{"id":129101,"date":"2015-12-09T17:42:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T00:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/09\/town-without-pity-hotel-room-without-desk.html"},"modified":"2015-12-09T17:42:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T00:42:11","slug":"town-without-pity-hotel-room-without-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/09\/town-without-pity-hotel-room-without-desk.html","title":{"rendered":"Town without pity. Hotel room without desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I get the idea that Hip Millennials prefer to lounge on the sofa and do their business email on their mobiles &#8230; but &#8230; <i>really,<\/i> Marriott? No desks in the redesigned rooms? As someone who has actually done work-work &#8212; laptop, stacks of papers, etc. &#8212; in a hotel room, this strikes me as fairly untenable.<\/p>\n<p>Millennial audience out there (I know there are a few of you), are desks really all that horrifying and\/or passe?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/danwetzelsports.tumblr.com\/post\/134754150507\/who-stole-the-desk-from-my-hotel-room'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/AeqDPMS0S7DWAEnGkcBhQZC-MbLVM4c3lgOLNUCJ6h4cJLXvYuDMaAFXJnz5h0OaVdizKHcqu5-OEfggpHsQTpZzcXHEAHL3tyl24CFKUnxOxy_KczKylqvIshmYJgz34pJHyKgbXfAHh3xhRffUi4dJUts=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/danwetzelsports.tumblr.com\/post\/134754150507\/who-stole-the-desk-from-my-hotel-room'>Who Stole the Desk from My Hotel Room?<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nThis was my hotel room Saturday at the City Center Marriott in Charlotte. Very nice except for one thing &hellip; someone stole the desk.<br \/>\nThere was that little table, but there was no corresponding chair. I&#8230;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/TjkVnCf2B7o'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I get the idea that Hip Millennials prefer to lounge on the sofa and do their business email on their mobiles &#8230; but &#8230; really, Marriott? No desks in the redesigned rooms? As someone who has actually done work-work &#8212; laptop, stacks of papers, etc. &#8212; in a hotel room, this strikes me as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/09\/town-without-pity-hotel-room-without-desk.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Town without pity. 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