25 years ago, still a college student, drove from toronto to new york city... really late, and really sleepy, in the middle of nowhere, i checked in this little motel by the roadside... it was cheap, $5.00

was handed one bath and 1/2 roll paper towel... never mind room was tiny, smelly, sheets were soiled, i opened the cupboard in the bathroom, an army of huge, brown, plump, long antannaed(?)asian cockroaches came charging towards me... screaming, i rushed out and kept driving...
(would actually rather be stabbed to death in the shower than be crawled all over by these creatures during the night!)