There are two kinds of janky roadside motels... one is the one you'd encounter with mold and syringes and dried cum, on nearly any roadside today, and I hope you remembered the plastic bag for the remote. The other is the Howard Johnson your family stayed at in 1987 somewhere in Wisconsin, where indeed to this day, the A/C still comes out at -10* F and smells like cigarette-tinged adventure. Later you'll watch the Dark Crystal on the in-room HBO and be terrified for weeks.

Is mcdonald's sprite oddly awesome?

There's a lot decode in this sentence lol

This might be artfully crafted ragebait.

Most hotel ACs have overrides that prevent you from actually cooling the room.

Luckily most of them are only protected with security by obscurity and it's easy to change the setting if you know how.

https://www.travelandleisure.com/hotel-thermostat-temperature-hack-8656870.

https://youtu.be/Eo6P1-yN3TM?is=AVczvabRnCtbhUuS

I've never stayed in a hotel where I couldn't get this to work.

Having traveled for work regularly I learned to always check the filters. These are often skipped by cleaning staff.

Clean filters improved the air quality and increased AC performance

The rattle, the hiss of ice cold air, the mould, the dead pigeon inside of it.

The hotel A/C is pretty nice too.

Totally depends on if hotel is "a space to sleep" or "a relaxation destination"