Reporters Arriving For Sochi Olympics Are Less Than Pleased With Nonexistent Hotel Rooms

Yahoo Sports’ Greg Wyshynski shared this photo on Twitter of the hotel room toilet that does not accept toilet paper.

The Winter Olympics start this week in Sochi, Russia, and you might be jealous of all the reporters getting paid to attend the games watch these events live. One thing you shouldn’t be envious of are the conditions of the hotel rooms these reporters are arriving to find.

The Washington Post has a pretty hilarious roundup of Tweets from numerous reporters who have reached Sochi only to find inadequate, incomplete, or nonexistent hotel rooms.

Here are some of our favorites from that story, along with some updates from those reporters:

The Globe & Mail’s Mark MacKinnon‘s Sochi hotel isn’t quite finished yet…

Ok, so my hotel doesn't have a lobby yet.—

Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) February 04, 2014

For those of you asking, when there's no lobby in your hotel, you go to the owner's bedroom to check in. #Sochi2014—

Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) February 04, 2014

The slogan of the Sochi Olympics is "Hot. Cool. Yours." Only the last two words applied to my shower this morning.—

Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) February 05, 2014

Stacy St. Clair of the Chicago Tribune isn’t drinking the Sochi Kool-Aid just yet… and certainly not with the yellow water coming from her hotel bathroom tap.

My hotel has no water. If restored, the front desk says, "do not use on your face because it contains something very dangerous." #Sochi2014—

Stacy St. Clair (@StacyStClair) February 04, 2014

Water restored, sorta. On the bright side, I now know what very dangerous face water looks like. #Sochi #unfiltered http://t.co/sQWM0vYtyz—

Stacy St. Clair (@StacyStClair) February 04, 2014

Also on the bright side: I just washed my face with Evian, like I'm a Kardashian or something.—

Stacy St. Clair (@StacyStClair) February 04, 2014

CNN sports producer Harry Reekie and his team arrived to find that months of preparation can go down the drain when the hotel rooms you booked don’t exist.

Over 48 hours after leaving London and still no hotel rooms ready for our team in Sochi. Accommodation situation here shambolic. #cnnsochi—

Harry Reekie (@HarryCNN) February 04, 2014

CNN booked 11 rooms in one @Sochi2014 media hotel five months ago. We have been here for a day and only one room is available. #cnnsochi—

Harry Reekie (@HarryCNN) February 04, 2014

This is the one hotel room @Sochi2014 have given us so far. Shambles. #cnnsochi http://t.co/RTjEkmyan3—

Harry Reekie (@HarryCNN) February 04, 2014

@richard_conway The hotels may be open but the rooms are not ready in our one. Still. From what I hear the problem is widespread.—

Harry Reekie (@HarryCNN) February 04, 2014

Reekie Tweeted the issue to Sochi Organizing Committee President and CEO Dmitry Chernyshenko:

@DChernyshenko Our media hotel is not ready Dmitry….11 rooms booked five months ago, only one ready. Please help.—

Harry Reekie (@HarryCNN) February 04, 2014

For what it’s worth, the CEO’s hotel room isn’t just in good order, it also has an awesome view:

Waiting for interview with @Sochi2014 CEO @DChernyshenko – decent view from the roof of his building. #cnnsochi http://t.co/uSHHk1WS4s—

Harry Reekie (@HarryCNN) February 05, 2014

Meanwhile, BBC Moscow bureau chief Kevin Bishop has this lovely decor in his unfinished accommodations:

The reception of our hotel in #Sochi has no floor. But it does have this welcoming picture. http://t.co/8isdoBuytl—

Kevin Bishop (@bishopk) February 04, 2014

@OllieW the lack of floor is behind the counter. If there were a receptionist she would have to make her own arrangements for standing—

Kevin Bishop (@bishopk) February 04, 2014

by Chris Morran via Consumerist