Originally Posted by
thenumblehigwoo
Mini-rant here - what are everyone's thoughts as to housekeeping's responsibility to turn off alarm clocks? Stayed at the Hyatt Regency Dallas recently and the alarm clock went off at 4AM. When I enter a new room, it should be like a blank slate, right? No evidence of prior guests. First world problem?
Unplug it and put it in a drawer wrapped with the extra blanket. Or unplug it and take out the backup battery. Use your own clock. Or check to see if it is on and turn it off.
I think a more legitimate complaint for all hotels and the fancier, the worse this is, is the weird clocks and clock radios with no manuals that it takes an MIT engineer to figure out how to set or even turn on the radio. Now with USB Lightning, docking stations, dual time zones.
But no instructions, and no list of radio stations so if you do figure it out it awakes you with the all EDM radio station or worse the all string quartet station which is so soft you can't wake up to it.
In a hotel like Hyatt it is reasonable to think other than the grand opening, that there were prior guests, no evidence needed. If you want evidence, not recommended, but turn on a UV light. Eek!