Stains at the Crowne Plaza

If these are the towels..? What about the linen and carpet?

Sent from my dUmb iPad! and using its duMb caMera,  I have now noticed that I can’t see the stain clearly.  If we’re using Cartesian coordinates using inches as the measuring unit…the stain is at (+5, +3).

This is not the first time I have found stained towels or linen at a hotel.  Normally I call down to the front desk to have the dirty items removed, but this time I wasn’t in the mood to call them.  I was about to dry myself after taking a comfortable shower early in the morning in Phoenix, AZ.  when I noticed the soiled towel.

Oh,  by the way, just in case you have not been awake and aware of the changes and challenges this state is facing with illegal immigrants—Arizona is the state with that sheriff named Arapaai.  Joe Arpaio is the sheriff who believes prisoners  should work to pay for their stay in his jails.

This is the state that will be challenged by the United States government in relation to the right of the states to circumvent or ignore federal laws.  This is the state where children who were brought illegally  to the United States of America are beginning to be arrested by the police who now think they work as Immigration and Naturalization Agents.

O.K., I’m digressing about the soiled items.  These were the other items that were not up to standard at this mediocre chain.

Light bulb missing in tall lamp.  Hair on phone handset.  Public hairs on floor. Stains on the floor of the bathroom, which I cleaned using one of the clean hand towels.  Dirty carpet,  lounge chair and remote control.  Crumbs in the crevices of the lounge chair.  Windows that never seem to be cleaned at any hotel.  Locks that don’t lock.  Clogged up drains in tub and sink.  Noisy guests…  most seem to be oblivious to the fact that some have to sleep early and others are just too drunk and noisy to care about anyone else.  Ice machines that are exposed to the halls.  You can hear the constant noise of ice dropping.  Noisy elevators.  What is the need to have it ring when the door opens?  Can’t the people see the door open?

Why do I stay at this hotel chain?  The company pays for it and I will not be reimbursed if I chose a better one.  So… I tolerate the dirty conditions, shake my head in frustration and give up that one day I’ll find a room that is completely up to standard.

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Immigration…the illegal kind. by caliblue.wordpress.com

http://caliblue.wordpress.com/political-rants/17072010-immigration-the-illegal-kind

In the last couple of days there has been a list of individuals complied by two Utah state employees.  This list consisted of men, women and children determined by these two individuals as “illegal”.  Included in the list were phone numbers, dates of births, bank account information, credit card information, pregnancy due dates of the women who were pregnant on the list, schools and family members. These two state employees turned this list over to the State of Utah and demanded that the individuals named be deported.   The list specifically targeted the Hispanic community.

The penalty for violation of State law is $1000 and 6 mos-1 year in prison.  Federal law demands $5000 and up to 5 years.

In the current political atmosphere the question of immigration is a hot topic.  Care must be taken to prevent the “vigilante” type of mentality.  Rhode Island has been checking immigration status long before Arizona became the center of attention.  There has been no word of state employees there creating a list.  Yet Utah’s state employees took it upon themselves to do this.

What bothers me is that this list was taken from records which were supposed to be safe.  The employees have shown that anything can be exposed.  Some of the individuals on the list were actual legal residents.  Their lives were disrupted due to overzealous employees.  The employees will get a slap on the wrist while those on the list will suffer more.

I had a discussion with someone today who was clearly anti-Hispanic.  It saddened and angered me that this person assumed a few things.  He used the term Hispanic applying it only to Mexicans-which is incorrect.  He assumed we here in the United States have an official language-English.  We don’t.  He was determined that the whole thing was the Hispanics fault and they deserved it.

Our country is open to the world.  Those who come to our shores are looking for new lives-opportunity.  Yes, some are here illegally.  We here have always assumed that they would speak English but the reality is that here we speak many languages.  I speak five and learning another.

This encounter has left a very bad taste in my mouth…and it has also reminded me that the world is nothing but shades of grey going into black.

Btw-I have not heard a thing since this came out.

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   nycnyc

   Excellent account of what life will become for foreigners in the United States of America if the vigilantes working in government agencies misuse their authority. What is your ethnic background? I normally do not reblog other’s work but if you permit me I would like to post this in my site.

   November 22, 2011 at 7:10 am

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     Kali’s Heart

      One, thank you so much for reading. This part of my site I use to just vent or comment my own political feelings or observations. Unfortunately, what happened in Utah could very well happen in other states. The whole issue with undocumented immigrants and the checking of identification in Arizona is not new, Rhode Island has been doing it for years. While I am not against checking identifications, it makes me leery as to how far this will and can go from an abuse standpoint of view. My bet that with the current atmosphere, it has traveled along that road but has been kept quiet. Yes, I have turned into a slight cynic.

     You are more than welcome to re-post this blog.

     As far as my ethnicity, I am Mexican born, with a Spanish/French/Dutch heritage and an American. I speak more than English. 

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