I remember I did hostelling after college. Most of the time the other people there were also travelling or like one girl from Ireland was here to audition for something. But one time I had to share with an older Black woman who was clearly down on her luck. First morning: she was on the phone all day starting at 6AM, ordering people to send her $200. The next day, she wanted me to think she was on the phone with a Mercedes Benz dealership. She kept going on and on about how she was an EDUCATED WOMYN and she CHECKED THE WEBSITE and DID MUH RESEARCH and why was they quotin' her the wrong price?  It was so weird because why would you be staying in a hostel if you could afford to buy a Mercedes and you were at least late 30s if not 40s? You would at least pay for a Holiday Inn, if not a Westin, right? And of course there was no talking to her or like chatting about sights in the city. She was kind of a hobo, not a real tourist. It was so depressing.