Unfiltered Story #344506
(We are travelling in a group of 14 people between the ages of 18 -20, legally adults in Argentina. Its the first time we travel unsupervised and everybody has planned the trip and payed on their own, after working together all summer. Salta is pretty cheap, but we don´t have a lot of money so we have been staying in hostels all around the area travelling through the North of the country. We booked and payed everything months in advance to be out of trouble. We arrive at our last destination, where we have booked a room of 14 so that we don´t have to share with strangers. We dont eat out because we are trying to save money, so we made extra sure that every hostel had a functioning kitchen aviable for guests)
Hostel owner: You dont have a reservation.
Group leader: We do, here is our recipt and our email exchange.
Hostel owner: WELL, your payment hasnt registered yet.
Group leader: We payed much time in advance, however in every hostel we have been to, payment usually comes in the day we arrive because internet is pretty slow here. Im sure that if you check right now, you will see its in.
Hostel owner: WELL I DONT HAVE A COMPUTER YOU STUPID FUCK. ARE YOU TRYING TO SCAM ME?
Group leader: Then shall we go to a cyber café and check together?
(The woman insists very angrily to go on her own. We are starving and cant use the kitchen so we go buy something cheap to eat. Our group leader, who was just the person in charge of this reservation, decides to stay and wait for the owner to confirm the payment before joining us, since the cyber café is not far away. We come back four hours later to find him still on the same spot)
Group leader: Still no news
Me: I can´t believe it, what is taking her so long?
(A lady swipping the floor overhears us)
Lady: Oh, the payment came in yesterday
Group Leader: What? Where is the owner?
Lady: She went dancing after checking and informed me not to kick you out since the payment had came in. Your rooms are number 4 and 5, theres 10 people already in each one, so you get the beds that aren´t in use.
Group Leader: Thats not what we booked, we are a large group and requested to be together, this was confirmed a month ago.
Lady: Well Its not my problem. You are free to look for another place to stay.
(We couldnt afford another hotel and the owner was unreachable, so we unpack the food we had bought for dinner along with some of our bags with plastic cups and species and leave it all in the kitchen. We let the lady know we will be using it to cook dinner at around 8Pm, which is rather early for Argentina´s dinner time, because we are a large group and we don´t want to disturb anyone. In between, we explore the city and have fun. We come back at 7 to find the kitchen locked with all of our food and some belongings in it)
Lady: The owner came back and locked it so that you wouldn´t steal, but she left you this to cook your meal on the grill outside *handing us 1 knife and two plates to cook and eat for a whole group of 14 people. No coal or wood for the grill*
Group leader: *annoyed* Is she in right now? There´s stuff of ours in there
Lady: You can knock but she wont answer, that´s her door.
Group member #1: *Knocks on door*
Owner: WE ARE NAKED!
Group member #1: I need you to open up the kitchen. I have my medication in there.
(Owner opens the door, fully dressed, and unloks the kitchen. We all try to come in but she literally pushes the girl who knocked inside and slams it on our noses. Our friend starts nervously going through her stuff but her hands are failing her and the owner is making impatient remarks)
Owner: NOW GO PICK YOUR MEDICINE YOU INDIGENT. *grabs her arm* I BET YOU HAVE BEEN SMOKING WEED EVERY TEENAGE F*CK SMOKES WEED. LET ME SEE YOUR EYES *tries to grab her face* YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS HAVE AN HOUR TO LEAVE BEFORE I CALL THE POLICE!
(We run, most of us in our pijamas, to a city where everything is already closed for tourists. And knock on the only door we know, the bar where we hanged out some hours ago. Turns up the owners recognize us and are inside the bar watching a movie after closing time. We tell them the story and they let us come in; apparently, the owner is dreaded in the area and one of the bar owners had the ´pleassue´ of working for her some time ago. They give us dinner and beer and we watch a comedy together while telling them about our trip. The following morning we packed everything and left for a plane back home)
