voxprincipalis
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« on: March 17, 2007, 10:15:07 PM » |
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Entitlement -- it's not just for breakfast anymore.
I am currently on a school-related trip and when I got back to my hotel room after the day's activities, I found the following note taped to my door:
"We are in [the room next door] and were supposed to have conjoining rooms. Our other room # is on the 14th floor. Will you please switch rooms with us. Leave us a message or come over. Thanks!"
(Other stories of egregious behavior by your fellow guests in a hotel?)
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« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2007, 10:18:15 PM » |
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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2007, 10:19:25 PM » |
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No good stories about hotels but I get asked to switch out of my window seat for a middle seat on airplanes so lovers/family members can sit together quite often. I don't know why I look like I would agree to this and I only did it once for someone with twin babies.
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« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2007, 10:22:03 PM » |
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Wow, that takes the cake. The most egregious behavior I've ever experienced was very raucous sex by the couple - trio? - behind paper thin walls in the French Quarter of New Orleans. All. night. long.
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« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2007, 10:35:26 PM » |
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Wow, that takes the cake. The most egregious behavior I've ever experienced was very raucous sex by the couple - trio? - behind paper thin walls in the French Quarter of New Orleans. All. night. long.
Ah, but that's what hotels are often used for! The excitement of being away from home (even if the hotel is in one's hometown) sometimes gets the best of us. Honestly, if the hotel clearly caters to business class professionals, you shouldn't have been subjected to an audio-porn. Did you ask to be moved to another room? Make a complaint at the desk? |
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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2007, 10:53:51 PM » |
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Wow, that takes the cake. The most egregious behavior I've ever experienced was very raucous sex by the couple - trio? - behind paper thin walls in the French Quarter of New Orleans. All. night. long.
Oh no! I think that was me! <clears throat, blushes> Was it Le Pavillon? |
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« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2007, 10:57:13 PM » |
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Wow, that takes the cake. The most egregious behavior I've ever experienced was very raucous sex by the couple - trio? - behind paper thin walls in the French Quarter of New Orleans. All. night. long.
Oh no! I think that was me! <clears throat, blushes> Was it Le Pavillon? Poor Grassy. She really is going to get slaughtered in next year's Towne Slut election. |
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« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2007, 07:13:19 AM » |
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My spouse and I had to call the front desk three times in the middle of the night at the nicest hotel at which I'd ever stayed. The conference was moved to another city because of Hurricane Katrina and the "substitute" hotel was awesome. We took baths every night in the sunken tub. And the hotel coffee was so good that I went on a year long quest to find out what it was so we could have it at home (Green Mountain Roasters Organic/Fair Trade Sumatran Reserve is the closest thing I've found). So smooth...
However, I guess the guy next door fell asleep with his tv full blast and we could hear the horror movie he was watching loud and clear even though we had our white noise machine on full blast. After the third call to the front desk at 3:00 am (they tried phoning him to no avail), security came up and had to actually let themselves in his room because he didn't answer the door. We could hear them talking so he must have been drunk or drugged or something. My panel was a 9:00 the next day so I'm glad he wasn't dead :)
And the next day our room service discreetly disappeared from our bill.
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« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2007, 04:43:32 PM » |
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Entitlement -- it's not just for breakfast anymore.
I am currently on a school-related trip and when I got back to my hotel room after the day's activities, I found the following note taped to my door:
"We are in [the room next door] and were supposed to have conjoining rooms. Our other room # is on the 14th floor. Will you please switch rooms with us. Leave us a message or come over. Thanks!"
(Other stories of egregious behavior by your fellow guests in a hotel?)
VP
Um. So why is this entitlement? They're asking you if you would mind switching rooms because the hotel made a mistake and they'd like to be together. They're not demanding that you do so. You can ignore them if you want. No point getting huffy or (uh) posting it on the web. |
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voxprincipalis
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« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2007, 04:56:25 PM » |
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People who think that other guests should accommodate their preferences because the hotel screwed up are displaying a sense of entitlement. If the hotel screwed up, that's between my neighbors and the hotel. I had also been in the room for three days already, and had no intention of moving out on the last night of my stay because some people I don't know would like to be in adjoining rooms. Imagine if I said, "hey, I was supposed to be in room 1521 because I only stay in hotel rooms that are perfect squares -- would you trade with me. Leave me a message. Thanks."
(It's not unlike something that might have been written by a student -- "hey I missed class, let me know when I can take a makeup exam, get back to me ASAP, thanks.")
And if you think that's huffy, you don't know me very well yet. I didn't do anything -- I ignored them.
P.S. -- Yes, the hotel had towels.
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« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2007, 07:54:54 PM » |
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No good stories about hotels but I get asked to switch out of my window seat for a middle seat on airplanes How does this work? If you're in a window seat, then you wouldn't be in anyone's way, right? I can see how switching from an aisle to a middle might keep people together, but the window seat thing is confusing. |
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« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2007, 07:55:53 PM » |
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Wow, that takes the cake. The most egregious behavior I've ever experienced was very raucous sex by the couple - trio? - behind paper thin walls in the French Quarter of New Orleans. All. night. long.
Ah, but that's what hotels are often used for! The excitement of being away from home (even if the hotel is in one's hometown) sometimes gets the best of us. Honestly, if the hotel clearly caters to business class professionals, you shouldn't have been subjected to an audio-porn. Did you ask to be moved to another room? Make a complaint at the desk? Nope, we didn't ask to be moved to another room because it was 2 am. The guard did come up and pound on the door of the other room and tell them that people were complaining, but they just went even louder. We had an early flight, so we were as loud as we could be getting ready the next morning. Oh, and after we were up and ready to leave, we reset the alarm to go off on buzzer and left the room. |
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« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2007, 08:16:08 PM » |
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No good stories about hotels but I get asked to switch out of my window seat for a middle seat on airplanes How does this work? If you're in a window seat, then you wouldn't be in anyone's way, right? I can see how switching from an aisle to a middle might keep people together, but the window seat thing is confusing. Modify mode was too short to allow me to add "in another row" to my post. I have been asked on more than one occasion by the person in the middle seat next to my window seat if I will switch to a middle seat in another row, where the other half of the couple is seated because the people booked too late to get seats together. I booked early so I could get a window seat which I prefer because I am able to sleep on airplanes if I can lean against the side of the plane. I don't know what it is about my face that makes people think this would be okay. Now, I get on the plane and settle in as quickly as possible and pull a blanket over my head so they won't ask me. They don't ask tall men to move from aisle seats to middle seats, I guess it seems easier to ask the short woman, traveling alone, to deal with a middle seat. And they act like I am the jerk because I won't agree to it. As I said before, I did move for the woman with twin babies so the young couple could sit together, but I volunteered, they didn't ask me. I'll do just about anything to help a mother with a small baby on a plane because I once flew with three children under five by myself and I am eternally grateful to the passengers that helped me get settled on the planes (two connections). I have to keep paying that forward. |
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« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2007, 08:34:12 PM » |
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"If the hotel screwed up, that's between my neighbors and the hotel."
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Absolutely right. You go, VP!
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« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2007, 08:54:50 PM » |
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Modify mode was too short to allow me to add "in another row" to my post. Oh! I get it. That makes a lot more sense. I feel your pain about being asked to move all the time. How annoying. |
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