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.
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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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