{"id":372,"date":"2008-06-25T08:08:36","date_gmt":"2008-06-25T15:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sackrider.org\/?p=372"},"modified":"2025-06-15T06:07:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T06:07:31","slug":"why-my-towels-are-on-the-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sackrider.org\/wordpress\/why-my-towels-are-on-the-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Why my towels are on the floor"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I just got back from a business trip in Las Vegas.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a geek conference, not interesting to anybody that isn’t excited by terms like TCP, IPv6, SAN, NAS, and virtualization.\u00c2\u00a0 If you are thinking “huh?”, don’t worry that means you are normal.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyway – I noticed a few things about Vegas that I thought I would share:<\/p>\n

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  1. Everyone wants to engage you on a “what casino are you staying in” conversation.\u00c2\u00a0 And whats more, the minute you tell them, there is a follow up conversation about where that hotel is in relationship to other well known hotels on the strip. “Oh, you are at MGM?\u00c2\u00a0 That’s right across the street from New York, New York.<\/em>“\u00c2\u00a0 — “You are at Mandalay Bay?\u00c2\u00a0 I stayed there last year, but I like the Lexor much better<\/em>” — By the way, I stayed at the Lexor, since I’m sure you care – I’m guessing you are already typing an email to tell me what hotel and what site like\u00c2\u00a0Slotsformoney.com<\/a> that you used while you have stayed here and where it is on the strip…<\/li>\n
  2. Everyone has a joke derived from the Vegas trademark line “What happens in Vegas…”.\u00c2\u00a0 Here are a few I’ve heard for this trip:\n
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    1. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, unless its really good – then it ends up on youtube.<\/em><\/li>\n
    2. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas – so does your money<\/em><\/li>\n
    3. STDs don’t stay in Vegas<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    4. There really aren’t any cheap buffets in Vegas.\u00c2\u00a0 The buffet in the hotel was $20 for dinner.\u00c2\u00a0 Just to give you an idea of the prices on the strip – The cheapest placed to buy a soda in Vegas was the movie theaters!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \"\"<\/a>So what does that have to do with towels?\u00c2\u00a0 Nothing – keep reading… Those aren’t the only things I noticed about the strip that I care to share.\u00c2\u00a0 When I got out of the airport I took a shuttle to the hotel where I stood in line to check in.\u00c2\u00a0 There are a large fountain there behind me where people were throwing the pennies they had left after gambling.\u00c2\u00a0 I get my key and start the walk to the room.\u00c2\u00a0 I walked past a water fountain in the hall way, notice another one in the food court, I see one in front of the reastraunt as well.\u00c2\u00a0 After dropping off my bags, in an effort to get my barrings I walk from my room to the conference in Mandalay Bay where I pass no less than ten water fountains – some with lights, some where the water just runs down the wall to a pool below.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Water was spraying, falling, spitting from every corner of the two casino hotels and the mall like corador that connected them.<\/p>\n

      So I get back to my room, unpack my bags and jump in a shower.\u00c2\u00a0 When I get out – I see this sign:<\/p>\n

      Dear Guest,<\/p>\n

      Southern Nevada and the West are experiencing
      \nextreme drought conditions.
      \nPlease help us conserve water by re-using towels
      \nwhen possible.<\/p>\n