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Hotel Hell

Tales from the Hotel Inspector

August 2, 2006 at 4:26 PM | 0 Comments

Fred Chrystal has a gruesome job. For at least three nights a week, he traispes around the UK inspecting hotels, guesthouses, pubs and B&Bs for the AA, an insurance company.

While this may sound glamorous (free rooms, free food), the man has seen his share of some serious hotel hell.

Next week he notches up his 5,000th night in a strange room on behalf of the AA. The grubbiest experience was in the Highlands. At what could best be described as a doss house, he was shown a room with an unmade bed and no window. It reeked of beer and body odour and there was a half pint glass containing what he hopes was beer. It was so appalling that he could not stay the night.

Other hellish experiences include dirty hotel kitchens (one filled with birds) and finding sex objects in bedrooms, along with condoms, bras, dirty magazines and oddly, confetti.

Fortunately, the man will have his last inspection at the end of the year when he retires.

While we applaud the efforts of this traveling inspector, we think we might want the job of his rival at the Leading Quality Assurance company, who at least gets to visit cool places.

Related Stories:
· Life and Grime of the Hotel Inspector [Times UK]
· The Job of Your Hotel Dreams [HotelChatter]