Originally Posted by
PJSMITH0
I cannot think of any hotel, restaurant or cafe where I could walk in with just a tea bag or cofffee satchet and expect to be provided with a free cup/mug of hot water. You would be laughed out of the place.
but that's not at all what you are doing. You paid for the room. You are a resident at the hotel. The elderly gentleman did not just storm in a random ba plane just to get hot water, the comparison is wholly unrealistic.
Once you you are a paying customer at that hotel having your room which you paid for, I can assure you that you can ask for hot water and in 99% of cases or more the hotel will give it to you for free and not say 'hang on a minute, we have tea in room service so we'll charge you for that even if you only want water'