Hostel from Hell in London

Tip: reserve hostels 30-60 days early or you may experience the following, particularly in highly visited cities...

• coed room
• train car stacks of beds (I'm on top level which is 3rd level)
• 6 in a room
• 3.5 foot aisle for walking/standing and storing suitcases and shoes
• coed bathrooms and showers
• toilet paper on floor outside bathroom in hallway
• toilet paper in kitchen for paper towels
• cold no-pressure water, non-potable I think
• breakfast included: do I wish I could post a picture of breakfast! Loaves of white bread standing on end and corn flakes.
• normally, we cook and leave our food in cubbies and the refrigerator. We label the food with our names. In this hostel, something sinister might be added, and if not, the food will definitely be stolen.
• THE BRIGHT SIDE: I have been laughing hysterically over the hostel's unique charm, and the people in our room are actually very nice! (I say this after a guy was sleeping in MY bed at 6 pm; he should have checked out at 10 am. Does that tell you they don't clean or check the rooms?) Two nights ago, he had brought a woman HOME to sleep with him on the 3rd level with five other people in the room. Thankfully, the visitation occurred before our arrival. I'm appreciating my silk sleep sack. One degree of separation plus the sheets. I'm not touching the comforter!
• THE LUCKY SIDE: in the morning of the evening of the day of the hostel from hell, as we were pulling suitcases to the Glasgow train station for the airport, we ran into a movie shoot. Guess who? Halle Berry, up close and personal. She's in a movie with Tom Hanks and Hugh Grant called Cloudy Atlas, set in California in the 50s and 60s. There were BEAUTIFUL period cars with CA plates lining the streets. She's gorgeous, not tall, about my size.
• we have four nights in the hostel from hell.
• I love London!