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| - Worst hostelng experience ever.
And i've spent months in europe and traveled back and forth numerous times across the states in a mix of camping, friends places, motels and hostels so i've seen a bunch. what do you want from a hostel? to pay $20 for a clean place to SLEEP, did you hear that Metcalf House? SLEEP!
You have to check in by 10pm, no problem i was there at quarter of and a couple nice people showed me around and took my money, said to register in the morning. Great! I'm in the music industry so went out to walk in/out of a few clubs to see some of the places i've been talking to about bookings. Had one drink, out til 2am, went back to the hostel where 5 germans were snoring teutonic and I joined the chorus. Alls well! Until morning.
At 7:30 i'm rudely awakened by a grey haired woman who wanted to know if i'd mind registering. i said i would! i'm (wait for it) SLEEPING! (um, thats why i'm here). she insisted and said i had to get up and register, because some people run off. i said YOU'VE ALREADY GOT MY MONEY! which was news to her so she went away. For an hour.
at 8:30 she slammed the door open (all germans gone, just me "sleeping"), came bashing through with a vacuum, singing. i asked if she could not see that i was SLEEPING!? she suggested that i expected too much, that i should pay $50 for a hotel, i said BS the reason people go to hostels like this is to pay $20 to SLEEP! supposedly, i had until noon, and had planned to sleep from 2-10am. she said i should "cry to your momma" about it (um, yes, instead of me peacefully sleeping this really happened) and i said no, I'd yelp about it, at which point she offered me $5 back. I said no, i just want to be LEFT ALONE TO SLEEP! but she kept at me so i hit the showers and took off. and true to my word, here i am:
If you like SLEEP, and peace from a really nasty and sadistic woman (why in the world would this ogre get into hospitality??) find another place!
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