Hotel manager confesses he gave us junkies' room

The hotel was double-booked, so the manager kicked some of the "permanent residents" out on the street to free up a room.

We were staying in New York and checked into what we christened "Hotel Armageddon". We had to wait 45 minutes to be given a room, which was horrible. We asked for towels at the front desk, and started filming the manager there. Had he known, he probably wouldn't have told us he'd kicked some drug addicts out to make some space. We were sharing a bathroom with their friends, so we promptly found somewhere else to stay.

Another guest came to complain about the lack of blankets whilst we were filming.

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[mickey2408]

I'm a Manager in a Hotel. God - this guy needs some lessons in Hospitality. If your my guest teedyay, you would be treated like a king!

[teedyay]

Sweet! Where's your hotel?

[ShaneCampbell221]

What hotel was that? Thats horrible, i'm going to New York in May and i dont wanna end up in a place like that!

[teedyay]

It was:

Riverside Inn

319 West 94th Street

New York

NY 10025

(The place may well have improved since then - this was filmed way back in February 2005.)

We swapped for the Belvedere down near Times Square. I'd heartily recommend that one - much nicer than you'd expect for the price.

[apollo1268]

Typical New York attitude.

[kevbielo]

pull the prick over the counter

[TRWolf]

Reviewed it on TripAdvisor ? Im gonna look and see if its on there...

[KuriousOranj48]

Hahaha it makes me think of the hotel from Basket Case!