The other week at a hotel restaurant bar on a Wednesday night, I overheard the (aging) (very light-skinned black) (male) bartender tell a patron that the *real* reason they made Pepsi Clear was so that it could be smuggled into the Soviet Union, and the people there could have their jacks-and-cokes in public without anyone being able to tell that they were drinking Coca-Cola.
He also said that the first week of January they closed the hotel bar for the 1st time in 40 years; occupancy was at just 10% due to a combination of very cold temps and the post-holiday lull, and it just wasn't worth it to keep anything open.
He said they usually have occupancy in the 80% range, which is best in the city for major hotels, and the only thing better you get is at small boutique hotels, many of which have average occupancy in the 90% range.
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