Wednesday September 17th 2008

	Ramada So Bad… 4:38 am-Turk Comments (1) Show » Bad Hotel Permalink It’s little things like this Betterbidding.com forum post that makes me chuckle to myself: I used PRICELINE for the first time. My bid was accepted by a Ramada Inn. I had requested a 2 star. When I mentioned it to someone where I am visiting, I was told that “nobody stays here. Even the police are afraid to go there.” I researched and found police reports and news articles that mentioned gang activity, brawls in the parking lot, armed robbery of the hotel, etc… I called Priceline and spoke at length to 2 people and was told that there are no refunds or cancellations. I don’t want a refund-I just want a different hotel in this town, even if I have to pay a little more. Do I have any options? Just how bad is it getting that someone using priceline doesn’t want to stay at the worst hotel ever for a cheap rate? Here is the chatlog with Gawain when I told him about it: [06:08] Turk: here is a great forum post my ramada inn south beloit google alert emailed me [06:09] Turk: you may have to scroll up [06:22] Gawain: hahahahaha [06:22] Gawain: those fuckers might as well close. [06:22] Turk: no shit [06:23] Turk: they don’t just to spite me [06:23] Gawain: hahhahaa. [06:23] Gawain: its totally personal. [06:23] Turk: oh yeah And I do feel sometimes they stay open just to spite me. They must know how good I will feel when they die a horrible death. I can out wait them though.
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Thursday July 24th 2008

	Bar Fight! 12:08 am-Turk Comments (0) « Hide Bad Hotel Permalink I love seeing bad press about the worst hotel ever. And it’s good news (as far as I’m concerned) in this Beloit Daily News Stateline Area News in Brief from the 21st: Police respond to large fight At least three people were injured at a Stateline Area hotel early Sunday after a large fight, South Beloit police said. An officer arrived at the Cattails Lounge of the Ramada Inn, 200 Dearborn Ave., about 1:10 a.m. and requested help from two other officers and units from Rockton, Roscoe, Winnebago County and Beloit, according to police reports. The officer reported seeing blood stains on the wall, broken bottles on the floor and a broken table. The parties involved already had left or were fleeing by car. Police did not know how many people were involved but said the lounge was over capacity. A person received treatment at Beloit Memorial Hospital for blunt force trauma to the head, and two people received care for cuts at Rockford Memorial Hospital. Sgt. Brad McCaslin said this was the third fight in three weeks. Police warned the Ramada Inn future incidents may affect its liquor license and ability to do business in South Beloit. On the 22nd the Daily News posted this article about sewer plans. The good bit there is this: In other business, the council noted there will be a liquor commission meeting Monday when the commission is expected to have a hearing concerning recent problems at Cattails, the bar inside the Ramada Inn. Police Chief Tom Fearn noted there have been two incidents since June 29 where the police have been called to the bar. In an incident Sunday, at least three people were injured in a large fight at the business. Having that shitty bar Cattails closed down would be one step closer to the worst hotel ever dying for good.
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Monday October 15th 2007

	Hotel Insider Chat 4:02 am-Turk Comments (0) « Hide Bad Hotel, Chat Permalink Here is my chat with the Hotel Insider. We cover a few topics of interest regarding the worst hotel ever. What happened when the cops came to talk to me. What the hotel is like now. The newb auditor turned into a front desk supervisor. And a shared dislike for the biggest douche bag in the universe. [3:31] Turk: you work at the desk? [3:32] Hotel Insider: no [3:32] Hotel Insider: I did do night audit before though at another hotel [3:32] Turk: how did you find out about my site? [3:32] Hotel Insider: back when you were fired and they were all investigating you etc [3:32] Hotel Insider: actually when I seen your site [3:32] Hotel Insider: I was like.. “man wish I could of met that guy he sounds pretty cool” [3:33] Turk: wow did they make a big deal out of it? [3:33] Hotel Insider: cause of the the idiots who stole crap from regal beloit [3:33] Turk: oh [3:33] Turk: right that shit [3:33] Turk: heh [3:33] Hotel Insider: well, we had just got regal beloit again for banquets [3:33] Hotel Insider: and they were doing like meetings for this new program they paid a mil for or something for managers [3:34] Hotel Insider: well these 3 people that use to work there I’m pretty sure stole this like big chest that they would keep there laptops in for the trainees [3:34] Turk: yeah [3:34] Hotel Insider: and they were watching you and seeing what you were posting etc seeing if maybe you were the one who did it read more…
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Wednesday October 10th 2007

	Hotel Insider 12:39 am-Turk Comments (0) « Hide Bad Hotel Permalink In response to the post Hotel Watch Day 7 I was able to get someone from inside the worst hotel ever to comment on just what happened. The flooding took out the water boilers in the basement. the executive wing is open because it has a separate boiler. And yes the paper does not say all the problems, you know how the owners are at this place… I know the owners believe me. I asked a few questions. So what is morale like in the hotel for the regular employees? What is the situation with the latest gm leaving? This is the answer I got back: I would say 70% of the employees quit. thats managers too. theres no GM, no F&B, no director of operations, and of course no one knows anything thats happening for the future or has a specific time when they will get the hotel working again. but I’m sure they will find someway to try and get around not having to do things properly to get the hotel going. This of course paints a very grim picture of what things are like inside the worst hotel ever. Which is great news. If possible I will try to get more info from this Hotel Insider.
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Friday August 31st 2007

	Hotel Watch Day 7 8:26 pm-Turk Comments (3) Show » Bad Hotel Permalink It’s back. One wing of the Ramada Inn with 54 rooms will reopen today, after being inspected by South Beloit Fire Chief Ken Morse, South Beloit Mayor Randy Kirichkow said. The hotel was closed last week because flooding in the basement caused damage and health concerns. The hotel is working with its insurance company before reopening other areas, Kirichkow said. Kirichkow said they hope the banquet facility and Cattails Restaurant will reopen in the next few weeks. Makes you wonder just how bad the flooding was to have only one wing open? Seems like there is more to this story than what the paper says. I would like to think that the worst hotel ever is on it’s last legs.
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Thursday August 30th 2007

	Hotel Watch Day 6 8:06 am-Turk Comments (2) Show » Bad Hotel, Pictures Permalink You got to give it to those retards at the worst hotel ever. The ship is sinking and they are going to go down with the ship. Honestly I love this stuff. You can book a future reservation, it just depends on what your definition of future is. Later today? Tomorrow? Next week? Only time will tell.
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Wednesday August 29th 2007

	Hotel Watch Day 5 3:20 am-Turk Comments (0) « Hide Bad Hotel Permalink The worst hotel ever is still closed. The last news item said they would be open in a limited fashion by tuesday. I wonder if there are complications? Let there be complications. In fact I hope it rains again. If I thought it would help I would do some sort of sacrifices the the rain god Tlaloc.
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