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Thursday, 06 February 2014
Sochi Olympics update: Meet the new Soviet Union, same as the old Soviet Union
At the Sochi Olympics, the KGB is watching you in the shower.
So far, the story of the Olympics in Sochi has been complaints about and funny photos of the bathrooms and hotel rooms in Russia.
Dmitry Kozak, "the deputy prime minister responsible for the Olympic preparations," responded to criticism of the accommodations.
"We have surveillance video from the hotels that shows people turn on the shower, direct the nozzle at the wall and then leave the room for the whole day," Kozak said.
Wait, what? Surveillance video of the showers?
Sure, it's par for the course for the KGB.
Speaking of Sochi's accommodations, I'm finding it quite humorous that our uber-liberal commie-loving press corps isn't enamored with their luxurious proletarian dachas.
The little sink sits atop an exposed white plastic pipe, stuck to the wall and surrounded by an unruly gob of caulk. Might as well forget about a shower curtain. The way the bathroom is set up there's no place to affix a rod.
The single room has two lamps — which don't have light bulbs, but that's okay because they aren't near any unused outlets. An overhead chandelier has five shades, three of them with bulbs. There's no phone. The television doesn't work. A brainstorm interrupts an unsuccessful effort to plod through the manual — in Russian. There's no battery in the remote!
Comrades! You guys spent decades extolling the virtues of communism. Google "Soviet apartment block" to refresh your memory and revel in the utilitarian conformity. Then tell me your hotel isn't 10 times better!
It could be worse you know. They could have hired NJ Transit to arrange your
transportation.
Posted at 13:06 by Chris Wysocki
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