me: Bubba, mom suggested the YMCA hotel while you stay in Hong Kong. She said it's at a quite good location.
Scotty: Bubba, I'm not staying at the YMCA!
me: It's not the YMCA, it's the YMCA International Hotel!
Scotty: Enough. I want to stay at a brand name hotel, like the Sheraton, the Ramada, or at least the Holiday Inn... I'm on vacation, and I want a four-stars or five-stars hotel.
me: This is Hong Kong, those hotels are expensive, and you're staying for 9 nights, it adds up.
Scotty: Well, you can cover my food then... besides, the YMCA hotel has pretty bad reviews here. It says here: "the room was very small and had a musky smell. The air conditioner was extremely loud - one had to choose between cool air and a lot of noise." I'm not staying there.
me: Bubba, people who wrote reviews are often those who had bad experiences with the hotel. They were bitter and wanted to complain.
Scotty: Oh, here's another one with only one star: "we had rooms in the older wing which were very drab and 60s looking, and the beds were extremely hard with only a thin blanket. And the hotel bathroom (bath tub) is very dirty."
me: Fine, we don't have to stay there.
Scotty: We?
me: Yes, I'm staying with you for those 10 days! I'm not letting you staying at a hotel in this city by yourself. You'll be like on estancy with Asian boys everywhere! Anyway, I think we should go to Macau as well, it's close by.
Scotty: I'm not going to China!
me: Bubba, Macau is not "China"!
Scotty: People are going to cut my heart out or something. I just watched a movie where these tourists in Brazil got their organs taken out and stuff, scary.
me: It's Macau, not Brazil! It's very safe there.
Scotty: Yeah, and your mom wants us to stay at a rat hole. she probably wants me to get rabbies or something.
me: BUBBA!