Originally Posted by
esmetravels
davie355 is entirely in the right. He "paid" for the room, he gets the best bed. The friend who received the "free" room should have just taken the sofa bed without putting davie355 in the awkward position of having to claim the better bed.
Originally Posted by
HMPS
Davie355 is quite wrong. He should not have been PC polite if he wanted the bed. He just wanted to " give" the bed to the friend expecting fully that he will do the decent thing ! Just backfired.
Davie was wrong. He would have been fine laying (sic) claim to the bed. He should have mentioned it first, but his friend (right or wrong, good intentions or not) brought the subject up before he did. Cest la vie. At that point, Davie WAS NOT HONEST. He clearly wanted and expected to get the bed, but that is not what he said. He said he didn't care and then got upset. Nobody to blame but himself. Either be generous or be honest about what you want/feel you deserve. Don't get wrapped when you say it doesn't matter when it clearly does.
Originally Posted by
pennywern
Seriously? Without question! A guest is a guest. If I am welcoming someone into my home, or treating them to a hotel room, or anything else, then they get the best and I make do.
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A night on a sofa isn't going to kill me, and I feel much better having been a good host than having managed to maximize my own advantage at the expense of my friend.
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While I totally agree this is the proper way to treat a guest, I do not see the "host-guest relationship" in this hotel room sharing situation.
Originally Posted by
mikew99
...I've learned to set expectations to avoid surprises: "I'm going to redeem points for a room. If you're comfortable staying in a sofabed, you're welcome to share."
^ Hmmmm, being honest and upfront. What a concept!
