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    As many of you know, one of the frequent problems faced in modern hotels is that the keycards sometimes lose their charge. Sometimes its due to EM devices (cell, ipods), sometimes its due to faulty manufacture, sometimes the master key messes with the lock, and sometimes its just happens.

    Anyway, I had a guest come down to the desk complaining that his keys didn't work, and that he didn't have them near a cell phone or anything. He was very upset when I told him that sometimes it happens, as I was making up the keys for him.

    He continued to rant, including saying I should let the owners know about the problem (which is something that is well known) and also that it's ridiculous that a keycard can't hold a charge for more than a few days.

    That's right, days. See he's staying 5 nights, and this occurred in the middle of his stay.

    Somewhere in the middle of all this, another guest came to the desk with a similar problem. So, he tried to get the other guy to agree with him (he didn't and was in fact quite understanding, and supported me).

    My guess as to what happened: Guest was wearing a flannel shirt. Guest kept keys in his shirt pocket, without paper envelope. Flannel shirt produced static charge and deactivated keys. (No, I didn't tell him this)

    Either that, or he lied about the cell phone.

    SC
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  • #2
    Once in 5 nights? That would not even be a blip on my annoyance radar. I stayed in a hotel for business and had to get a new key card 2x per day for almost 2 weeks. I was annoyed but understood that the desk person could not help it. I believe that it started when they reprogrammed the card after a room change.

    **I don't usually complain very much but this hotel was terrible. Hence, the room change. Our room was FULL of bugs and they sprayed the entire room in chemicals and had us back in a few hours later. The room stunk and the bug came back that night. There was a hole in the wall that went outside that they just left.

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    • #3
      Come on, man! It happens all the time. I've got about a 70% chance of killing a keycard whenever I stay at any hotel. Then again, I can kill a wristwatch in about 48 hours just by wearing it.

      Dude, just shut up and get a new card. Your time isn't worth that much.
      "If your day is filled with firefighting, you need to start taking the matches away from the toddlers…” - HM

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      • #4
        The only time I've found this annoying is when I first check in. Im tired, I lugged all of my stuff to the room, and neither of the two stupid cards works! *grumblegrumblegrumble*

        But I sure as hell don't take it out on the desk clerk!

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        • #5
          The replacement key was free, right? So what the heck was his problem?? Guy needs to lighten up. It's annoying but hardly a major crisis.

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          • #6
            Quoth Crossbow View Post
            Then again, I can kill a wristwatch in about 48 hours just by wearing it.
            .
            Slowpoke! Takes me 2 hours at most to totally & permanently kill a wristwatch. an old watchmaker told me it's because people like us have a higher than normal electrical charge. he could be right.

            I also alternate any card with magnetic stripes so they are up/down/up ect so the stripes dont kill each other. (used to happen with one bank card a lot till I started that)

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            • #7
              Gotta report myself on this! Or my (then) new purse, that is.

              I tucked my key in the handy outside pocket, and the thing kept getting wiped. I finally figured out that my handy outside pocket had one of those magnetic snaps...

              So then I tried my shirt pocket, forgetting about the magnetic clasp on my bracelet!
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              • #8
                Quoth Teskeria View Post
                Slowpoke! Takes me 2 hours at most to totally & permanently kill a wristwatch. an old watchmaker told me it's because people like us have a higher than normal electrical charge. he could be right.
                I'll buy that, because I'm one of 'em. Watches? Feh, haven't bothered with them in 15 years. No point. Even wind-up watches die quickly, which I don't understand. I can't go near a radio receiver because white noise starts to come out of the speakers. I move away, signal goes back to normal. I can be sitting on the couch (which is leather) and reach over to take something from DH - zap him good, poor guy. Get out of the car after I park and *pow*, the spark can be so strong my fingers go numb for a few minutes. It's worse in winter, definitely, but summer doesn't make it stop.

                And yet all the info I've been able to find pretty much says it's all in my head, that peoples' bodies just don't DO the 'storing up a charge' thing. Except mine does, so... anyone got any ideas?
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                • #9
                  I definitely do. I've even killed a kinetic watch. I also kill anything with a lead too... even if I do treat them like gold and really look after them the leads die. Earphones, mice, laptop chargers, the lot!
                  I am so SO glad I was not present for this. There would have been an unpleasant duct tape incident. - Joi

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                  • #10
                    I've had it happen a few times before, the only time it bugged me was during a 7 day stay and it happened 2-3 times a day.

                    I got annoyed by the 4th time in two days we had to wait at reception because they wouldn't give us new key cards, they just kept re-activating the faulty ones. Both cards were deactivating and once they finally gave us new cards they worked for the last 3 days without a problem and by annoyed I mean I don't mean I was rude, but I did ask on at least trying a new card out and the manger kept insisting the first sets of cards were fine...the BF didn't carry a his card it went into his car dash during the day.

                    Mind you this was the same hotel where they expected two adults (one doing a physical job interview) to share 1 set of tiny bathroom shampoo and condistioner sets for 7 days. By day three I had to go down to reception and ask for more because everything was empty and the maintenance man yelled at me because I wasn't mashing the remote button so hard my fingers went red "YOU HAVE TO REALLY MASH IT!" really? I the same exact remote in the bedroom works fine can't I just have a new remote for the lounge?

                    They had so many complaints about that hotel the BF's employer switched hotel chains for the next set of interviews.
                    I wasnt put on this earth to make you feel like a man ~ Mary Bertone

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                    • #11
                      Quoth mharbourgirl View Post
                      And yet all the info I've been able to find pretty much says it's all in my head, that peoples' bodies just don't DO the 'storing up a charge' thing. Except mine does, so... anyone got any ideas?
                      Attach a copper wire to the back of your pants leg and let it drag on the ground? It sounds like you're building a static charge and your shoes are very good at insulating you from ground. And while I am sort of joking, the copper wire could possibly work

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                      • #12
                        Get out of the car after I park and *pow*, the spark can be so strong my fingers go numb for a few minutes.
                        i've also noticed that the static shock will vary depending on the car.

                        my old ford taurus always gave me a shock. i learned to slap the car door on my way out cos it hurt less that way. my camry however... never got a shock from it.

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