I read that because of superstition, most hotels change their "13th" floor to "14th".
2007-06-22 12:54:53 · 15 answers · asked by no 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Only those owned by morons would "skip" designating the 13th floor AS the 13th floor. The equivalent of endorsing a mindless superstition. Just on general principles, I wouldn't stay in one of those if I knew that about it ahead of time.
2007-06-22 12:59:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
All hotels (well ones that are more then 13 stories high) have a 13th floor, but they just call it the 14th instead so guest will not get freaked out, after all you can't just leave a whole floor empty. So either way if a hotel skipps the 13th floor and puts the 14th floor in its place it won't make a difference it'll still be the 13th floor with a different name.
2007-06-22 20:37:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup, but sounds kind of silly doesn't it? not like there is a big space of air where the 13th floor should be. The fourteenth floor is the thirteenth floor. Calling it anything else is just false.
2007-06-22 20:01:25 · answer #3 · answered by Beenthere 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know of a hospital that I have been that uses the 13th floor as the maintenance floor of the hospital.
2007-06-22 20:01:14 · answer #4 · answered by ><>JHF<>< 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not just hotels. When I went to college my dorm was in a very big building in NYC and no 13th floor
2007-06-22 20:00:16 · answer #5 · answered by jen81076 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and lots of condo buildings skip it as well, which is a great idea it really eases the minds of the people on the "14" floor who didn't pass kinder garden I'm sure.
2007-06-22 23:06:35 · answer #6 · answered by Proserpina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is true. not just hotels, but many other buildings also. i think the empire state building does not have a 13th. floor.
2007-06-22 20:02:19 · answer #7 · answered by kityklaws 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work at a hotel and we dont have a 13th floor. . .
Of course we only have 3 floors so yeah. lol
:D
2007-06-22 22:07:19 · answer #8 · answered by Ozma 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i've seen it. along with skipping the 13th room, stuff like that - totally stupid in my opinion. of course the 13th floor usually houses the ultra secret fbi lab, the counterfiet ring, or the architect.
2007-06-22 19:58:34 · answer #9 · answered by mike s 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's true, it's like the theater lots of superstitious traditions that don't have a basis in fact.
2007-06-22 20:25:31 · answer #10 · answered by jadeaaustin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋