Originally Posted by
kennycrudup
<pinches self to test awakeness>
<checks calendar>
<verifies it is indeed 2018>
Whew! Dude- for a second there I thought I was dreaming in a parallel universe sometime in the 50s60s70s80s90s 2000s!
Look. It costs the hotel nothing and it's a basic service that most expect from a quality hotel. Plus, they can certainly build the 50 cents or $1 into the room rate or charge guests for the service.
You might as well remove telephones since nobody uses them anymore. We've seen Marriott and some other brands also stupidly remove desks, chairs, dressers and closets because supposedly nobody uses them anymore. Then they backtracked and started putting desks and chairs back into new room designs.