What is the stupidest, least substantive thing you can complain about? (MR version)
Apr 14, 2013, 6:09 pm
#76
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SCEflyer, you're actually correct that it's mostly a family issue and I shouldn't have mentioned it. Furthermore, I only eat bacon at Marriott buffets, so I manage to stay away from it most of the time.
May 22, 2015, 8:33 pm
#77
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When I checked in at the Marriott Houston North earlier this month they gave me an Elite key card.
I don't have any status!
I don't have any status!
May 22, 2015, 10:17 pm
#78
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May 23, 2015, 8:54 am
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What were you embarrassed about? That you travel for work and earned Marriott status on your employer's dime instead earning status by spending your personal funds?
Originally Posted by briantroutman
In this particular instance, my complaint is needing to use the room key in elevator for concierge levels.
Most uncomfortable moment in a hotel—ever—in my life at Marriott Sacramento (Rancho Cordova): My wife and I (young, caucasian) board the elevator alongside an elderly black couple. They hit "4", and it lights up. I hit "11"—nothing happens. Hit "11" again. Nothing happens. Then I realize there's a card scanner next to the keypad, so I swipe my "ELITE MEMBER" room key, and "11" lights up. Elderly black man, who looks like he's had a rough life, faces me and says "Guess you have to be special to be on that floor."
I felt so low, I could have slid out under the doors.
Most uncomfortable moment in a hotel—ever—in my life at Marriott Sacramento (Rancho Cordova): My wife and I (young, caucasian) board the elevator alongside an elderly black couple. They hit "4", and it lights up. I hit "11"—nothing happens. Hit "11" again. Nothing happens. Then I realize there's a card scanner next to the keypad, so I swipe my "ELITE MEMBER" room key, and "11" lights up. Elderly black man, who looks like he's had a rough life, faces me and says "Guess you have to be special to be on that floor."
I felt so low, I could have slid out under the doors.
May 23, 2015, 9:45 am
#81
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Most uncomfortable moment in a hotel—ever—in my life at Marriott Sacramento (Rancho Cordova): My wife and I (young, caucasian) board the elevator alongside an elderly black couple. They hit "4", and it lights up. I hit "11"—nothing happens. Hit "11" again. Nothing happens. Then I realize there's a card scanner next to the keypad, so I swipe my "ELITE MEMBER" room key, and "11" lights up. Elderly black man, who looks like he's had a rough life, faces me and says "Guess you have to be special to be on that floor."
I felt so low, I could have slid out under the doors.
I felt so low, I could have slid out under the doors.
May 23, 2015, 10:01 am
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Cheers.
May 23, 2015, 12:15 pm
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Hope no one minds that I bumped this up, I saw it linked in another thread and I felt it was time to come back.
May 23, 2015, 6:29 pm
#84
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Just found it interesting or should I say unusual around here that no one had anything to complain about for over 2 years!
May 23, 2015, 9:19 pm
#85
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May 24, 2015, 6:02 am
#86
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When I have to make three booking over one stay to get the best rate.
May 24, 2015, 6:20 am
#87
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Also, at the JW Marriott in SF, they offer free complementary clothes dry cleaning. I didn't know until the second day that socks were included!
May 24, 2015, 2:08 pm
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When a FD ask me "is it your first time visiting this hotel?"even though we have been there many times;
When a FD assuming that I'm a regular of that hotel which I'm not.
When a FD assuming that I'm a regular of that hotel which I'm not.
Last edited by nacho; May 24, 2015 at 2:24 pm
May 24, 2015, 2:20 pm
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Stupidest: It bothers me that my computer goes back to the hotel's home page after returning to the Internet after a five minute break from being online. Granted, when I started traveling for work, there was not Internet, until we had dial-up over the phone, followed by ethernet connections, and we did not have cell phones so while we were on the Internet with dial-up, we couldn't talk on the phone, so the few seconds to bypass the home page shouldn't be an issue for me, but it is.