<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by g_leyser:
1) This is one of the most ridiculously unprofessional things I've ever heard. Was your bill actually stamped with this or was it written on? And it wasn't there the first time? I suppose if it was a stamp they could have it for foreign travelers not familiar with tipping, but I still think this is ridiculous. If the server wrote it on there then he should be dealt with. If it was written on there in response to your 10% tip then this is even more ridiculous. I don't want to start a tipping debate, but if this is how aggressive this hotel is going to be then they should just put an automatic gratuity like many hotel room services do. I doubt this is in your guest history, but it seems like they may have flagged you as a bad tipper in room service. I have never heard of this happening before. I'd be interested to hear more details about this.</font>
It was stamped on in red ink directly over the area to fill in tip, total and sign, and it was definitely not there the first time. I have no idea if I was profiled or not, but it did annoy me.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">2)uhhhhh....I don't even WANT to know what happened. But, if this hotel has a guest history system then I would say it is more than likely that it is noted in your file. If you don't return within about 2 years of this incident, then your record will probably be erased.
Hope that helps. Interesting story.</font>
I am legendary for my "interesting" cab driver stories! I have a special kind of luck when it comes to cabs.
OK, I'll tell this one. In this instance, I hailed a cab in Chelsea, maybe 40 or 50 blocks from my hotel. The cab had a partition that was installed particularly far back, as I could barely squeeze in there (I'm 6'5"). A few blocks into the ride it's clear that I'm not positioned right, as my legs began to cramp up and it was hurting. I asked the driver to pull over so that I could get out and get back in a different way to fit in, and HE REFUSED. He kept saying, "we're making all the lights," and "we're almost there" (this was maybe 25th street when he says this - 35 blocks away). I end up screaming for him to pull over as it hurts and he still won't. When the cab stopped at Columbus circle for a light, I immediately got out and started walking away, screaming at him for kidnapping me. He gets out and starts to chase me, and I run into my hotel trying to get away from this crazy *******. (I was embarassed before, but I'm getting upset again as I tell the story). He's yelling at the doorman (who did block him from getting in) that I owe him his money, and I have no intention of paying.
The desk clerk did talk to me say that I was their guest and they would certainly do whatever they needed to do for me, but that the driver
was going to call the police. I wish I would have called them myself, but I couldn't imagine causing any more of a scene in the hotel (at least no other guests saw any of this). So, I went out and threw the money in his face and went back in. I only wish his cab which had been sitting at Columbus Circle with the door open all that time had been stolen. I'm now shaking again with anger at the memory, so I better stop retelling this one.
At any rate, I can never go back there, but I was curious what people would read about that if I had gone back, and what the ramifications of that knowledge would be. Would I simply be told the hotel was full for whatever night I tried to book? Would I be treated badly, watched closely, etc?