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From last weeks stickman column

I've stayed at Nana Hotel on many previous occasions, and it must be praised for good food, reasonable prices and an excellent location close to the action. My recent visit and stay at Nana most probably was my last. This was the first time I noticed cockroaches in my room which was located on the third floor. I saw one, two, three, several roaches when up and doing what men do at night, and even more in the morning. I found one in my luggage bag, and that was it for me. Before going on a tour early in the morning, I talked to the night manager (it was really early in the morning) and to the lady in the reception, and they suggested I get a room higher up, to which I agreed so I packed my stuff ready to be moved. Well, when returning from a trip around three in the afternoon, there were of course new people on duty and they knew nothing of my new room. I re-iterated that I wanted a new room, and the lady working at reception desk was rather negative. I insisted on a new room and she asked me to come back in an hour. Back an hour later, and she was totally uninterested in solving my problem. So I went out again, to a travel agent further down the soi, and booked a room in another hotel. Went back to the receptionist with the attitude problem and told her that I was checking out and that they were losing a customer. She couldn't care less. I would recommend pest control be called in to fight the cockroach problem, because they do have a serious problem. It also bothers me that the kitchen to their popular buffet and restaurant on the ground floor is quite possibly also infested. And perhaps a smiling course for the receptionist would help. Conclusion: I am not even considering Nana Hotel for my next visit to BKK.

* I have to add something here. The cockroach problem is very real and the restaurant staff are also completely disinterested. I had a cockroach leap out of my salad there about 3 months back - Stick.

but it is cheap eh? 55555