{"id":3171,"date":"2025-04-08T16:17:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=3171"},"modified":"2025-04-11T16:49:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:49:35","slug":"the-fraudulent-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=3171","title":{"rendered":"The Fraudulent Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three scientists\u2014Papaia, Banani, and Ravioli\u2014and their assistant Igor, who are supposed to attend the famous dark matter conference, board the wrong flight and end up on the other side of the world. After arriving at the wrong airport, they book a hotel for the night, but it\u2019s not exactly what they expected\u2026 in the sense that it\u2019s terrible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a rough night, they also get stuck in the elevator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are at the bar, where the clerk is finishing his coffee break with his friend Alfred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clerk: Anyway, that group ended up scamming me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred: What? How?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clerk: It happened on the night of their check-out. Their flight was early in the morning, so they left without paying the bill!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred: But don\u2019t you make them pay before they check in?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clerk: Yeah! But there are the extras!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred: What extras? The dust or the cockroaches?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clerk: No, those are included in the stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 I\u2019m talking about my half bottles of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred: Oh, right! The ones you drink halfway and then save to resell to the guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clerk: Exactly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred: I don\u2019t know how you manage to sell them. Who would want to buy them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clerk: You don\u2019t know because you\u2019ve never spent half an hour inside one of the saunas\u2026 I mean\u2026 rooms!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred: I see! Another divine punishment\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026dehydration this time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026.Why didn\u2019t you call it &#8220;Hell Hotel&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;or &#8220;Lake of Fire Hotel&#8221;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clerk: I don\u2019t know? It\u2019s because I like \u201csunfliwerrs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred: You mean \u201csunflowers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doorman: No, it\u2019s \u201csunflowerrs\u201d with two Rs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred: Fine, whatever you say!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=3167\">Previous<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=3174\">Next<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three scientists\u2014Papaia, Banani, and Ravioli\u2014and their assistant Igor, who are supposed to attend the famous dark matter conference, board the wrong flight and end up on the other side of the world. 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