Wendy Klang
On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, my husband and I checked into the Petersburg,VA Hampton Inn, room 511. Being 73 years old and 4' 11" tall, I had could not get onto the exceptionally high bed. Seeing that getting into bed was a major problem for me, I called the receptionist and asked for a step stool.
The woman at the front desk at first said there were none in the motel. I suggested that housekeeping might have one. She then put me on hold and when she returned, she told me again there were no step stools available to me and that I should have gotten a handicap room (as far as I know, I have no handicaps), but there were no step stools available anyway.
My husband and I searched the room for anything to use as a step stool so that I could get onto the bed to get to sleep. We decided to…