Lets hope that this uninviting layout is not intended to be the permanent configuration of the lobby. In addition to removing a number of comfy chairs and the couch, our new slumlord David Elder – back from self-imposed exile in LA – has arranged the chairs so that no two comfy ones are side by side, making it hard for guests and residents to hang out and converse.
Elder’s lobby consultant must be a friend of Vellonakis – the jerk responsible for the anti-people parks that have sprung up around the city lately – since the new lobby design has the same effect: that of stifling the freedom of speech and assembly by making people want to move on. This adversely affects tradition of conversation and collaboration that has long existed at the hotel, not to mention the free and easy Bohemian lifestyle that people come from all over the world to experience and celebrate. Besides that, it’s hard on the elderly and infirm of the hotel, who tend to use the space as their living room.
Most likely, Elder simply doesn’t care who he hurts, and is only trying to impress Marlene so she’ll make him the manager. Unfortunately for him, she knows him even better than we do. — Ed Hamilton
(Update — a couple of chairs have now been returned because residents complained.)
Before — Comfy Seating Area
New Anti-People Area — No chairs and a hard bench
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