Bracelets discriminate. Insider discovered this when checking in to
a hotel for an industry conference in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The
property had a confusing number of meal plan options. To enable
hotel staff to distinguish which option had been selected, a
specific color bracelet was strapped to a guest's wrist. The guest
at the head of the line walked away from the front desk with a
bright-orange bracelet. He had chosen the inclusive,
all-you-can-eat-and-drink-all-day-and-all-night-long plan. The next
guest sported a blue bracelet--breakfast, lunch and drinks until 5
p.m. daily. The man directly ahead of Insider opted for the
breakfast-only, green-bracelet plan. Insider stepped up. The front
desk agent checked his computer, handed us a key card and indicated
we should present our wrist. We did, and he fastened a white
plastic bracelet to our arm. "What do you get with a white
bracelet?" we asked. "Nothing. You're on the room-only plan," he
replied.