Giving out my personal details to Neal taught me a valuable lesson.
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To return to the OP topic :
I stayed again at the Tarntawan :
Room the same
Breakfast, the same but not 24/24
Less staff, what do you expect of a new owner who has to reduce costs
But I knew all the staff except the young receptionist, clearly inexperienced.
Same warm friendly feeling, which makes us forget the shortcomings of the plumbing.
Left early, 06.00 am, efficient cashier, the lift man doubles up as porter, the hotel limo as usual to the Airport. Same price.
Customers : one family with children, just as last year and many older gentlemen some of them with younger friends.
I have stayed 3 to 6 times a year for the last 8 years, and if there had not been all this buzz, I would hardly have noticed the change, apart from thinking that there had been a reduction of the costs i.e. staff.
Thanks....and its occupancy?
As much as you can judge, people have different time tables, it looked the same. Breakfast busy around 9.00 am. I have never met many people in the lobby. For me, despite the known shortcomings, it's still a very good option in Surawong/Silom.
OMFG - How is the hand dryer in the Gent's toilet?
Is it blowing with just as much force as before or have they cut back on air velocity?
Could somebody post a pic of it please as it's causing me sleepless nights.
Also, "Hoppy" the one legged midget waiter with the lazy eye and the hare lip - is he still the same height or has he grown or shrunk?
Is he still getting ridden like a (very unsteady) pony by a short fat farang with millions of air miles?
"Hoppy" did a runner with some total weirdo from Amsterdam.They have both been barred permanently by the new management.
It was also something to do with using sex aids in the downstairs gents but they won't talk about that part of it anymore.
Well if one-legged Hoppy did a runner he wont be hard to find - he can only go round in circles.
Meanwhile I'm still stressed out as there has been no news of the Tarntawan for 12 hours now:
Are the plants outside still being watered regularly?
Has the frequency of watering increased or decreased.
Is the reception staff doubling up as gardeners to do the watering?
Does the rose on the watering can have the same number of holes as before?
Scottish: Funny stuff and breathing new life into a tired thread. However you're not quite on the money here. Will Smith when talking about Men in Black II said that what audiences want is the same movie as Men in black but different. And he's right. The same applies to the holidays we all have in Thailand. We want exactly the same holiday we had last time, but different. Therefore changes in a hotel, however ridiculous they may seem acquire a greater importance than perhaps they should. Also, it is high season and some/many of the members here will be packing their viagra and multiple medications and heading off to fuck themselves into an early grave you-know-where. So they will discuss any topic that is related to Thailand until it is many pages past it's point of interest. Geddit.
I don't get 178 replies - an Hotel has changed hands - big fucking deal.
Either go and see how it is now or go elsewhere - it's kinda simple really.