Hotel guests often forget their rooms. A joke was posted on Twitter by sickipediabot on March 12, 2012:
“I walked up to reception in the hotel and said, ‘Sorry but I forgot what room I’m in.’
‘No problem Sir, this is called the lobby.’”
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Sergio Kun Agüero
@Sergi0Aguero16
I walked up to reception in the hotel and said, “Sorry but I forgot what room I’m in.”
“No problem Sir, this is called the lobby.”
11:39 AM - 12 Mar 2012
Twitter
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@colinstirling83
I walked up to reception in the hotel and said, “Sorry but I forgot what room I’m in.”
“No problem Sir, this is called the lobby.”
11:52 AM - 12 Mar 2012
Twitter
sickipediabot
@sickipediabot
I walked up to reception in the hotel and said, “Sorry but I forgot what room I’m in.”
“No problem Sir, this is called the lobby.”
3:57 PM - 12 Mar 2012
PMSLweb
This is called the lobby hotel joke
Posted by: FROZ February 4, 2016
This is called the lobby hotel joke
(The joke is illustrated.—ed.)
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Alan Ovington
@AlanOvington
When I got back to the hotel I said to the receptionist, “Sorry but I’ve forgotten which room I’m in”. She said, “This is called the lobby”.
3:48 PM - 5 Apr 2017
Reddit—Clean Jokes
I walked up to reception in the hotel and said, “Sorry, but I forgot what room I’m in.” (self.cleanjokes)
submitted November 26, 2017 by madazzahatterQuality “Ugh” Contributor
“No problem, Sir. This is called the lobby.”
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