The Hilton Sandton, where I stayed with Iggy earlier this summer, is concerned about improving its maid service. So when the supervisor checked on our room I asked, "Is it normal for a room with two people to find only one chocolate on the pillow after turndown service?" She agreed that wasn’t correct.

Sometimes we got two chocolates after that. A couple of times, I got the second chocolate only after explicitly asking for it because I was in the room when the maid came for turndown service.

One evening, the maid told me that she couldn’t give me a second chocolate. It was against the rules. I was all for calling her supervisor. But Iggy didn’t want a fight. He told me to take the chocolate.

What’s with the scarcity of chocolates? South Africa is a poor country. I wonder if the staff steals the extra candies.

Anyway, the funny thing is that Allan got two chocolates on his pillows last night, even though he’s there by himself. Maybe the staff on the first floor is more conscientious than the third floor staff where we stayed the last time.