Poor Decisions » win http://aspextrme.com Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:08:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 For Travelers http://aspextrme.com/2011/09/14/for-travelers/ http://aspextrme.com/2011/09/14/for-travelers/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:50:35 +0000 aspextrme http://aspextrme.com/?p=1720 Well I will file this one under “how the hell did it take me so long to try and figure it out” because that is how I feel after discovering that hotel thermostats can be hacked.  It took me approximately 1,674 uncomfortably warm hotel stays to finally arrive, specifically at 3am this morning, to the following thought:  I need to solve this effing motion detector issue with the thermostat.

If you travel a lot, you know what I’m talking about. Energy conscious hotels (who likes the environment anyway? AmIright?) install motion sensors in the room so that when there isn’t anyone in there, it shuts off the AC (or heat).  Makes enough sense.  Problem is, I don’t know about you, but when I’m sleeping I don’t walk around the room and do shit.  Well, unless I’m really drunk.  Anyway, 3am this morning I wake up sweating as I almost always do when I’m in one of these rooms during the summer.  I finally think to myself, what the fuck, there has to be a way to deal with this.  Why in the world I decided this particular morning was the time to address the issue opposed to the countless other times its happened is beyond me.

So, I go online and do some searching.  Turns out the thermostats in most hotel rooms can be hacked with a combination of button presses a la video games of our childhood.  Awesome, welp, I started messing around and found out this sequence worked for my hotel room:

Hold down the display key, press off, then up, and release the display key.  Great success!

My unit said “VIP” after I did that which made me feel extra awesome after I found the winning combo move. Also worth noting that enabling this feature allows you to lower the room temperature below the preset 65 degree limitation normally in place.  Double win!  I read that after 24 hours it returns to normal, so don’t feel bad about leaving it in place and absolutely destroying the environment (the obvious and unavoidable side effect to doing this).

I shall sleep well tonight, indeed.  And hopefully those of you on the road and in the future can do the same.

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Awesome.

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Thanks to Dave for the link.

]]> http://aspextrme.com/2009/12/10/who-wants-a-handjob/feed/ 0 John Goes to Work, Confronts Fat Lady http://aspextrme.com/2009/04/08/john-goes-to-work-confronts-fat-lady/ http://aspextrme.com/2009/04/08/john-goes-to-work-confronts-fat-lady/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:07:34 +0000 Rob http://aspextrme.com/?p=586 Email from John this morning with regards to him attempting to park this morning. Fat lady steals his spot, hilarity ensues:

“This morning, I came upon a woman piling her rug rats into the car, so I pulled ahead and waited. It took a few moments, maybe 4 for her to get everything situated and start to pull out. My reverse lights were on and, as she pulled away, I started to back up. Just then, a woman pulled front first into the spot (it was on the end of the line of cars, so doing so was possible). I sat there for a minute, watching in moderate shock. This really happens? This isn’t just a funny Seinfeld episode. FML. I then backed up and rolled down my window. ‘Excuse me, I was waiting for this spot.’ Her response, ‘how am I supposed to know that? Is there a fucking (she started the swearing right off the bat!) sign with your name on it here?’ At this point, I became furious. My next line: ‘How are you supposed to know that? BECAUSE YOU HAVE 2 HUMAN EYES THAT YOU SUPPOSEDLY USE TO DRIVE AND SEE SHIT WITH! It’s unfortunate that, at your age (approx 55), you haven’t learned common courtesy or the basic rules of driving’ She then gave me the finger and told me to go fuck myself. I responded by, in a very calm voice, telling her that she was a ‘fat bitch’, which was awesome because she was, so I was just making a factual statement. I finished up by telling her that I hoped she had a ‘lovely day ma’am.’ Her mouth was a bit agape at this point and she had no response. I win. I win double because I found another spot not 20 seconds later. Awesomeeeeeee! ”

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