Couple finds peephole reversed in hotel door...

[BookstoreEscapee]

...so of course they want a refund, because "their rights to privacy were violated."

http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-peepho...,7030384.story

[One-Fang]

I'd want my money back too. That's pretty appalling. Regardless of whether anybody used it or not.

[KiaKat]

I'm torn on this one.

I'd probably want my money back if it happened to me, but it's not reasonable to have maintenance check every peephole on every door after every guest leaves. That's a whole lot of extra work for something that happens once in a blue moon.

[One-Fang]

A whole lot of extra work? Just peep in as you enter to clean the room.

[KiaKat]

How much extra time would that add on to a typical day, however? Even if it's only a few seconds per room, that adds up. And if the door has two peepholes, like the one in the story? You're talking about more than just two or three extra seconds there.

Compare that to the number of times we've heard stories like this. I don't know about you, but this is the first time I've read about this situation happening.

[Dreamstalker]

Why would there be a reason in general to check for reversed peepholes? That doesn't seem common enough to warrant extra inspections. If it was tampered with as the claim goes, the signs should be obvious. I would be looking at whoever installed the things.

The cynical part of me is wondering about this, given that it is only apparently a single room that is affected.

[PepperElf]

and how long has it been reversed for?
and is it something the average hotel guess can change themselves?

[RayvenQ]

The answer is simple, get one of those swivel covers that ou can get on door locks in the inside of the door, alright with a lot of rooms it'd cost a bit.

[alogram]

I call shenanigans.

I bet they are scammers and THEY switched it.....

[Ljt09863]

I call shenanigans.

I bet they are scammers and THEY switched it.....

the survallience camera said nobody went to the door. i think that if they switched it themselves, they would have seen that. plus, why change the peephole just to get your money back?

[wagegoth]

I could see some kids or pervs or immature employee doing this. I think they should get their money back. I really don't see that a quick check by the maids would take that long; if a maid cleans ten to twenty rooms a day, then 20 seconds a room is less than ten minutes a day.

[tropicsgoddess]

I'd want my money back too if that happened to me.

[One-Fang]

As wagegoth agrees - it's really not that much time. But I agree the likelihood of it is extremely low. So sure, don't check.

But if you ever have a situation where it happens, offer the guest their money back. Whether that ever happens is an insurance gamble in-house - pay the 10 seconds per door housekeeping time to do it, or risk that it'll happen so infrequently you'll make more by just refunding.

[tacohuman]

I could see some kids or pervs or immature employee doing this. I think they should get their money back. I really don't see that a quick check by the maids would take that long; if a maid cleans ten to twenty rooms a day, then 20 seconds a room is less than ten minutes a day.

maybe it seems insignificant, but less 10 minutes a day adds up to 2.5 days per year that they spend just checking peepholes.

[BookstoreEscapee]

The answer is simple, get one of those swivel covers that ou can get on door locks in the inside of the door, alright with a lot of rooms it'd cost a bit.

Or get a post-it note or a piece of notepaper and scotch tape. Or a glob of toothpaste if you're that worried about it.

According to the posters on Fark (take that for what you will) it is not that hard to do and several of them admit to having done it as a prank in the past. So either some guest was goofing around, or the person who installed it did it by accident.