Don’t get me wrong. I’ve stayed in some rough dives too. Checked into what looked like a government facility in an “eastern block,” (even the taxi driver didn’t wanna hang about!) came back from a night out. & on my way back to my room found myself navigating “S workers” in the tight corridor?
My sister and her husband have a thing for teddy bears (I know it is weird and they have quite a collection) and years ago when we used to do a lot of walking they would take one of their bears with them and he would accompany them out walking in the rucksack which always made other people smile. They can afford to stay in very posh hotels that do a "turn down" service whilst you are having dinner and when they returned to their room each night, Teddy was always propped up in bed, with the bedside light on awaiting their return, when he had been left in the chair next to the bed. Either Teddy crawled into bed himself or the maids had a sense of humour!
I hate it when hotels intrude like that! It reminds me of a hotel that I stayed in in Cornwall years ago: every day the cleaner left the radio on quietly, tuned to a local station - even though, when I left the room in the morning, I always had the radio tuned to Radio 2 and switched off.
My brother in law particularly absolutely loved it. He saw it as, not just good service, but someone using their initiative to put a smile on their customer's face and it did, not only their customer but it still makes me smile now, thinking about it. Just shows how different we all are. That said, my brother in law would definitely not be impressed if someone messed with his radio channel and I think that is a significantly different situation.
A whole new ball game. It the “turndown operative” has their personal taste in music whilst they work? Wear a Walkman.
Well I'm rather anti-social, I'm afraid - especially if I'm working away. As far as I'm concerned I'm just hiring a room: I don't want the staff to try to become my friend!
I think they'd been told to do it by the management: perhaps the radio station had given them a bung.
Could be a little like those leaflets you get on a rack in the hotel lobby/foyer? Generates tourism with the local attractions.
Yes, could be - or it could just be that it was the work of The Devil.
Perhaps, though it depends how you feel and whether you can stomach something sweet at that point. When I ride, if I stop my hypo will generally resolve itself (or at least not get worse) so while I agree that something fast acting is best, if I can only face the thought of eating biscuits and granola bars, that's what I eat.
I was a keen cyclist long before I developed LADA and I learnt from painful experiences of bonking that (for any cyclist) it's crucial to 'drink before you're thirsty and eat before you're hungry'. I've been in races when I've had that sinking realisation that I'm bonking and that I'm going to just get slower and slower regardless of what I do or don't eat by that point.
On our Nile Cruise many years ago when they made the beds in the morning they had made some sort of animal with the towels and put an item of ours to adorn it, like the sunglasses, a hat, scarf or a necklace. They were very amusing and very clever.
Absolutely, and despite being well aware of this, at the end of long rides I always hope I can make the final couple of hours without needing to force any more food down. Experience shows that this isn't usually (ever!) the case. Though in my defence unless I have to catch a train to get back home, or have some other reason to that requires knowing exactly how long it will take, it makes it more bearable not facing up to knowing exactly how much longer one has to ride (type 2 fun). I therefore usually need to eat an emergency pack or two of fun size Skittles (rather than Haribo 😉) once I accept that I'm going to go hypo and there's still a decent stretch of riding to be done (and invariably hills - there's always a pesky hill or two to that need to be climbed in the last 20km!)
Anything to stop them coming into the physical store & playing “stairway to heaven?” 😛
Are you a road cyclist? Please respect how other insulin users manage their T1 condition regarding this activity. I respect the experiences. Allow the same. I have my own experiences touring on an old Raleigh bike in my youth. Both for leisure & to get to work? It’s just good to just chat & appreciate perspectives from these guys.
