Power Failure

In the afternoon around 5 pm, at the reception desk of the motel.

"You have calculated wrongly, right? How can you charge me two days worth of room price? I only stayed for a single day and won't be sleeping here tonight!" A middle-aged man complained to the reception desk.

"Sir, according to our rules and regulations, if you stayed beyond 12 a.m., it would be considered a new day. Let alone the fact that it is already 5 p.m. now that you come to check out. It has already long passed the stipulated time," explained the receptionist.

"What stupid rule is this? I have not used up this day fully, yet I must pay for it? Also, don't tell me a small motel like this is fully occupied all the time!" The middle-aged man banged the desk with force.