Dear diety-of-choice, I'm worried...
that I won't have enough steps today to make 10,000 on my pedometer. Could you help?
...Oh, wait! I take it back! No! ...Too late.
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In the resulting adventure -- and I mean that in the very negative sense -- I learned a few things.
* The Chinese in Shanghai believe in labor intensive solutions to most problems.
* When they say "I'm so sorry that this is an inconvenience for you." they really do not mean it. Oh, wait, that is true the world over.
* When I hear the sound of rushing water, it is really not my imagination.
* Nor is it the sound of my computer fan.
* When one sees the glinting of light under the door, instead of assuming it is from what sounds like the hoards of angry Chinese invading the hallway outside one's hotel room, one should go check. It could be water. Lots and lots of water.
* When they say to just go back in my room and be quiet, everything is fine... They lie. ...No, wait, I knew about this one. This one falls into the same category as "Make the annoying foreigner go away. Lies will serve nicely."
* There is no 13th floor in this hotel.
* There is also no 14th floor in this hotel.
* So when they tell me my new room is on the 15th floor, I am really on the 13th! Ack! I'm cursed!!!
* When someone says that they had to pack up their three weeks of luggage and move hotel rooms in the middle of the night, this is way more work than you could possibly imagine. They really do not mean that this was a 15 minute annoyance. This is three solid hours of tossing, lugging, digging and organizing. And the first half of it is done with phone calls every five minutes, "Mr. Indigo, so sorry to bother you. Confirm you are moved to new room." So constant deep breaths are necessary. Do not correct the gender, just say "No, I will call you later when I am moved."
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