A hotel in northern Germany has started charging its guests by the kilo for an overnight stay.
In the town of Norden, close to the Dutch border, guests now have to step onto the scales before moving into their rooms and fork out half a euro ($0.61) per kilogram (2.2 lbs).
But just when the article sounds interesting, it ends with:
Larger customers may be reassured that the hotel turns no one away who refuses to step on the scales and charges no guest more than 39 euros, the normal single room price.
So....they don't charge by the pound...
For those who don't want to do the math (and would rather hear a Bennishian lecture?):
$47.58 is the charge for 172 lb. and above.
If you weighed 110 lb., then the charge would be (110/2.2)*(0.61)= $30.50 ... over 1/3 off the chubby-person charge.
That's quite a savings for being petite. I don't know if they charge for children by the pound as well or would just charge an extra flat fee depending on the number of beds in a room.
Posted by: MarcV at March 20, 2006 09:43 AMTalk about an invasion of privacy.
Posted by: Dee at March 20, 2006 11:52 AM
