Front Desk Rant Notes. (:D) (long >>)

[Argus]

Snopes has a page about that "personal information on the hotel key" myth: http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/hotelkey.asp

Short answer: During a presentation on fraud, an expert explained that identity thieves could hide credit card and other information on any card with a magnetic stripe, his visual aid was an erased hotel key (because that is much less suspicious than a credit card with a different name), and one of the attendees thought it had received that data at the hotel.

[XCashier]

Okay, "madam". Everyday, the front desk is BOUND to get low in quarters. Why? We offer guest laundry services, and plenty of unprepared people, quite like yourself, see us as a bank as well as a place to pay for your room. On a good day, if my manager does his bank run, I'll still be out of quarters by the end of my shift....So screaming at me, acting like I should have REFUSED anyone else BUTTTTT your royal ass for the quarters, and telling me that because of this we won't get a good review....would have made me slap you.

Am I correct in guessing that there's a bank very close by your hotel? Why can't the customers stop there and get quarter dollar coins? (glances up at page header) Oh yeah, of course.

I suggest that you talk to the managers about getting a quarter dispenser for the laundry area. Then, once it's out it's out. Safer for you than being robbed for $100 worth of quarters late at night.

That would be a good idea, but we all know that the customers will still flip out when the machine runs out of quarters, or they're too stupid to figure out how to work it, or they don't want to deal with a machine.

[Fudgethatkay]

I just had a guy two days ago ask me if he would get blown up or shot at for walking down the street because of his race.

....No sir.

[Moirae]

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That would be a good idea, but we all know that the customers will still flip out when the machine runs out of quarters, or they're too stupid to figure out how to work it, or they don't want to deal with a machine.

Still better than getting shot over quarters.

[wolfie]

Am I correct in guessing that there's a bank very close by your hotel? Why can't the customers stop there and get quarters?

I can think of 2 reasons:

1. The customers are civilians
2. They have a hotel room

It's my understanding that "quarters" is strictly a military term for the room you're assigned to sleep in - and what does a bank have to do with this?

[bhskittykatt]

I just had a guy two days ago ask me if he would get blown up or shot at for walking down the street because of his race.

....No sir.

I had a guest once ask me if she would get raped if she walked down the street wearing a super-skimpy outfit. Then she wanted to know how hot I thought she looked, and if she looked convincing enough as she was biologically a he (answer: pretty convincing). It was a strange conversation.

[Fudgethatkay]

More to add

You nimrods, its NOT okay to have a bbq in the parking lot and its not okay to toss the still burning coals on our grass next to a tree!
-.- Call me a party pooper but for fuck's sake I'm not losing my job and getting in trouble with other guests cause you're too idiotic to actually you know...go to the park a block away.

Oh and saying its all you can do because you're a poor *ethnicity here* doesn't mean diddly shit. I'm a different ethnicity and I couldn't even afford to stay at a hotel for one night, much less four like you and ALL OF YOUR FAMILY is. (five rooms under their name. 4 at 80 bucks, one at 109.) Our ethnicity has nothing to do with welfare or the like. And its no excuse for reckless idiocy.



And you...miss. Coming to me, crying, freaking out because you forgot your key covered with open bleeding scratched sores ALLL OVER YOUR FACE NECK AND SHOULDERS....
And you have not let housekeeping in your room during the whole stay. I'm sorry for assuming, but I really do not think its that we have you in particular being attacked by more than 50 mosquitoes......nor do I believe that is terrible acne...not the way your behaviour is. Why do I assume the worst? I grew up with two brothers on questionable hobbies and I can't get it out of my head. I hope I'm wrong, but I already alerted housekeeping. Its been over three days too, so if you have a DnD our policy is to ignore it after three days.
I can't prove anything, but lets just say seeing you brought back memories and red flags.

Seriously..still bleeding from it. ugh...


The of course, people who take multiple bath or pool towels they don't need because fuck other people. They're obviously more important than other guests, right? Right?