Priceless…
Thursday, February 15th, 2007Greetings, all.
Yes, I know that it’s been almost two months since I’ve last posted, but those two months were spend building the most challenging project that I’ve ever worked on. I’ll leave that for the next post, but today I came across something that simply must be touted.
I’m in Dallas, getting ready to present a lecture about my graphical film work. I’m staying at a very nice resort hotel. I’m not saying which chain, but it’s a very upscale establishment.
The room is so nice that it has one of those wonderful “In Room Bar” thingies. Even this is upscale. This one actually charges your room bill the second that you pick up anything inside. Now you might think that this technological wonder is what I’m posting about today, but you’d be wrong.
Instead, I’m wanting to explain to you what is actually inside this $2-for-a-can-of-Coke monstrosity.
Located in one of the bottom corner slots in the door was a little tin. A small, round tin, similar to the kind of tins that Altoid mints come in. It has a little label with the hotel’s logo on it. Other than that, it has no identification whatsoever.
Thinking that it might be something “snacky” (I didn’t get to eat lunch today) I searched the pricelist attached to the door of the unit. Soft drinks were in the $2 range, liquor was in the $6 range (for one of those microscopic two ounce bottles) and the snacks were $3-5…but they were always clearly labeled. Then at last I saw it. There, at the very bottom of the list, for a whopping $8.50 was…
…something called an “Intimacy Kit”.
Forget 50 cents in the service station bathroom, this is the most stylish condom case I’ve ever seen. I thought about buying it just to see what was in it, but I realized that I needed the $8.50 in case I wanted a Coke and some peanuts.