In that case, tell the old coot to book his own goddamn room. 
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Makes me wonder what I got to look forward to. I mean if I have no friends now wait til Iām 70.
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Makes sense now. You donāt want the stange grandpa in the dorms. Itās bad for business.
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So I need to get a fake ID again if Iām getting old in Taiwan?
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You prob dodged a bullet there, does not sound like a place to stay for an older person, or anyone really:
Tripadvisor:
Terrible hostel run by poor attitude owner
- setting of the hostel - there were rooms (if you can call those rooms) attached to the ceiling of the building, Those rooms are around 1m height, guests were require to crawl to their beds. You definitely cannot stand up and walk around in those. Iām uncertain as to whether the setting of this hostel is legal in Taiwan"
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Nonsense. You tried to book him into a backpacker/newbie cubicle in Ximen. And youāre making these assertions that Taiwanese hotels ādiscriminate against old peopleā. Utter claptrap.
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So, they get refused entry by some cheap hostel. They can more than make up for it by cutting in line at a convenience store before walking very slowly in the middle of the road ignoring all traffic.
I stayed there beforeā¦ each room has like 3 tiers of bed so you had to craw around sometimes. My dad definitely has back problems. I have to give up my lower bunk when heās here.
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He had stayed there before but was refused entry at a later date?
EDIT: You have bunk beds where you live.
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He hadnāt. I stayed there myself when I came back to Taiwan last year.
I thought it was ok but I canāt imagine when itās at full occupancy.
I have bunk beds where I live. Itās the only way to have 2 people sleeping here with limited space. The upper bunk comes apart when my dad is not here.
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If I was old and rich, it would probably make old age less bad.
But try being old, and not rich, and with Taiwan having a social security system dependent on whether your kids will support you, not having kids (or kids that cares) will be very bad.
Iām debating if I should just allow myself to die earlier, probably less painful this way.
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I think there are pros and cons, still. Housing is one thing but NHI is another. I think friends and community are important. Some old people live together with their long-time buddies, so itās not so bad after all. They arenāt so nitpicky anymore: āOh this is my house. Whereās your house?ā Stuff like that cos they all need some form of companionship. Itās also not too bad at a retirement home and having nhi benefits. There are also some old people who are super healthy. As Ben Franklin once said: āHeās a fool that makes his doctor his heir.ā So I think the main priority is just staying in good health.
Reviving this thread to say that unfortunately this topic seems to be alive and well in October 2022. Helen Davidson (reporter from the Guardian, and certainly no enemy to Taiwan) has run into trouble with this too:
Guy
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The failure in public health messaging is how vague and unclear it always is.
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What a joke. 40k cases reported every day and how many thousand not reported?
but the foreigners will give us covid. Embarrassing
If only the foreigners wore masks, they would be covid safe
Looks like she has been contacted by some government department. I guess you get help fast when you report for the guardian.
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I wonder how many situations like this go unreported?
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Does that count as a failure? I thought the CECC deliberately put everything through a vagueifier before announcing it.
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I call BS. I made two bookings and havenāt had any trouble. Feel like they pushed for something to happen.
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