In the last couple days, Sochi, Russia has been the laughing stock of the Internet - and Twitter especially - but at the expense of a handful of sports journalists sent over to the city to cover the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Twitter is alive and well with live-Tweets describing the conditions: "resolved" water main breaks that result in water that resembles Scotch, missing doorknobs, stray dogs in rooms, uncovered manholes in the streets, no lobby receptionist to check guests in, broken ski-lifts - the list goes on and on.
According to the New York Post, of the nine hotels booked for journalists, only six were ready, and those not ready were still under construction, complete with site workers taking naps in unfinished rooms.
Interestingly enough, the Olympians' stay was much more cozy and comfortable than the journalist according to TODAY.com - perhaps that's a sign as to who is considered priority?
Monique Lamoureu of the US women's hockey team told TODAY.com that her room was a great size, had a nice bathroom, and was clean and well-kept.
"They're top-notch," she said. "We haven't had a problem at all."
International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams tried to assure visitors that the Sochi hosts have not failed in providing housing for their guests, but have merely run into a few issues.
"It's a bit premature to say it's been a failure," he said in a news conference on Wednesday. "They have delivered 24,000 rooms. Surely there have been some issues, but we are really doing our best."
Since the slew of Twitter-complaints, Adams said all the rooms have been delivered, that the issues are "connecting them to the phones," and that they just need to be cleaned.
Either way, Twitter served a double purpose on Wednesday when it came to the Winter Olympics: providing a server to stay up-to-date on game coverage and to entertain the masses with horror-Tweets from Russia at our journalists' expense.
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