This place is just awful. I have several other Yelps to write, plus a book or three to finish and…read moreother work, but I'm going to prioritize this one because this place sucks hard. Here goes.
The management advertises free wi-fi internet on their roadside billboard, but when I got into the first room, it didn't work. The twin kids at the front desk forgot to give me the wi-fi password. After I returned to the office and got it from them, the network didn't even work, so I couldn't even enter it. At first, the network didn't show up, but eventually it was detectable by my laptop with one bar. I tried to log into it, but it was labeled "Poor" and wasn't strong enough for me to connect.
When I returned to the office, one of the kids assured me he was an engineer and I should logon outside my room (in the freezing cold at 11pm at night) and then go inside the room and it would work. I told him it didn't work that way and the signal needed to be present inside the room or it wouldn't work. He raised his finger and sternly chastised me. He also said it was working fine because someone one room down from me hadn't complained (which, of course, is illogical). So, I complained and I also told him my room smelled horribly of smoke and I wanted to change rooms. Eventually, he decided to let me and he gave me the key to another room (which said No Smoking on the door and may have been the only non-smoking room; it was the only one I noticed).
In the next room, I got three bars (and it went back and forth between two and three). However, the room is awful. I opened the refrigerator and there was mold in it. This prevented me from using it, so I had to keep the food items I wanted to stay cold in my car and right by the door crack. I couldn't fully close the curtains, so I used some rope I brought to tie one side shut, but there was still a slit down the middle, so I used a safety pin I brought to keep it closed. I tried to hang a towel over it, but it wouldn't reach the bottom. I didn't like sitting on the bed knowing people could see me if they wanted. There was also a mirror on the wall where the curtain wouldn't close on the right, so people could potentially see directly in the room and see more of the room through the mirror. At least the TV worked and I got to watch Saturday Night Live! However, it and all of the other channels were a little fuzzy.
The heater had black electrical tape all over it. It's a white wall heater, so it looks pretty bad and I wondered if the heat from the heater could heat the tape and tape glue to a point where it would send fumes into the air. It does seem to work, though. The refrigerator has a three prong plug and the third prong had been ripped out. Eek. Unsafe.
The door knob literally fell off in my hand and I wondered if I might have to get out through the window. There were actually two door knobs. One did nothing. The one that opened the door fell off. It's ok, though. I put it back on and I was able to open the door and exit. Whew. I'd hate to have to exit through the window or call the kids at the front desk for help. When I picked up the phone to call them, I heard nothing and it didn't dial, but they somehow knew I called and called me back. I was only calling them to say the wi-fi network worked.
There were no hangars in the closet and the bar was rusty. The chain that hung the ceiling lamp was rusty, too. The shower rod was also rusty. On the shower ceiling, there were yellowish spots and when I took a shower, they puddled and I hoped they weren't going to drop on me. Yuck. There were also cracked paint areas on the bathroom ceiling.
The bed was convex (opposed to concave). It felt like people had slept on the other side for a long time and it was flipped. This made it feel like I was sleeping on a hill. I'm about 5' 9" and 130 pounds, but I still felt like I was going to roll off.
The sink faucet dripped all night. The microwave had no glass plate in it. It only had the round, plastic spinner with wheels. Therefore, if I had used it, I would have had to take that part out and things wouldn't spin around. However, there was rust in the microwave and a suspicious looking, rusty crack in the back, so I didn't use it.
This place is a disgusting armpit. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone. In fact, it should probably be condemned or reported to the city of Jonesville, North Carolina for inspection.
When I woke up and checked out at 11am, I spoke to the manager Mark. He said he bought the place in 1999. I listed all of the things I found objectionable and he shrugged them off. I asked him why he hadn't improved the place since he bought it and he had no words.
I politely asked Mark for a refund because I had paid $45 and it seemed like a horrible deal for such a filthy, disgusting room and he yelled at me! I yelled at him back and said, "Don't yell at me!" He said he was calling the Police, so I decided to calmly walk out and leave. I glared at him and drove off.
