#Microblog Monday 442: Staying the Same
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I called a favourite hotel to book a room, and once I said my name, the woman rattled off a bunch of facts about me (like… hotel-focused facts, such as the room I like to stay in) and finished with, “How is your guinea pig?” That is why I stay there. Because the woman at the front desk can name all of our guinea pigs and even sent a condolence card for Truman.
Before she got off, she started rattling through the script of things they always say when you book a room, but she trailed off and said, “You know. Because nothing ever changes here.” That is the other reason I stay. In a world that equates new with better or new with exciting, I like my hotel to be exactly the same. Year after year after year.
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That sounds so lovely. We like to do that, too — find homes away from home. The place we go in Vermont is like a second home to us and everyone there remembers us — the innkeeper will find us and say “I saw your name and was so excited!” There’s something to be said for sameness and comfort that way.