Miss O'Hara
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We just bought this Inn less than a month ago. Most of the rooms are full with out of state contractors working at a local nuclear plant. We have one open room so DH and I decided to sleep there last Friday night and get to know the quirks of the room. The mattress is awful! It was so firm my hips thought I was 8 months pregnant again! I don't understand how the previous owners spent all this money remodeling and then skimp on the mattress. So tomorrow I'm going to look for some kind of pillow top mattress cover and plan on buying new mattresses as soon as possible!
Then today I went over to shampoo the carpets, trying to get rid of the stale old smell. I picked up a rug ,that I had thought was curiously placed, to discover someone at some point had dropped a hot iron on the carpet leaving a burnt in impression. So a new prettier rug on the to do list... and some day new carpet.
I really don't mind these surprises though, I expected at least this much. I'm actually glad there are things that need my immediate attention so I get to put my spin/personality on the rooms. I imagine it's a continuous work in progress.
What are some suprises you encountered when you first became an innkeeper? Or other surprises along the way?
Then today I went over to shampoo the carpets, trying to get rid of the stale old smell. I picked up a rug ,that I had thought was curiously placed, to discover someone at some point had dropped a hot iron on the carpet leaving a burnt in impression. So a new prettier rug on the to do list... and some day new carpet.
I really don't mind these surprises though, I expected at least this much. I'm actually glad there are things that need my immediate attention so I get to put my spin/personality on the rooms. I imagine it's a continuous work in progress.
What are some suprises you encountered when you first became an innkeeper? Or other surprises along the way?