1) Made the mistake of thinking “Wireless Internet” was synonymous with “High-Speed Wireless Internet” You had a choice of 2 networks, 1 with poor service and the other with “no connection”. Was able to access my email for 5 minutes then zip…nothing!
2) The bathroom had a combination overhead light/fan unit that sounded like a dozen cement mixers running in your room when turned on.
3) Even though the place was almost empty, and the desk clerk saw me walking with a cane, she put us in a room adjacent to a weedy lot that was as far as possible away from the front of the motel.
4) King bed had only one night stand. It’s not like another night stand would have crowded the huge room very much. Had to drag a small table and lamp over to the bed.
5) Work-center desk had no desk lamp and had to move the heavy desk away from wall to plug in computer power cord.
6) I think it was really cool that they must have hired a sightless decorator to furnish the room as who else would have been able get away with using "Italian Provincial" chairs and "Knotty Pine" furniture together all in one room. Judging by the look of the stuff it must have been purchased piecemeal at various local second-hand stores.
7) The placement of the single framed picture and an ornately framed gold gilt mirror were also something I had never seen before…..the mirror was mounted 2 inches below the ceiling…only my head and shoulders showed above the bottom edge of the mirror (which was about 56” from the floor, and I’m six foot four inches tall. The picture was mounted about 5 inches below the ceiling. The only thing that makes sense is that whoever hung this stuff must have been over seven feet tall.
8) It was a lot of fun trying to insert the oddly shaped circuit-card room key into the lock by moonlight. It took a while to even find a hole or slot to shove it in.
9) Got to our room at 11:50 pm and promptly plugged the toilet after first use. Front desk said they could not access “Maintenance Closet” where toilet plunger was located until morning. By checkout time at 11:00 next morning no one had shown up to unplug it.
10) Bathroom sink/cabinet unit looked like it was covered with either peeling contact paper or de-laminating plastic laminate, and faucet dripped all night.
11) “Guest Services Directory” was dirty, torn and marked up.
12) Once you turned off the nasty bathroom light, you had to listen to the fridge hum and gurgle.
13) Go figure…entire property is listed as “Non Smoking” yet there are filthy butt-filled cigarette receptacles, mounted almost at nose-level, next to the room entrance door.
14) And, last but not least, I feel sorry for the poor soul who hangs more than three or four clothes on the clothes rack in the room……it will probably pull out of the wall and come crashing down on his or her feet.
15) The name “Quality Inn” is surely an oxymoron as there was nothing Quality about this place. Other Quality Inns we have stayed at were wonderful.
- Comfort Inn Redding
- Quality Inn Redding
- Redding Comfort Inn
