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January 20, 2004 02:51 AM
Broken: Another hotel card key
Daniel Brown writes in with another broken hotel card key:
I've seen some puzzling card keys, but this one took the cake. With the two snuggly bedmates facing me (right-side up), I slid the key into the door and got no response. 6 or 7 tries later, something compelled me to look at the key more closely. Upon moving my thumb, I realized that the directions on how to use the key were under it. The people in the bed had to be inserted feet-first into the door.
The arrow was, as described, pretty clearly under his thumb as he was attempting to use the card....
When you have a picture like that on a keycard, you'd naturally expect to put it headfirst, image up. Sure, there's a tiny arrow there, pretty well hidden by the image, but logic would dictate that the orientation of the image would indicate direction of insertion.
Plus, the guy looks pretty evil, no wonder the girl is hiding under the covers.
Thanks Brooke - I think I need to write my items a bit clearer rather than simply clever.
This key actually had almost exactly the same problem that the iron I posted about had - When using the item, it was physically impossible to read the directions for doing so (and in the case of the iron, a tiny bit dangerous.)
The arrow was TOO SMALL, TOO SUBTLE, and in exactly the wrong place.
The man does look evil, and the woman has a black eye. What exactly is the image that this hotel is trying to project?
Ladyfriend and I stayed at one hotel where we were given a 'real' key as well as those silly card things because, in the words of the counter staff, "The cards aren't always all that reliable." Which only goes to show you shouldn't keep trying to 'fix' something (old keys) until they're broke.
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Daniel should have stayed at Day's Inn.
Posted by: Dave J. at January 20, 2004 12:14 PM