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Room with an Anti-View: Office Workers Don't Always Like To Watch

You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.

Aaron Gustafson took this anti-view photo from room 417 at the Courtyard by Marriott in SF. But, wait, is the view of an office building really so vile? No, this anti-view story has more to do with what the people from a certain travel company had to endure on a near-daily basis every time they glanced up from their cubicle. Yeah, we have flipped the script, try to follow along. You see, according to our sources, these office folks were presented with an unfettered view of a certain room at the Courtyard by Marriott SF. What did they see that was so appalling? We paraphrase below:

Our office windows looked straight into the Courtyard by Marriott in SF. Everyday, endlessly it seemed, we were unfortunate enough to be treated to a Courtyard guest that preferred to prance around in the nude. The business traveler seemed completely unaware that our entire office could see directly into his hotel room. Finally enough was enough and a co-worker posted a sign on our window that read "We can see you, all of you." That ended the fright.

Granted, we heard this story after a vodka tonic or two, so the details may not be exact, but the lessons remain the same. If you are staying at the Courtyard by Marriott in SF, close the curtains unless you enjoy subjecting yourself to the stares of giggling tech workers. Furthermore, if you get a job at a SOMA company at 303 Second Street, recommend a gray cube away from the windows.