u/keplerniko

I know this headline seems like a 5G/birds aren’t real conspiracy post, but anyway I was returning to my car a few days ago which was parked within 20 feet of the garage bins which a garbage truck was in the process of emptying. It was one of the lifting ones with a crane, and as we got near one of the workers said to wait a moment (in Lithuanian) and something like ‘we did that’ with a smile. The keyless entry to my car did not work, and pressing the actual lock/unlock buttons also gave no response.

I thought maybe the fob battery had finally died or there was an issue with the sensor—but my partner who also has a key fob which definitely doesn’t have a low battery also could not get the car to unlock, and the keyless entry on that side of the car too was unresponsive.

The moment the garbage truck finished and started to drive off, everything worked again—we could unlock the car and have had no issues since.

Do garbage trucks in Vilnius have jammers that block certain frequencies when they are in operation?

Would have never pinned it on the truck were it not for the worker’s specific comment that they were the cause which was said with quite the cheeky grin.

If I have MitID set up on my phone and a CPR number, what are the best bank accounts to open in digital fashion? I already have Revolut, but what other Danish banks typically grant an account without needing to go into a branch and ideally with that information + non-Danish passport?

Booked the Hilton in Angel (London) for two nights on the weekend to attend a wedding. We arrived first day at around 3:15pm, on one of the hottest days this summer (35C). I can imagine everyone had their air conditioners on in the hotel, but at the end of the day we paid for it and it's listed on the room - so we expected it to work. It did not, which we flagged immediately to the front desk.

We went out and returned 6 hours later to find out from front desk the maintenance had confirmed it was not blowing cold, only the fan was running and making a bit of a clicking noise. I kicked off and got a very sorry, broken fan brought to the room, which led me to make another bit of a scene in the lobby and got a working (albeit also missing the front safety cover) as a replacement.

I got the 'manager's' email written down by front desk, but when I sent a mail later that night it turned out they were only an assistant manager and on holiday until early July anyway (this was last weekend in June). Fortunately, I had read the posts here which suggested taking it to Guest Assistance (guest.correspondence@hilton.com) which I also put onto the mail.

The next day we were moved to a room with working A/C (although the first room we moved to had a completely non-functional one - no display working at all - which meant we had to move a second time), and the rest of the trip was fine.

It was a points booking; after chasing a few days ago Guest Assistance got in touch and offered to refund all the points used for the entire two-night booking (not just one night!), meaning we had a stay in relatively central London (close to the venue, the main point) for less than £80. The experience at the hotel on the first day was frustrating, but at least Guest Assistance has done what I feel is a solid and so we will have another chance to use the points at another Hilton on a future occasion.

TL;DR: reach out to Guest Assistance as soon you finish trying to get a solution from the on-site staff, because even if they come up with a compromise you may still be compensated if your experience isn't up to scratch.