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  • Oh aren't you a special case?

    I was reading through some of the newer posts here and it reminded me of one of my own stories.

    There's a male that comes in, we'll call him S for fun, that agitates the living crap out of us at the desk. He'll make some odd requests, and calls me and B, Baby doll or sugar. He's tried to hug her, he's learned to stay arms width from me.

    Anyway, he used to get the lowest rate (48.00). That's USUALLY reserved for people who stay 5 or more days. We did that during the winter months, because we were told "go as low as you can, to keep us near full. An Empty hotel looks bad."

    He came in a few weeks ago, and I'd canceled his room and sold it, because he'd given me a declined card, and I held the room til 1am. When I do paperwork, I have to cancel any declined cards & no shows, or I'm not getting paid.

    I sell his room to a very nice walk in guest, and as he's filling out the form for the room and asking the usual questions (what time is breakfast.. can I get a wake up call..), S walks in.

    S: "I want to check in."
    M: "You'll have to wait a second hon, I'm checking him in first."
    S: "I stay here all the time. I want checked in."
    M: "I'm sorry, he was here first, wait your turn."

    The guest hands the paper back and thanks me, taking his key. He didn't leave quite then, and stalled around buying a soda and candy, to keep an eye on S for me I suppose.

    S: *comes to the counter* "I want my room."
    M: "Sorry. I canceled your room and it's already been bought and occupied. You know the company policy."
    S: "But you can't do that. I left a card!"
    M: "One that declined. You were told by the desk clerk and manager, if you left me with a declined card and didn't pick up your room by the time I did paperwork, I'd drop it."
    S: "This is bad business! You give me a room now!" *slams fists on desk.*
    M: "I can't. I'm sold out. I have no rooms to give."
    S: *grumbles and goes outside*

    Now, the first guest leaves and I assume S has too. Nope. He calls from his truck, attempting (terribly) to disguise his voice and get a room. Grr.

    He's also one of those guests that you hate to deal with. The day he gets put on DNR, we're throwing a party.

    **edit**
    Also, two short blurbs from my fellow auditor (He works when I don't ) about last night:

    Yay, someone tried to bribe me! It's been awhile and, gods, how I love a reason to be stubborn. The guy, repeatedly, wanted to give me personally $45 dollars to just let him sleep in a room for a few hours. I repeatedely said, "THe rate is x plus tax, plus a $50 deposit if you pay cash." Finally, I said, "No matter how... many times you ask, I'm going to give you the same answer."

    Wow: a guy calls me a little after eleven, checking for rooms for Saturday, and I say we're sold out, but say that he might want to check back tomorrow to see if anything has opened up. Sure enough, a little after midnight, the guy calls back. I don't know whether to laugh or to cry.
    Last edited by superhotelworker; 05-29-2010, 09:23 PM.

  • #2
    I get that sometimes too. Have yet to be bribed though. I want someone to try to bribe me....
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    • #3
      LOL Oh boy. Wonder what they could bribe ya with?

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      • #4
        *grins* I'll bribe ya Queen. *winks*

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        • #5
          Oh Aethian, you know that's cheating! You know my sekkit weaknesses!
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          Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z

          Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart

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          • #6
            *snorts* I have had people offer to buy me drinks, give me a massage or buy food. Never had the payment bribe..

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            • #7
              I've had someone try to bribe me.

              This drunken asshole supreme was throwing empty glass liquor bottles from his 3rd floor balcony trying to hit passersby at 3am. On his third and final throw, he connected and cracked open a guys skull. Turns out he didn't even know them either.

              I book it up to his room to not let him out of my sight until the cops get their hands on him, and he offered me $20, cash, to let him go and not give the cops his information. This is while I'm on the phone with the 911 dispatcher, who heard every word.



              For the record, the victim spent 3 days in the hospital with a massive concussion and about 40 stitches or so. The assailant managed to plea bargain down from felony assault and battery to non-felony and got something like 120 days in medium security with a years probation, with one of the conditions being he's not allowed to drink during probation.
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              • #8
                Just when ya think people can't get any dumber.. you posted that. Wow! That's a special kind of gifted.

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                • #9
                  Did him attempting to bribe you result in any extra charges? I can't think of any that would apply, unfortunately. (I am a big believer in the stupidity tax).

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                  • #10
                    How is it that I've spent so much of my life growing up in this state and never been offered a bribe >_< Maybe I'm doing something wrong...or maybe I should run for office, where it's both normal and "acceptable" to take bribes, and even have a rate sheet handy for use with new vic...er, clients...

                    I wish I was kidding. It is considered perfectly normal for Those In Power in this state to get a little something extra (as in, green pieces of paper in plain brown envelopes) as part of the "negotiating process" when a new shop opens, or moves in to town, etc.

                    On a related note, it still kills me that "almost all" of the grocery stores here charge a premium to ensure that high-competition brands (soft drinks & chips in particular) have X amount of shelf space "available to them" in their stores. Back in the early 90's, I wanna say that the going rate was something like $3000 in cash (per location) for 3 feet of shelf space (meaning, a 3-foot wide rack from floor to top-level)...For potato chips with a 10% markup x_x Failure to pay simply meant that no store in that chain would take orders from that seller. This extra amount was never listed anywhere nor mentioned before real negotiations begun, it was just assumed that a seller would have undocumented funds set aside as for this purpose.

                    We had a new guy come in to our office (part of what we do is to help new businesses get started, file paperwork in order, get their Tax ID's and such). When he was just making an appointment, shooting the shit with me, he commented that "he has an 'Uncle G____' (his words) who was currently in prison [in another state] for doing things which are being openly asked for here". All I could do was grimace and say "Welcome to Louisiana" ^_^;> Fortunately, he got a big kick outta that.
                    Last edited by EricKei; 05-30-2010, 05:30 PM. Reason: many little problems fixed
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                    • #11
                      Quoth superhotelworker View Post

                      Wow: a guy calls me a little after eleven, checking for rooms for Saturday, and I say we're sold out, but say that he might want to check back tomorrow to see if anything has opened up. Sure enough, a little after midnight, the guy calls back. I don't know whether to laugh or to cry.
                      Must have been an engineer, they think stuff like that is HILLARIOUS.
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                      • #12
                        Quoth Argabarga View Post
                        Must have been an engineer, they think stuff like that is HILLARIOUS.
                        Hey, I resemble that remark . And only do things like that to close family and friends. (It's almost good as "remind me to do <x> later" resulting in "hey, do <x> later" immediately afterward.)

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                        • #13
                          Quoth Magpie View Post
                          Hey, I resemble that remark . And only do things like that to close family and friends. (It's almost good as "remind me to do <x> later" resulting in "hey, do <x> later" immediately afterward.)
                          ^ My entire family, in a nutshut right there.

                          I didn't know Grocery stores did that.
                          OH! and S came in last night (Blissfully with no reservation and I had no rooms..)
                          When I told him as Such, he wouldn't leave. Even told me, after I suggested twice he leave since I dealt with his attitude, that he didn't have to and I couldn't make him.
                          IF I have him removed by cop, he's never allowed back on property again. That would make my day!

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                          • #14
                            shw - Some do here. Probably not legal, but nobody's gonna enforce it.

                            My family does that "reminder" thing, too. I'm notorious for it ^_^
                            "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                            "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                            "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                            "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                            "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                            "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
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                            • #15
                              Quoth superhotelworker View Post
                              ^ My entire family, in a nutshut right there.
                              A nutshut? Sounds painful.
                              Also, that would be me, because I have what I've termed an 'Etch-a-Sketch' memory, if I shake my head too fast, I forget what I was doing... so, I have to 'remind' anyone immediately, to get the 'reminder' into deeper memory quickly, so that every time I see that person, I now immediately think of the reminder.
                              And remind them again.
                              And again.
                              And again.

                              It's apparently really annoying when I do this after being asked to remember something for the driver of a car, as every time I look at them at a stop light or whatever, I remind them again. So, they'll get a good ten or more reminders over a twenty minute trip.

                              That'll teach them.
                              "I call murder on that!"

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