LMAO
On 06/giu/05, at 22:46, bobgir2004 wrote:
I've always been struck by the fact that in Europe, the land of
high
taxes and "socialist" entitlements such as universal "free" health
care,
relatively inexpensive (as compared to the U.S.) university-level
education,
etc., many of things that are genuinely "free" in the U.S., such as
free
internet access at libraries, some coffee houses, etc., are strictly
pay-as-you-go.
My favorite pet peeve is, in all but the biggest international
hotels in
major cities, the refusal to turn on the air conditioning or heat
until a
set date. Weather unseasonably cold? Too bad: you have to wait
for the
"official" beginning of winter before the heating system gets
turned on.
The other one is those timer switches on hallway lights that
light your
way to your hotel room only if you sprint all the way. Try
walking, and
you'll do the last 30 seconds in the total dark, feeling your way
along the
wall to what you hope is your door.
Roberto
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