Profits Count

Please tell Walter Shields of Torrance (Letters From Readers, Sept. 16) the reason why he has to pay more as a single has to do with fixed costs. When he pays $80 for a single and his friends are each paying $65, they actually are paying more ($130) for the room than he is.

It is not a matter of gouging single people, it is a matter of profitability. STEPHEN SWERLING Lake Oswego, Ore.