Amtrak can provide Ice for you with enough notice.Anthony said:
There isn't a mini-kitchen in the rooms. Hay, this isn't Embassy Suites.
An easy way that does not involve a microwave or stove: use a larger plastic glass (like a big gulp cup), place hot water in it, & add filled bottle. Wait about 1-2 minutes, shake, test, then use. That's how I heated bottles for our kids. Way easy, less risk of overheating.
Maybe not in your room, but you never know what's The_Traveler's suite! :lol:
I completely agree with your post and example. One quick point, Amtrak usually will allow you to bring in personal food and beverages to the upper level of SSL cars.
Our regulatory agencies can't keep our fish, beef, veggies, fruits, or even our peanut butter safe, but by golly they can keep a sealed cup of sterile soup out of our microwaves! Welcome to the era of unexplainable idiocy.
Oh this just made my day. Love it!!
oh please... even if it wasn't an FDA requirement it would still be against Amtrak rules. "Hi.. instead of paying for the cup o noodles that you have for sale I would like you to microwave this cup o noodles for me.. and seeing as I'm too cheap to buy a cup o noodles at the snack stand i'm definately not going to give you a tip for your services" Please.
"Oh, and also, do you happen to have a spoon I can use!"
Maybe not in your room, but you never know what's The_Traveler's suite!
We bring a cooler. And french press. And.......
(gotta keep hubby happy!)
No, it is a glass container that is used to make coffee. Put the ground coffee in the bottom of the container, add hot water and then insert the "press" - which is a circular piece of metal that you press down and it allows the water to pass through and compresses the ground coffee at the bottom of the container. Let it sit a bit and you have pretty good coffee with very little effort. The only issue I would see on the train is getting water that is hot enough to activate the ground coffee.Maybe not in your room, but you never know what's The_Traveler's suite!
We bring a cooler. And french press. And.......
(gotta keep hubby happy!)
French Press, that sandwich thing?
It seems odd that you would pick me as an example of someone who's cheap. Or that you didn't seem to realize this would pertain to a self-service microwave. You know, the kind many of us already use at work without issue.
That imaginary conversation you just quoted sure sounds logical to me. Thanks for the timely demonstration of reasoned debate.
I doubt if your place of work is regulated by the FDA, or that you are in the retail food business, but can you actually imagine someone walking into a convenience store and asking them if it would be OK to use their micro-wave to heat up their cup-o-noodles they bought at the grocery store and then asking for a spoon? Restaurants will sometimes charge a corkage fee to allow you to bring your own bottle of wine into their establishment, to at least make up a bit of lost revenue, but I guarantee they will not cook your store-bought steak for you! Reasoned debate assumes that each side is reasonable. Your assumptions are not reasonable!It seems odd that you would pick me as an example of someone who's cheap. Or that you didn't seem to realize this would pertain to a self-service microwave. You know, the kind many of us already use at work without issue.
That imaginary conversation you just quoted sure sounds logical to me. Thanks for the timely demonstration of reasoned debate.
No, it is a glass container that is used to make coffee. Put the ground coffee in the bottom of the container, add hot water and then insert the "press" - which is a circular piece of metal that you press down and it allows the water to pass through and compresses the ground coffee at the bottom of the container. Let it sit a bit and you have pretty good coffee with very little effort. The only issue I would see on the train is getting water that is hot enough to activate the ground coffee.Maybe not in your room, but you never know what's The_Traveler's suite!
We bring a cooler. And french press. And.......
(gotta keep hubby happy!)
French Press, that sandwich thing?
