I think the point was that the fact that the front desk explicitly said "you can't have breakfast today" without having been prompted was taken as petty behaviour. Condition One didn't ask for, nor desired, nor expected that they would be having free breakfast upon check-in at 9AM.

Reading the post in this way also removes any assumption that Condition One was not grateful for the early check-in.

Let's move on.

Personally, I'm happy to hear that people are having positive experiences. I had 3 stays in the first few years they opened and each one was flawed in ways that led me to never consider returning.