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In reply to the discussion: Where's the Worst Place You've Ever Spent the Night? [View all]japple
(9,821 posts)or Holiday Inn. It was clean and comfortable. We had been driving all day and were ready to rest our eyes. About 1:00 a.m., the smoke detector starts beeping. If you are familiar with these units, you will know that they always beep just as you are getting back to sleep. We tried sleeping with the pillows over our heads. We tried stuffing our ears with toilet paper. We called the front desk, but they informed us that no maintenance employees were on duty and advised us to "unplug" the detector. Both of us are at 5'4" & under. We tried standing on the bed and grabbing the thing, but were still a few inches short. Finally, my sister piled up several things--pillows, blankets, clothes, etc. and was able to reach the smoke detector which she pulled down from the ceiling. She put it outside the door (we thought about throwing it in the pool.) It was still there the next morning...beeping away.