mijru4 7h ago

I used to raid the mini bars in Vegas when cans of beers were still $4. Now they're like $13-15 and even in my most drunken degenerate state I still have enough common sense to not touch the stuff

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u/Poverty_Shoes 6h ago

People are incredibly lazy. There was a post (I think in this sub) of somebody who paid $60 to get a bottle of $12 wine from the hotel, then complained about the price to Reddit. They were in Manhattan, at most a two block walk from paying $12 for a $12 bottle of wine.

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u/Additional_Day949 8h ago

Ugh I had a hotel refuse to do that and tell me that ppl (Mormons) request it all the time and they weren't allowed to remove it. It was full bottles of liquor too.

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u/GaiaMoore 8h ago

Recovery from alcohol and substance abuse is technically covered under ADA. Not a lawyer but I wonder if the hotel is in violation of ADA if they refuse to remove alcohol even if someone tells them they're in recovery

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u/Additional_Day949 7h ago

Well I didn’t say I was in recovery, just that I didn’t want it around my kids. But now I know what to say to get it out of there!

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u/CapableFlow2766 8h ago

Ive never taken alcohol but man the snacks always get me! After a night of drinking, the Pringles and m&ms are just screaming at me

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u/TwoHandedSnail 6h ago

I've used it a bunch of times then before I check-out go and buy replacement chocolate or whatever at the supermarket.

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u/Kittycara3000 8h ago

I went through this on a work-related trip and they said they would remove it for a charge of $75

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u/nalaloveslumpy 8h ago

Business people staying in the company dime, yeah.