Weird Hostel Experience #2

This morning I noticed a rather large family checking in (3 young girls, 2 women, and 1 man) and I thought it was strange to see an entire family at a hostel since I associate hostels with younger people who are still in school or recent graduates.  During the first dinner, we were definitely the oldest people here! 

We return to the hostel around 2:30 in the afternoon so Paul can work, I run upstairs to use the bathroom and I see the man standing outside the door to the ladies room, facing the bathroom.  I’m not sure what he’s doing there but he waves at me to go past him and, when I open the door, I see why he is waiting there – the rest of the family has taken over the ENTIRE ladies bathroom and he’s waiting for them to pass him the shampoo.  They’ve got the little girls standing naked in the shower all covered in soap and shampoo (the doors and curtains are all open), one of the women is washing them, and the other has taken over the sink area.

In my hand I had some garbage I was planning to toss into the bathroom’s garbage can, but the woman at the sink was blocking the garbage can and when I tried to say excuse me, she either didn’t hear, didn’t understand, or just plain ignored me.  I waited a few seconds (I’m pretty sure she was shaving her eyebrows) but decided to give up trying to get to the garbage can while she was there.  I glanced at the toilets, wondering how I could go pee with this garbage in my hands,  decided that it wasn’t worth it and turned around and left the bathroom.

If this family continues to use the ENTIRE bathroom, I can’t wait until we check out!