Occam's Razor Fail

[Mr Hero]

Had a guest come to the desk saying his keys no longer work. Fine. It happens. He concludes that someone's been in his room just to contaminate his towels and bedsheets. Not to steal anything of value. Nope it was all there. He asked for fresh towels and sheets. Which I happily provided when I got to the desk. These towels were otherwise clean and provided by HK this morning.

Actually what most likely happened is our keys are crappy at times and stop working. Or maybe next to a cell phone.

[Kisa]

Ah Occam's Razor The simplest explination is usually the customer being a dumb@$$ and leaving his crap unattended. Once I got yelled at for forgetting a side of sour cream. It was in the bag where I put them..."oops I'm sorry sweetie! My mistake!"

[teh_blumchenkinder]

heh. For a second I thought "Cool! A zebra!"
... I want a zebra, Hero!/whinybitch
I was expecting the un-simple explanation, that is.

[Andara Bledin]

I got up to my room this weekend to find my key non-functional. Then I got to the desk to find that my name wasn't on the room, so I had to have the boyfriend come on over to ok the new keys (we had both done, just in case). Then, the next night, the 3rd key didn't work, and he traded his for that one and got it replaced. But mine kept working, and he just swapped out for a new one before he came up.

It was a bad weekend for keys, but we certainly didn't think it was because someone else had been in the room.

^-.-^

[Mr Hero]

Ah Occam's Razor The simplest explination is usually the customer being a dumb@$$ and leaving his crap unattended. Once I got yelled at for forgetting a side of sour cream. It was in the bag where I put them..."oops I'm sorry sweetie! My mistake!"

Actually, Kisa, all he says all his stuff was there. He just got worried that someone came in and contaminated his towels and sheets but took nothing of value.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Wow. Well, I guess it's a good think Mr. Monk didn't get robbed or anything.

[Jay 2K Winger]

When I went to Philly in April, my keycard stopped working after we got back from the show. I was wondering what was going on-- it wasn't next to my cell phone or anything-- and I realized I had my iCut in my pocket. (The iCut is a little tool you can use to open plastic wrapping on things.) The iCut is magnetized so you could keep it on your fridge door. It's not a strong magnet, but it's a magnet, and it demagnetized my keycard.

[Andara Bledin]

My card was next to my wallet and my body and nothing else. Considering how many other problems we had relating to the room situation, it was definitely a fault on the hotel's side. But, easy to rectify and certainly not a sign of unexpected visitations.

^-.-^

[Moirae]

Yeah, most people are dumb and don't think that those keycards are worth about a quarter of a cent so they don't hold their coding worth a damn.

[Gizmo]

Yeah, most people are dumb and don't think that those keycards are worth about a quarter of a cent so they don't hold their coding worth a damn.

So at least it isn't just me then? I can kill them quicker than the time it takes me to pick it up and put it in the pocket furtherest away from anything electronic/metallic.

Rather worryingly even when my name isn't on the room I have no problem getting them replaced. They don't even tend to ask for a name.

[Moirae]

Nope, its not you. ANYTHING can decode those suckers. Set them against a credit card, put them on top of the tv, put them near a clock radio, set them against a cell phone, go through a theft detector at a mall, ... ahhh heck, just put them in your pocket and they decode.

The not asking for your ID is idiotic. Thats a problem of the hotels and they SHOULD be. Its dangerous for them not to. I suggest that, if it happens again, you ask to speak with a manager. I don't like doing that to clerks but for some reason alot of front desk clerks just don't think to ask or they're being lazy. When I worked desk, I'd get written up for that.