Love Motels...
That's what they call them anyway. I have long held the idea that it would be far more accurate to call them "Drunk Sex Motels." My Korean friend protested, "But that's not romantic at all!" Riiiiiight....like drunk sex is romantic? I wouldn't know...I've never had it...and once again I've strayed from the point.
The point is that I am currently at a love motel. ALONE (for the record). And also not drunk. My plan all along this week was to rent a hotel room so I could pamper myself with a nice long bath. I've not had a bathtub since I left the States, and so my last bath was well over a year ago. As of yesterday, I've been in Korea a year and...well dang it, I deserve to be able to take a bath. However, the options were: spend almost 100 US dollars to rent a non-slutty hotel room just for the bathtub....or spend considerably less and go to a love motel. I had a Korean friend find it for me...it's definitely an upscale love motel...but a love motel nonetheless. It's seriously high tech and disturbing, to be honest. You have to put the plastic key chain in this little cubby thingy, which I thought at first was just a key rack, but it activates everything in the room (lights, electricity, etc.). And for a place people come to have drunk sex, it's remarkably classy. For the record, I will be scrubbing down all surfaces in the bathroom before I touch them (that's the OCD coming out) and will NOT be sleeping on their pillows. *shudder*
I am also not going to waste any more time typing when I could be turning into the giant raisin I plan on being tomorrow when I return to my apartment. On that note...ta ta.
you should probably watch out for the bedspread as well. most likely hasn't been changed in a while. even in nice places that's usually the case.
Posted by
Christie |
4:55 AM
^ Wisely, they don't have bedspreads here. Just sheets. Little weird, but probably much cleaner. Thanks for the warning though. :)
Posted by
Teresa |
5:02 AM
you should have brought a black-light. i work in a very nice hotel and you would be amazed at what you can find in a room with a black light. it's somewhat disturbing. what's interesting is to watch the "escorts" (cough, cough) who come in to "befriend" our wealthy guests. it's a fascinating parade of people.
Posted by
Micah Fries |
9:27 PM
i say this with as much compassion and gladness that you're getting a bath, but that's one of the funniest things i've read! i can barely take a shower in a hotel without wanting to wear a pair of flip flops...but, a baths a bath, and if it's worth it, well daggoneit, get a bottle of 409 and prune away!
Posted by
ryang |
3:25 PM
^i feel ya on the flip flops, a must have in a hotel shower.
^^she's trying to have a little comfort, so i doubt she'll want to pack the blacklight. i mean afterall, she said she hasn't bathed in over a year!
love motels=kimchi
Posted by
Michael Rogers |
2:53 AM
^^^^ Blacklight....I shudder to think about what I would see with one.
^^^ I cleaned the tub before I bathed, I promise.
^^ Hardee har har...I was waiting for someone to make the joke though. Couldn't have come from a better person, if you ask me. :)
Posted by
Teresa |
1:10 AM