Friday, May 29, 2009

On the 14th floor

I am currently living in a Hotel, which is both good & bad. I won't go into details right now, because there's something else: We are on the 14th floor.
Nothing special about that, so it seems, but: There is no 13th floor. It goes straight from 12 to 14. Of course most people are familiar with that, most hotels do that, for reasons of superstition. It's a common thing, they either omit 13, or give it a different name like 12A or M or put it to other use like storage etc.
But: Given the fact they skipped 13 as they did here in my hotel, if you count from the ground up, is not the 14th floor acutally the 13th floor?
Yes, it is.
I live on the 13th floor.
So what are the consequences of that?
For example:
- The friendly housekeeping lady assigned to the floor is actually an evil demon from the outskirts of hell, you know the part where the immigrated minority cummunity gets tortured.
- the number of suicides is way higher than on any other floor, also suicidal people are more creative in the art of killing themselves. Boring things like managing to open a window and jump out or throwing the hair dryer into the bathtub while sitting in it or hanging themselves on a doorknob they won't even consider.
- the number of non suicidal death is way higher then on any other floor: Mass murderers and other serial killer types frequently find ways to circumvent security systems and perform their art on the innocent guests.
- all the secret laboratories are actually right next door.
- Kennedy's assasination was planned right in this very room.
- 9/11 was planned here, too. This is actually Bin Laden's cave.
-...

What does this mean for me?
I will from now on be extra careful. I will keep my eyes and ears open.
Oh, hold on, there's somebody at the door.
What? Room service?
I didn't order any roo---

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