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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Battery Packaging

What's wrong with battery companies? Every battery package's cardboard backing has a pull tab and perforated tear lines so that in theory you have access to every battery you just bought. But 100% of the time when you attempt to open the package, this happens:


Why? Because the battery companies secretly hate you. They build up false hope and revel in your disappointment and frustration.

Don't let them win. Rip the batteries out any way other than the "Open here" tab and foil their evil plan.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Embassy Suites is a Huge Waste of Space

I love Embassy Suites. I get multiple rooms (hence the Suites) and free beer (hence the Embassy). But I noticed something. The vast majority of every Embassy Suites is just a big empty waste of space.



Embassy Suites hotels are in a square formation. The first floor has the front desk and a large square breakfast/manager's reception area. But every floor above that is just a square of rooms along the outside. This goes up about 12 stories. So you end up with the breakfast area having natural light and every room opening inward to look down on this breakfast area

Is the effect of having this cavernous space on the middle worth the money they could be making by actually building floors and putting rooms in them? I guess so.

Fuck it, I'm getting another free beer.