Caught cold.
More precisely: shock-frozen.
Normally, fresh food is quickly cooled to below minus 18 degrees Celsius in order to preserve it.
But even the first walk from the hallway into the room feels like the transition from vegetables to longevity.
Tobias Rabe
Responsible editor for Sport Online.
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The thermostat actually reads 18 degrees.
Plus.
Luckily.
“A warm welcome” still feels different.
Especially when it's over 30 degrees outside.
After all, there is this blue button on the device that would not only freeze the room, but probably also hell.
If you press it, the loudly rustling air conditioning system turns off and the softly whimpering guest thaws.
Energy-saving mode in Doha apparently not known
But the game repeats itself.
Apparently part of the room service job is turning the freezer on again and again.
Just like everyone, really everyone, turning on lamps.
A small advantage, as one thinks of boiling hot (one has a cool head here): When returning to the hotel room, the icicles on the ceiling are at least immediately recognizable.
When you shake your head at this waste of energy, you could otherwise fall on it.
The energy-saving mode is apparently not known in Doha.
Neither does avoiding plastic waste.
In the shop around the corner, the customer gets a large plastic bag for two small bottles of water.
Anyone who says that two hands are enough for the short journey to the hotel is met with a blank look.
But there is also good news from the hotel with the freezer called room.
For the third day in a row, no water came out of the taps for a few hours.
The assumption: frost damage.
The official reason: maintenance work.
The way of information: every day a new, white, printed note on the fridge, excuse me, room door.
So there is no saving on paper either.