{"id":1531,"date":"2012-05-18T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2012-05-18T00:03:17","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T00:03:17","slug":"australias-hotels-fail-their-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/australias-hotels-fail-their-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s hotels fail their customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In Darwin it was hot,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">humid and different<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tropical, a Thai place did provide<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cold water in a pretty pinkish bottle<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Free of charge<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">it so was worth the ride!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A veggie Laksa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and a soulful interlude<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">No hotel offerred me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">that treat, alas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was only blissful eateries<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That gave me what I needed<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The hotels charged<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and their water was crass<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Expecting us to sup<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Out of the bathroom<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">All over OZ on them you<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">can&#8217;t rely<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I went to see the\u00a0 Crocodile shop<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">so advertised<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Come and see the prehistoric souls&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thrash about in water<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Till killed for each body part<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">No way could I give support<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Those roles just broke my heart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Letting the iced water<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">trickle slowly down my throat<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Helped me get back to the hotel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">it got on my goat<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To think that I spent hundreds<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">of dollars for a bed<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and would have to drink<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">from the Bathroom<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">or pay more which, well led<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">me down to the reception<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">on the final day<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I got stuck on the low seats<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But an angel there did say<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Can I help you and he did<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">with a colleague raised me and<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">turned out to be a nurse<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">called Sid<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And that made me feel grand<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">he helped me swiftly on that day<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and so I then went on my way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian hotels why are you so mean? 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