Originally Posted by
Pickles
This is old-skool Asian service. I experienced it in Japan in the 1980s, and at places like the MO Bangkok. Scariest of them all is the guy who would step into the elevator with you at lobby level and press your floor button and step right out. Not just any random floor button, the one corresponding to your actual floor.
I've seen the same thing in places like Kiev and Bombay. I wouldn't apply a racial tag to it. It is only at some of the best hotels in the world.