The Quality Inn Florence/Muscle Shoals was probably the second worst hotel I've ever stayed in, losing the absolute worst to the meth-infused place with the busted door I once found myself in. Where to start? Perhaps with the front desk staff, who were all very nice and did their best to address concerns. There were just too many to address. First, the place is dingy, outdated and filthy. There are stains on the carpets and sticky uncleaned spills on the linoleum floors. It is incredibly unkempt. When I went to let myself into the first room I stayed in, Room 123, there was a pair of unknown shoes in the corner by the door, the sofa sagged and had hideous scary stains, black on the seats and white and crusty on the arm. The desk chair had large pieces of the plastic covering worn away, exposing bare foam. The bathroom door had a big spill of something dark dried on it. There was grime on the floor of the bathroom and someone's hair in the sink, which was cracked. It was ghastly. It was also very loud, with people hanging out in the hallway (which smelled of marijuana) and in the parking lot outside of my room. Had I not been exhausted I would have asked to be moved, but I waited until the next day, when the nice front desk lady moved me to the second floor, Room 201. It was somewhat cleaner, but the recliner was again stained, the bathroom light flickered, the faucet dripped all night and the bed was very uncomfortable. The breakfast was inedible.