Since when is needing a corkscrew considered an emergency?

[KuariKaydrith]

I just got off the phone with a quest who called me because he needs a corkscrew. The guest services desk is closed, and I am only to be called in the event of an emergency. Yet this guy is pissed off that I will not run to the hotel to get him a corkscrew and threatened to write a bad review because I wouldn't go to the hotel, and he felt that it should be standard for every hotel to have a corkscrew in all the rooms. He wasn't very thrilled with me when I explained that I'm the emergency contact, and that many hotels do not provide corkscrews in each room these days.He also demanded a refund over there not being a corkscrew available to him. He was also bend out of shape that there wasn't anybody at the front desk, despite him being told when our guest services desk closed for the day and that the EMERGENCY contact number is only to be called in the event of, I don't know, AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY!

I get that it sucks that we don't have 24hr desk coverage, but you don't call the emergency contact number for a fucking corkscrew!

[Seanette]

Guy sounds rather desperate for his booze. Dude, maybe plan ahead and bring one if you're so hooked that a delay while you maybe go GET one at a grocery store is such a crisis.

[dalesys]

Guy sounds rather desperate for his booze. Dude, maybe plan ahead and bring one if you're so hooked that a delay while you maybe go GET one at a grocery store is such a crisis.

Or desperate to get a "toy" removed!

[csquared]

If you offered a corkscrew in the room, you would have to replace it after every guest.

He should either carry his own corkscrew or stick to screwtop bottles.

[RealUnimportant]

He was … bent out of shape

Shoulda used his own attitude to open the bottle

[Monterey Jack]

Why not just bite the cork out with his teeth and spit it across the room, like in a cartoon?

[KuariKaydrith]

If you offered a corkscrew in the room, you would have to replace it after every guest.

He should either carry his own corkscrew or stick to screwtop bottles.

This is exactly why we don't have them in the rooms anymore. We used to have one in each room a couple of years ago but they kept getting stolen or broken. So, now if a guest needs a corkscrew they need to tell us, preferably when they check-in.

The guest did complain that nobody would leave their comfy home to get him a corkscrew. He was told that if he stayed with us again to either bring his own or to let us know when he makes his reservation that he will need one.

[Ironclad Alibi]

When Mrs IA and I went on our honeymoon the hotel gifted us with a bottle of wine in our room. But there was no corkscrew available to open it. We asked but none was available. We eventually found one several days into the trip. But we did not raise a fuss about it.

[EricKei]

I think that SC had a (cork)screw loose.

Monterey Jack Semi-related :

[catcul]

I think that SC had a (cork)screw loose.

You laugh, but I had a coworker who lost the molars on one side of his mouth use them to open beer bottles. I found that out after I repeated that joke.

[EricKei]

Ouch. That sucks. Still not sure it's the brightest idea in the first place, tho.

[workerbee222]

That's why I keep a corkscrew in the glove compartment of my car.

[taxguykarl]

I have a waiters' corkscrew in my toiletry bag. No more scrounging for one when we travel.

[KuariKaydrith]

I have a waiters' corkscrew in my toiletry bag. No more scrounging for one when we travel.

This is a great idea!

[Nunavut Pants]

Just don't keep it in your carry-on bag.

Don't ask how I know that.