How to dry clothes when staying in a hotel? Chinese aunts dry clothes in the United States. There is no way to dry clothes in winter.

A fire alarm was triggered while hanging clothes, and it started to rain in the room

It is understood that the aunt whose surname was Chen came to the United States in March this year.

That night, Aunt Chen, who stayed in a room on the non-smoking floor, washed her clothes and wanted to find a ventilated place to dry them, but found that the window could not be opened. After searching around the room, she found a small, flickering bump on the wall - a smoke detector. Behind this metal device is the air outlet of the air conditioner. If you hang your clothes on it, you will definitely be able to dry it the next morning. Aunt Chen stood on the stool and hung up her clothes. However, the faint flickering light of the smoke detector disappeared, and a few small pieces of glass fell down. Then the alarm sounded, and the metal device sprayed water in Aunt Chen's face. Other fire alarm sprinklers in the room also started working, and it started to rain heavily in the room.

Before Aunt Chen could react, hotel staff knocked on the door and took her outside the hotel for emergency refuge. After a while, the hotel was filled with guests. A few minutes later, fire engines, ambulances, and police cars all arrived at the scene. After investigation, the alarm was lifted at the scene, the hotel returned to normal, and everyone returned to their rooms. Aunt Chen's room was completely soaked in water, and the bed, TV, luggage, and carpet were all soaked. The room was unavailable, and the hotel didn't have many rooms available for replacement that day, so Aunt Chen had to stay up all night in the lobby.

A claim of US$30,000 was made and the final compensation was US$10,000

The next afternoon, the hotel issued a compensation bill of US$30,000 to Aunt Chen who had caused the accident. The reason was that Aunt Chen hung the clothes drying rack on the smoke detector, causing the glass on the detector to break. The small piece of glass acted as a detector activator, triggering the hotel's fire alarm.

The bill lists fire protection facilities, electrical appliances, furniture, bedding, wallpaper and other items that need to be compensated, as well as hotel business losses, etc., totaling more than 30,000 US dollars.

Aunt Chen was dumbfounded. She did not expect that her unintentional act would result in such a large fine. After many negotiations between the tour guide and the hotel, Aunt Chen was finally asked to pay more than 10,000 US dollars. The hotel stated that the house where Aunt Chen stayed would be uninhabitable for at least a month, and the carpets and furniture would have to be replaced.

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