Nataly

Someone who's lived here for a couple of years told me that in France, you should always deduct one star when it comes to Hotels.. Given it's location in Paris I wasn't exactly expecting anything extravagant or desperately luxurious, but to me the makeup thing would have been unacceptable even in a 1 star hotel (though perhaps less surprising!!) "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Well, basically, I consider all the other stuff just annoying. Whereas I have a problem with someone using my personal things. They brought up towels when I asked, so problem solved.. When the internet and hot water broke down I asked how long it would be down, and it was clear it couldn't fix straight away anyhow.. The sheets I don't mind so much as they seemed clean when I got there so if they don't change them during *my* stay it's not such a big deal.. I complained about the other stuff, but didn't expect anything more than for them to do their best to fix the minor problems. In other words, I don't expect any personal compensation because I don't feel I've lost anything & I felt their response was relatively reasonable. In the case of my makeup, however, I think the least they should do is replace the stuff, because it's fundamentally wrong for someone else to use something so personal. It's unhygenic.. I'm not being hysterical about it, I just think it crosses the line between what is just annoying and easily forgiven, versus unacceptable and needs to be fixed. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

***Suggestion: Try not to be so high maintenance. *** I only rarely wear makeup, which in a way makes it more irritating.. I don't have 5 mascaras and 50 shades of eyeshadow.. I have a very basic kit and now I don't want to use any of it anymore. And to the person who suggested I check my panties... EWWWWW!!!! Edit: Ryoder - as always, too fucking funny!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Yeah, but a free night means nothing as my company is paying for all my expenses.. I agree she is on a low income and I actually kinda feel for her in a way.. All the stuff she sees in the rooms probably looks quite tempting.. But it's still wrong and the hotel should put things right. I don't care if they do or say anything to this lady.. If she had eaten one of my chocolates I wouldn't have said anything, but my toiletries?? Next-to-skin stuff? Um.. NOT ok.. Too right that I'm tossing the stuff!! Edit - oh.. actually, a free night somewhere else is not a bad idea.. Good one Andy, and BTW: I LMFAO, thanks

I like to think of myself as a reasonable person.. I've been unimpressed with the hotel in general.. It's a Holiday Inn in Paris and claims to be a 4 star.. They took away all my towels on day 2, haven't replaced my sheets all week, lost internet connection on days 3 and 4, didn't have hot water on day 5, and now this.. Everything else was mildly annoying, but I draw the line at using my stuff. It's clearly completely unacceptable. They offered me free breakfast and told me it was worth 10 EUROS.. Holy fuck.. The mascara alone costs 3 times that, and I can't be sure that's all that was used! I told them I don't want/care about a free breakfast - it doesn' resolve the problem. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

OK, hopefully you will offer some useful tips for how to deal with this situation... I'm on a business trip, and I finished early today.. I got in just seconds before the cleaning lady came into my room to tidy up.. I took 30 seconds to change into my running gear and stepped out to let her do her job. When I got back 40 minutes later, my makeup was moved.. I didn't think much of it - probably it got put aside to clean the counter.. Then I took a closer look and noticed my mascara and liquid eyeliner were open (I haven't used that eyeliner in years..) Then I saw my eyeshadow was also used and the brush was covered in mascara!! I don't know how much of my stuff was used, but it's clear to me that at least these 3 items were. I took pictures, wrote all the details down, and complained to the manager. So far the response was that the particular cleaning lady has worked there for years and hasn't yet been reached.. They've very much insinuated that they don't believe me!! Quite frankly I'm disgusted - what else have they done with my stuff that I don't know about? At the very least I want my makeup replaced - I don't share my personal stuff, and anyway it's unhygenic. Thoughts? "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

YAYYY!!! Good for you

My mom and my ex's mom are both my friends (unrestricted access), but I pretty much never use Facebook anymore. I used to get all kinds of random friend requests.. Then one day I decided to "un-friend" about 90% of the people I had on there.. Not being mean, but I just don't have hundreds of friends!!! I also cleaned up 99% of anything remotely personal - I even deleted all of my picture albums. There's nothing interesting about me on there anymore!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I heard rumours about me when I went back to ZHills after about 5 years.. I don't know how widely spread they were or who was spreading them, but I was *really* upset by them. I can understand when people make erroneous assumptions, but some rumours are just plain made-up and that's malicious and disgusting. Hope you find out who started it and set them straight. I think liars deserve to be exposed publicly - rumours are hurtful and not cool. I hope you get an apology or at the very least an explanation. *HUGS* "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Good luck - have fun - take pics

Agreed, but you should note that finding a middle ground does not mean that the guy should get all emotional and cry when a girl decides to give him no-strings-attached-sex!!! Anyway, for the OP - hard to say how upset you are at this point, and everyone always says "it gets better in time" (which always sounds like bullshit, but turns out to be true somehow).. Do a bunch of stuff you've been putting off that makes you happy. Might not work straight away, but it's a start

Aha.. So you like your lady to occasionally get out the anal-floss?!! What is this anal floss you speak of? Otherwise known as a thong or g-string. Only because he said he like a *little* lace, and those things don't exactly have lots and lots of fabric!!! Not really sure what made me say that - it's got nothing to do with the thread.. Sorry everyone "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Aww that's sweet

Aha.. So you like your lady to occasionally get out the anal-floss?!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I'll be having some A&W tomorrow for lunch. I could put a few drops in a ziplock bag, in an envelope and mail it to you. Might not be sanitary but you could at least smell it.

DZ.com is one of the many websites that is banned at work - no access whatsoever. Yet we *do* have access to Facebook.. It does really irritate me when people spend all day on it instead of doing their work.. Just makes me think they should get fired because they obviously are not needed if they can afford to waste so much company time. I don't object to people spending *some* time in the web, but I do take issue when someone is neglecting the job they're being paid to do, especially when is starts to affect other people's work as well.. (Yes, I'm a geek.) "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

He said "console me". Like its something to cry over! I had a party when I became single again! But nevertheless, NP, Welcome back! It's different for a girl/woman to be single than a dude/guy to be single. Baring some sort of horrible traffic accident or weighing over 1k lbs any girl can get a guy any time of the day or night. Now he may not be Mr. Right....but he'll be Mr. Right now. Do you know what it takes for a guy to play the game, to have the guts to walk up to a random girl at a random bar surrounded by her angry friends and say hi? It's like sticking your hands into razor wire in hopes up picking up a cherry. Being single for a guy is a double edge razor blade. Sure on one hand he's free.....on the other....he's free falling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8L9WSJi4hc Apologies if this is a repeat - I freely admit to skimming a lot of the unhappy stuff in the middle of this thread!! All I can say is that in my opinion guys and girls want different things, which makes it just as hard for one as for the other to be single. If we go by your statement that women can pretty much get a one-night-stand whenever she wants, then I would counter that she's more likely to yearn for a meaningful-relationship, which is just as hard for her to find as "easy sex" is for men to get. This is obviously a gross generalisation, but *generally* speaking men might find comfort in physical intimacy, whilst women tend to want emotional intimacy - both are hard to find precisely because women give sex less freely, and getting emotions from a man is like pulling teeth!!! So you see.. Pretty tough for both genders.. (Please don't slam me - of course lots of people don't fit "my" idea of normal!!! ) "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Also very good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JjQGt7WjK0&feature=related (My first clicky - hope it works!!) If you're not impressed at first, just be a bit patient and see how you feel at around 3:00 and beyond.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I sense a three-legged race coming on Get well soon - both of you! Sending *extra* good vibes your way (and I'm throwing in some for Amazon's knee as well

Well, my *real* name is spelled "Natalie".. But I'd hardly consider myself a guitar player at this stage!! And I think my neighbours certainly wouldn't give me that title!! For now my playing is sounding a bit like a cat in heat, but all in good time "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Yep, that's definitely them

Not sure if it's quite what you meant, but yeah.. I think sometimes it's less about you being "too good" for your partner and more about the fact that *they* feel inadequate somehow.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

That makes me think of Apocalyptica - saw them in a concert when I was in Finland - if you're a Metallica fan, you'll *love* these guys.. Their Cello rendition of Enter Sandman (complete with obligatory head-banging!) is AWSOME. I'd post a link, but don't know how "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Aww man, that's tragic I miss A&W rootbeer like you wouldn't believe.. I haven't found it *anywhere* over here. Occasionally I'll stumble upon some Barque's rootbeer (probably misspelled), but it's just not the same.. *sigh*.. Nurse that cold drink.. Edit: just noticed the date/time of your post, so obviously you've already finished by now.. My thoughts are with you in your time of need... "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Betty?? Cold......Think: something a little less subtle, Nataly. So many people to reply to!! Piisfish: that Hello Kitty guitar is AWSOME!! Now I want one!! Learning chords: I know A, C, D, E, G, Am, Em and I'm working on F, but holy CRAP am I struggling to go from G to F for California Dreamin!!!! Playing the piano - yes, that *definitely* helps with having a solid background in music, but I'm annoyed at how long it's taking me to tune the bloody thing!!! I'm embarrassed to admit that the more I try, the worse it sounds!! Maybe I'll get a digital tuner and save myself the earaches!!! Name of RastaRicanAir's guitar.. ??? Nataly??? I'm not being vain - I just have no fucking clue!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss