Let's Eat Grandma's Pills by David Thorne
Author:David Thorne [Thorne, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Humour
Amazon: B0BNGHHFWL
Goodreads: 63879924
Publisher: 27bslash6
Published: 2022-12-01T05:00:00+00:00
The Royal Hotel
The worst hotel Iâve ever stayed in was The Royal Hotel in Orange, New South Wales. Donât be misled by the use of the word royal, there was no opulence, itâs the type of place recently divorced men in their forties commit suicide in.
I worked for a small branding agency in Australia called de Masi jones at the time. I travelled occasionally for meetings but it was always begrudgingly; there were no white beaches or fancy restaurants, it was always the cheapest and closest hotel to the airport and service station sandwiches. The accommodations were arranged by our secretary, a bushpig named Shannon, and we didnât get along that well. Iâm not sure what her problem with me was as Iâm quite amiable. I gave her a three-pack of underarm deodorant for Secret Santa one year. We were only meant to spend a maximum of ten dollars and Iâm pretty sure the three-pack was closer to twelve.
My room at The Royal didnât even have its own bathroom. I had to share a bathroom with everyone else on my floor and it looked like it hadnât been cleaned since the 70s. Tiles were missing and those that werenât were brown and furry like a wet otter. You had to flush the toilet with a bucket of water and the shower drain was blocked with a wad of hair the size of a basketball. It was a tub shower and when the water rose to ankle height, the wad of hair floated around like seaweed in a current. When I stepped out, my feet looked like a hobbitâs.
My room looked like a youth remand centre cell or a taxation department interview room. There were no pictures on the wall or welcome chocolates on the pillow, just a single bed, a wardrobe, and a box of empty pickle jars. The lock on my door was broken and the door jamb was splintered, it looked like it had been kicked in. When I rang the front desk to inform them about the lock and request a different room, I was told they were fully booked and to push my bed in front of the door if I was concerned about security. When I moved the bed, I discovered a prosthetic leg under it. Why would someone leave a prosthetic leg behind unless they died?
âHello, itâs David Thorne in room 17 again. I moved the bed like you told me and found a prosthetic leg under it.â
âA leg?â
âYes, a prosthetic one. It has a sock and shoe on it. What do you want me to do with it?â
âYou can keep it if you like.â
Around 2am, I was awakened by a loud knock on the door. It may actually have just been a normal volume knock, but the bed was against the door and my head was only a few inches away.
âWho is it?â I asked, startled and confused.
âItâs Trevor.â
âWho? What do you want?â
âLet me in.â
âWhat? Why?â
âJust let me in. Iâve got something for you.
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