Life in a Hotel

Last day at the hotel "Quality Inn & Suites Sunnyvale". This has been a very cozy place to spend a month, though if I had been able to get my money out of Bank of America, I would probably have rented earlier - maybe...

The room is quiet and tidy, though I'm not sure how long its been since the carpets have been washed. The breakfast is a joke, though its a nice thing to go there every morning to see some people. Overall a good experience. The staff is really nice.

Anyway, do you remember a cool game from the early nineteens, called "Maniac Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle"? Well, walking along the corridors, I'm constantly reminded by that game. Somehow the motel style of the game's setting is just so familiar.

Instead of Pictures from the Hotel, here are some screenshots from "Day of the Tentacle":

Okay, maybe there are some differences. But america is certainly just like the stereotype. Big uneconomic cars, unhealthy disgusting food made from 2nd rate genetically manipulated raw materials full of pesticide, big fat people sitting in their motorized shopping carts looking for more disgusting carbs to pour down their filthy mouths...

In some ways, the United States is such a developing country compared to Europe. Take banks for instance: in Finland I would pay my rent (and everything else) as wire transfers, in America, everything is a about paper checks and is consequently veeeryyy slow and inconvenient. Some things that take 5 minutes in Finland, take 5 days in america. That is, when things work like they should.

Another weird thing is, that in the home of the internet, internet is REALLY expensive! In Finland you get unlimited fast mobile data for 10e per month, in america, you pay $60 for that! In finland I would typically pay 20-30e for a complete mobile plan, with unlimited data, in america, I pay $100 on Verizon - over double the price.

There are the bright sides to america too, of course! The people are much friendlier and more polite than in europe (with the possible exception of Britain). And although americans aren't very good at implementing their infrastructure (banking, internet, cellphone coverage, ...) they ARE very good at inventing new systems that then become worldwide standards! Perhaps the poor quality of service drives innovation - now there's something for europeans to consider!!!