Heidegger frequently uses the term "thrown." We are thrown into Being. And, I'd add, we are thrown into the hotel, thrown into its impersonal, public muddle.

We turn away from work as a means of "taking care," says Heidegger. To check into a hotel: this, too, may be a mode of taking care, of refusal.

Hotel is a method of "not-staying." Curious, we stray: we enter the euphoric state of "never dwelling anywhere."

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