What is it?
Mar 20, 2016 08:23:47 #
Rongnongno wrote:
Same goes for light motion detectors in common pathways.
I was recently in the frozen food aisle of a supermarket, and as I walked by each freezer, the inside lights turned on and then off.
Mar 20, 2016 08:36:37 #
lsimpkins wrote:
Allows you to turn the room lights on and to not forget the key card when you leave the room.
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Mar 20, 2016 09:27:37 #
I've seen recommendations to take the room key with you when you check out so people can't get info about you from the card. That seems like an overly cautious practice.
Mar 20, 2016 09:35:41 #
Mike D. wrote:
This was my second experience with thos item, the first was in the U.K.
One free attaboy for the correct answer.
One free attaboy for the correct answer.
This is better than it used to be! I once stayed in a Holiday Inn in which the room had sensors. There had to be movement in the room or the air conditioner would not run. Imagine now it is 108 degrees outside. I had a south facing room. I woke at 1:30 am to find it was over 95 degrees in my room. When I checked out I refused to pay for the room. The desk clerk said they had been having many complaints on the heat issue. It ended with a free but sleepless night.
Mar 20, 2016 09:52:41 #
jcboy3 wrote:
What it isn't is a discussion of photography, unless you want to talk about the picture you posted, which isn't any good.
It was supposed to be a stellar picture, just a bit of irony.
Mar 20, 2016 09:58:06 #
They are reeling only doing this to make sure you turn off the lights to save them money, but they will say it is to help the Environment.
Mar 20, 2016 09:58:39 #
Peterff wrote:
That's all OK, but it wasn't part of the original ... (show quote)
I inderstand your side of the coin also. America in general is viewed as a wasteful place. We can only do our parts to help out. Take it easy, I have to feed the vertically impaired. :)
Mar 20, 2016 09:59:45 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I was recently in the frozen food aisle of a supermarket, and as I walked by each freezer, the inside lights turned on and then off.
Someone is starting to think about enery consumption. Yay!
I have been seeing more and more LED lighting too.
Mar 20, 2016 10:12:49 #
This is nothing new. It's designed to save electricity. I first experienced it thirty years ago in a hotel in Singapore. Since then I've seen it frequently in Asia and Europe.
Mar 20, 2016 10:38:39 #
rps wrote:
This is nothing new. It's designed to save electricity. I first experienced it thirty years ago in a hotel in Singapore. Since then I've seen it frequently in Asia and Europe.
Maybe I should have said Here...
Less well-off countries have had to find ways to economize way before we did and half the time Americans aren't doing it to save anything but because of politic correctness or some other such misguided reason.
Mar 20, 2016 10:55:22 #
Mike D. wrote:
This was my second experience with thos item, the first was in the U.K.
One free attaboy for the correct answer.
One free attaboy for the correct answer.
Can you imagine your dilemma if that was written in Arabic ?
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Mar 20, 2016 11:06:07 #
FRENCHY wrote:
Can you imagine your dilemma if that was written in Arabic ?
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I can but we were pretty fortunate with communication. There was only one young man that couldn't grasp what we were trying to convey but it wasn't impossible, it just took a bit longer.
Honestly, part it was us trying to figure out there rail system. Some stations are like hubs where you can transferr to different areas. Some go farther like the RER lines and some go differnt directions within the city (the Metro). Some had places for bus connections, it's nuts but we had a decent handle on it by day three. We made it home so it couldn't have been too bad. :)
Mar 20, 2016 11:15:48 #
Mike D. wrote:
I can but we were pretty fortunate with communicat... (show quote)
I had the same problem with theirs rail system. RER was a pain , and I speak French !. I guess you have to live there to be at ease with it :lol:
Mar 20, 2016 12:19:20 #
A few years ago my wife and I were in such a hotel. She was taking a shower and I needed to go down to the lobby gift shop and get something or other. I grabbed the card and left the room without thinking. When I returned I found her in a very bad mood: I had left her in the dark with the water running. She couldn't see the faucets, or any structure in the bathroom since there were no windows. She finally got out safely.
Since then I have either gotten a second room card (not always easy to do) or found a substitute; a credit card sometimes will work. Most of these devices do not read the strip, but are simply a switch that you need to depress somehow.
Since then I have either gotten a second room card (not always easy to do) or found a substitute; a credit card sometimes will work. Most of these devices do not read the strip, but are simply a switch that you need to depress somehow.
Mar 20, 2016 12:46:26 #
AZ Dog
Loc: Peoria, AZ
That "dumb contraption" is for good use here in the west where it also controls the AC. Can you imagine the savings of not having the AC run all day?
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