The Winter Olympics begins today and after seven years of preparation they are almost ready. But there are still a few glitches and most of the inconvenience is being borne by the media folks who are the advance guard. One fellow was awakened at 3AM by a stranger in his room who was issued a duplicate key by the hotel desk. Rather startling after a long trip. A woman was awakened three times by fire alarms in her hotel. Another woman had no running water and the desk person said it would be corrected in 45 minutes but not to put the water on her face as it contained a chemical. And it left a ring around the bathtub. She washed her face with bottled water. But the real eyebrow raiser occurred in the athletes housing area where they constructed dual toilets side by side in a oversized stall. This is taking team bonding to a new level. Let's hope the Olympic Torch doesn't go out before the opening ceremonies.
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