The Week contest: Hotel seal

This week's question: A woman vacationing at a beachfront hotel in the Netherlands got a shock when she returned to her room to find a "completely relaxed" gray seal sleeping on her floor. In seven or fewer words, write a hotel review from a guest forced to share her lodging with a dozing sea mammal.
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THE WINNER: "I requested a meal in my room."
Roxanne Rhodes, New Port Richey, Florida
SECOND PLACE: "Guess I misheard 'a manatee's included'"
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
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THIRD PLACE: "Went too far with 'ocean vibe'"
Katie Scheff, North Royalton, Ohio
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Awarded Good Housekeeping's Harbor Seal of Approval"
Diana Arnold, Hacienda Heights, California
"Hotel has harbored seal"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Could do without extra creature comforts"
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
"The room service bill for fish was astronomical!"
Bruce Carlson, Alexandria, Virginia
"Seal of approval requires approval of seal."
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"Never ordered all that room service sushi!!!"
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
"Marine accessories went too far"
Eileen Pazos, Ormond Beach, Florida
"Each suite includes a deluxe bark-a-lounger."
Sarajoy Borsari, Oxnard, California
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