USa Today - TSA PSA's on your hotel TV
Nov 2, 2011, 7:28 pm
#16
Join Date: Feb 2008
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I am currently staying in a Hilton. In the name of research, I have tried to find the announcement on LodgeNet, and it is nowhere to be found. Good. I was going to report here what the message is and what my reaction is. Now I can just watch the football game. If anybody finds it, let us know.
Nov 2, 2011, 9:38 pm
#17
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It should be very easy to use the hotel forums here on FT and complain to the hotels that show this crap. We need to speak with your wallets directly to hotel management. We CAN stop this!
Nov 3, 2011, 8:11 am
#18
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 121
Nothing new here.
I had one front desk manager at a Hilton in the LA area tell me "we MUST see your photo ID because the DHS tells us to check it and confirm it against the reservation". Either 1) she was giving a line of boloney or 2) she was telling the truth and admitting something she wasn't supposed to.
I had one front desk manager at a Hilton in the LA area tell me "we MUST see your photo ID because the DHS tells us to check it and confirm it against the reservation". Either 1) she was giving a line of boloney or 2) she was telling the truth and admitting something she wasn't supposed to.
I was coming down with flu, 3 hours from home, and just wanted to get some hot drinks, shower, and sleep.
I walk into the front desk, no reservation, and ask for a room. The list of things just kept getting longer and longer, and it finally clicked why they were asking for everything. It was getting to the point that I was about to read her a riot act and drive home that night, flu-be-damned.
Edit:
Maybe when I get into the room and click on the TV, I'll stop just short of pulling an Elvis. Just calmly pick up my bags, report to the front desk, and demand an immediate refund.
I refuse to fly in U.S. so I don't have to pay extra fees to the TSA, I can't morally give them any more money in additional ways, I just can't.
Nov 3, 2011, 12:03 pm
#20
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Programs: WN A++, Marriott Plat, Avis 1
Posts: 217
This fear mongering is unbelievable. It's done simply to help justify the existence of DHS and their budget and allow them to creep into our daily lives. They must continue to make people think that boogeymen are crouching behind every park bench, scowling at every shopping mall and glaring at every bus that goes by.
It comes down to this: If someone actually saw what they believed to be a car bomb parked in front of a hotel, whether or not they report it has absolutely nothing to do with public service announcements. They either care enough to notify someone or they're psychotic enough to step back to wait and watch it blow up without telling anyone. A @#$% commercial is not going to change the behavior of what someone does if they see someone arm a bomb in front of them. Encouraging general panic and mass hysteria over every empty McDonalds bag laying in the road is simple Orwellian mind conditioning.
It comes down to this: If someone actually saw what they believed to be a car bomb parked in front of a hotel, whether or not they report it has absolutely nothing to do with public service announcements. They either care enough to notify someone or they're psychotic enough to step back to wait and watch it blow up without telling anyone. A @#$% commercial is not going to change the behavior of what someone does if they see someone arm a bomb in front of them. Encouraging general panic and mass hysteria over every empty McDonalds bag laying in the road is simple Orwellian mind conditioning.
Nov 3, 2011, 12:26 pm
#22
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Finally! A chance to use the "whatever, whenever" button at the W. I'm going to start reporting everything that looks even the littlest bit suspicious.
Me: "Hello, I just wanted to let you know that the hallway is really dark and it's a perfect setting for terrorists to do something evil."
W/W: "Sir, it's the W. That's just our ambience."
Me: "So you support terrorism?! I'm calling DHS!"
Then I'll demand points as compensation.
Mike
Me: "Hello, I just wanted to let you know that the hallway is really dark and it's a perfect setting for terrorists to do something evil."
W/W: "Sir, it's the W. That's just our ambience."
Me: "So you support terrorism?! I'm calling DHS!"
Then I'll demand points as compensation.
Mike
Nov 3, 2011, 8:36 pm
#24
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: JAX
Programs: Delta Platinum, Delta 1MM, HHonors Lifetime Diamond, Hertz - PC, Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 121
DHS PSA Participation - TSA now in my hotel room.
USA Department of Homeland Security PSA
Hilton has been identified as a member of this effort.
I deal with DHS/TSA at the airport on a routine basis and DO NOT want to see this group's self-serving propaganda whenever I turn on the TV or during any other activities during my stay
Hilton: Please abstain.
Hilton has been identified as a member of this effort.
I deal with DHS/TSA at the airport on a routine basis and DO NOT want to see this group's self-serving propaganda whenever I turn on the TV or during any other activities during my stay
Hilton: Please abstain.
Last edited by DL_TIDE; Nov 3, 2011 at 11:31 pm Reason: Correct Hotel Chain Name
Nov 3, 2011, 10:56 pm
#25
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: A Capital City on The East Coast
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Staying at 4p and just had my first chance to witness
Really TSA?
Who the **** is your target with the "see something go into panic mode" BS on hotel TVs?
and lodgenet thanks for being a sucker to the propaganda machine. Indoctrinate the unwilling at every turn-keep the "fear" level up so the TSA can justify their budget
Boycottlodgenet.com sounds good to me
speak with your dollars, don't buy movies at hotels
Really TSA?
Who the **** is your target with the "see something go into panic mode" BS on hotel TVs?
and lodgenet thanks for being a sucker to the propaganda machine. Indoctrinate the unwilling at every turn-keep the "fear" level up so the TSA can justify their budget
Boycottlodgenet.com sounds good to me
speak with your dollars, don't buy movies at hotels
Nov 4, 2011, 8:25 am
#26
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Salish Sea
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Posts: 8,974
Here's the lodgenet PR, you might need to take some gravol etc.first:
http://www.lodgenet.com/News/Pages/L...Vigilance.aspx
If you feel like giving your umm.. opinion to Mr. Petersen (well, his staff):
[email protected]
We really, really need a hurl smiley :-:
http://www.lodgenet.com/News/Pages/L...Vigilance.aspx
If you feel like giving your umm.. opinion to Mr. Petersen (well, his staff):
[email protected]
We really, really need a hurl smiley :-:
Nov 4, 2011, 1:02 pm
#27
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 1,007
Nothing new here.
I had one front desk manager at a Hilton in the LA area tell me "we MUST see your photo ID because the DHS tells us to check it and confirm it against the reservation". Either 1) she was giving a line of boloney or 2) she was telling the truth and admitting something she wasn't supposed to.
I had one front desk manager at a Hilton in the LA area tell me "we MUST see your photo ID because the DHS tells us to check it and confirm it against the reservation". Either 1) she was giving a line of boloney or 2) she was telling the truth and admitting something she wasn't supposed to.
Nov 4, 2011, 7:24 pm
#28
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