Tell me why?

 The fun and games at the Mantra continue. 

After putting in a gentle complaint I hadn't received my points for the last trip - and I was in need of a clothes rack (Note, do not call it a clothes horse - you end up being brought J-Cloths/Chux or hand towels - and you end up back down at reception making a drawing of a clothes horse. And yes, it happened just like this.) I was on my way up to my room for lunch. I said the person was welcome to drop in said clothes horse. 

The clothes horse arrived. 

Having status points with the hotel, which gives me not only breakfast, and some welcome goodies, which weren't there when I got in, (Another involved story) I was having lunch in my room when there was a knock at the door. Housekeeping not only brought my preferred way of drying clothes - they also brought the goodies, including the water I was requiring when I got in at 2 a.m. Better late than never. 

Returning to my room after work, I wanted to give my face a quick once over before heading out to dinner - then clean flannels that were piled up on the sink were gone. 

So, I went back downstairs. I spoke to the girl at the desk. I asked nicely. 

"Hello, could you have housekeeping please send up a couple of face washers to my room. You know, flannels. Wash cloths."

The person behind the desk seemed remotely competent and said she'd send some up. 

Two hours later, I came back from dinner. 

Still no face washers/flannels/wash cloths.

So, so I went back downstairs. 

The same person who took my request was at the desk.

I asked about the face washers. 

"Oh, I thought you were joking?"

"Ah, no."

"But we don't supply them."

"Yes, you do. There were three of them in the bathroom this morning."

"Oh. I thought you meant face wash," they told me. 

"No, I said face washers. Also known as flannels. Also known as wash cloths. In French, they're known as navettes. You know what I'm talking about - they're small towels about the size of a piece of paper that you use in the shower to wash your body."

They were apologetic.

The flannels arrived at my room ten minutes later.

I'm still wondering why it's all so hard. 

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