I’m staying in a mid-town NYC hotel this week and have come across a pointless security screening.

After 8PM, a security guard prevents people from entering the elevator unless they show their key card. I pointed out to the security guard that when people check out, they are under no obligation to return the key card. Individuals who want to get into the building could be showing a key card from months ago. Heck, they could be staying at another hotel in a different location, but by the same hotel chain, and they then could show the same key card and access the hotel.

Of course the logic made no difference, but I was wondering, what other crazy hotel security procedures have you come across.