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A LOUSY HOTEL Son went to his hotel room after a delicious lunch When he opened the door there was a loud crunch There were huge cockroaches crawling over the floor He grabbed his bags and ran straight out of the door This cockroach infestation was his objection He headed downstairs to the hotel reception and obtained a keycard to a different room It would be cockroach free (he did assume) Alas, cockroaches were rampant in room #3 All the rooms were dirty it was clear to see He changed hotels for an exorbitant fee But the new hotel it was cockroach free! Based on my son’s recent experience in Taiwan... he was actually shown 4 rooms but sadly each was infested so he got a refund and got a new hotel at very short notice - it cost him a fortune £100.. but it was clean! 10/6/18

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Lindsay Laurie

Date: 10/14/2018 6:52:00 PM

G'day Jan … I wonder if they were putting the same cockroaches in every room and then sharing the extra 100 quid. Arthur Daley wasn't the manager was he - thanks Jan - Lindsay

Jan Allison
Date: 10/15/2018 2:47:00 AM

lol Lindsay, maybe they were in league lol:-) hugs jan xx

Gershon Wolf

Date: 10/9/2018 10:40:00 AM

Quite a romp of a write --- for everyone but your son. Gotta feel for his plight! … And how about that title, Jan?! -- Perfect!! Best always, Gershon

Jan Allison
Date: 10/15/2018 2:47:00 AM

I couldn't resist the title GW I think its often as important as the actual body of the poem:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 10/8/2018 4:22:00 AM

- ... they may call it for the luxury hotel ... but, I did not want to share rooms with cockroaches :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jan Allison
Date: 10/15/2018 2:46:00 AM

lol Anne-lise:-) hugs jan xx

Arthur Vaso

Date: 10/7/2018 3:37:00 AM

Well 1 Pound a cockroach seems a pretty good deal to me!!!! LOL

Jan Allison
Date: 10/7/2018 4:46:00 AM

ha ha ha:-) hugs Jan xx

Alexis Y.

Date: 10/6/2018 6:45:00 PM

Hi Jan, You managed to craft a good write out a horrible situation. It's good your son was a get another hotel. All of a sudden I an have urge to scratch lol! -Alexis:-)

Jan Allison
Date: 10/7/2018 4:46:00 AM

I was itching when he told me - yeuk they look vile:-) hugs jan xx

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 10/6/2018 6:25:00 PM

How terrible Jan. I can't abide them either. I knew there was a poem in your son's experience. Teehee. I enjoyed! : )

Jan Allison
Date: 10/7/2018 4:45:00 AM

I wrote the basis of the poem last week after he told me of his experience but only finished it yesterday:-) hugs jan xx

Gordon Mcconnell

Date: 10/6/2018 3:54:00 PM

Good write Jan, very well penned indeed. Not something one would want to go through, but at least your son got a new hotel. Blessings,Gordon

Jan Allison
Date: 10/7/2018 4:44:00 AM

He got a new hotel last minute at great cost but good for him for moving out!:-) hugs Jan xx

Rico Leffanta

Date: 10/6/2018 2:06:00 PM

Government must encourage people to eat insects! There is a plethora of cockroaches, flies, ants, mosquitoes, etc. which proliferate simply because we don't eat them. Your son could have saved £100 and more by feasting on all those cockroaches filled with protein! Let the banquet begin! Aloha! Rico

Jan Allison
Date: 10/7/2018 4:44:00 AM

ha ha ha i do wonder what delicacies he has eaten, I have told him he's not getting rooster testicles when he comes home they are not on MY menu!:-) hugs jan xx

Constance La France

Date: 10/6/2018 10:45:00 AM

Jan, well written, oh that is so creepy, all those bugs crawling around. I had a similar experience in a cheap Florida motel one time. It was cockroach season apparently, they were crawling everywhere on trees, on the ground and of course in the rooms and people seemed to think nothing of it ~

Jan Allison
Date: 10/7/2018 4:43:00 AM

I've never seen one, never want to!!!:-) hugs jan xx