Should be a Code of Conduct for hotel guests: a rant.
Oct 17, 2005 | 8:25 pm
#18
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I was at a hotel in Capitol Hill recently and the man in the room next to mine came in about 11 pm, obviously back from his first ever visit to the Hill. He called his wife to tell her all about the excitement. Fine, but he was so loud he woke me up. And he wasn't on the room opposite my headboard, but on the far side. I put up with it for a minute (hey, I'd just come back from a reception on the Capitol too 
) but when he kept going I started banging on the wall until he got the message.
) but when he kept going I started banging on the wall until he got the message.
Oct 19, 2005 | 11:30 pm
#19
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Originally Posted by tonypct
1. No blasting TV volume, especially after 10:00 PM
2. No letting guest room or stairway doors slam, at anytime!
3. If arriving to your room late with other guests, keep your voices down
4. No screaming while on the phone, whether cell or hotel phone
5. Keep the pacing in the room to a minimum; consider guests in the room beneath you
6. If you have children staying with you, you need to be with them when they are in places like the pool, jacuzzi or business center
2. No letting guest room or stairway doors slam, at anytime!
3. If arriving to your room late with other guests, keep your voices down
4. No screaming while on the phone, whether cell or hotel phone
5. Keep the pacing in the room to a minimum; consider guests in the room beneath you
6. If you have children staying with you, you need to be with them when they are in places like the pool, jacuzzi or business center
Originally Posted by cj001f
Sorry items 2,3 & 5 aren't "courtesy" they are controlling.
Oct 20, 2005 | 9:45 am
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Originally Posted by Martinis at 8
The old ladies just chuckled. The old-man told me to shut-up, that he was in his 80's, fought in WW2, didn't have many years left to live and that he was going to do whatever the hell he wanted to till his day of death.
I was stunned and had no comeback
I was stunned and had no comeback
I despise people who treat hotels like they were at home. I always seem to get the room next to some moron who yells and horse-laughs into his cell-phone late into the evening. I now make it a point to ask for another room if I find a doorway to an adjoining room in mine. That cuts down on a lot of potential noise.
Oct 20, 2005 | 9:53 am
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Originally Posted by BamaVol
I'd have told him to get on his knees and say his prayers ... the day of his death had arrived.
I despise people who treat hotels like they were at home. I always seem to get the room next to some moron who yells and horse-laughs into his cell-phone late into the evening. I now make it a point to ask for another room if I find a doorway to an adjoining room in mine. That cuts down on a lot of potential noise.
I despise people who treat hotels like they were at home. I always seem to get the room next to some moron who yells and horse-laughs into his cell-phone late into the evening. I now make it a point to ask for another room if I find a doorway to an adjoining room in mine. That cuts down on a lot of potential noise.
Everything else I agree with ^ Yes, the inter-doors are amplifiers. Man I think I have heard everything possible that can go on in a hotel room.
M8
Oct 20, 2005 | 10:00 am
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Originally Posted by Martinis at 8
Nope. No beating up on old people. Yikes!
Everything else I agree with ^ Yes, the inter-doors are amplifiers. Man I think I have heard everything possible that can go on in a hotel room.
M8
Everything else I agree with ^ Yes, the inter-doors are amplifiers. Man I think I have heard everything possible that can go on in a hotel room.
M8
Oct 20, 2005 | 10:17 am
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Originally Posted by txrus
So, what then do you do when you're awoken @ 1am by the couple in the next room doing...well, what couples DO...by her shrieks & the repeated, & very rhythmic, banging on the wall of the headboard?
1. Ask to join.
2. Put a glass between one of your ears and the wall to help amplify the sound.
3. If you are a techie and have a connecting door, slave a fiber optic cable to your camcorder and slide the fiber optic under the door.
Actually this has probably happened to most of us. When I get woken up like this I simply call them on the phone and tell them that people in the hallways can hear what they are doing. This usually kills the mood of the coupling couple.
One of the reasons why I like Homewood Suites so much is that the rooms tend to be sound-proof. Very little noise comes in, and more important, little noise gets out
Oct 20, 2005 | 10:19 am
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Originally Posted by txrus
So, what then do you do when you're awoken @ 1am by the couple in the next room doing...well, what couples DO...by her shrieks & the repeated, & very rhythmic, banging on the wall of the headboard?
Oct 20, 2005 | 11:04 am
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Originally Posted by Martinis at 8
Nope. No beating up on old people. Yikes!
Oct 20, 2005 | 11:26 am
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Originally Posted by chartreuse
I think that BamaVol was advocating summary execution rather than beating up. So that's OK then
Respect the elderly, even if they are exhorting social security payments out of you.
Oct 20, 2005 | 12:06 pm
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Originally Posted by tonypct
I can't believe the way people behave in hotels. I propose that every time guests check into a hotel, they be given a Code of Conduct by which they will agree to abide. Within this code would be items like:
1. No blasting TV volume, especially after 10:00 PM
2. No letting guest room or stairway doors slam, at anytime!
3. If arriving to your room late with other guests, keep your voices down
4. No screaming while on the phone, whether cell or hotel phone
5. Keep the pacing in the room to a minimum; consider guests in the room beneath you
6. If you have children staying with you, you need to be with them when they are in places like the pool, jacuzzi or business center
1. No blasting TV volume, especially after 10:00 PM
2. No letting guest room or stairway doors slam, at anytime!
3. If arriving to your room late with other guests, keep your voices down
4. No screaming while on the phone, whether cell or hotel phone
5. Keep the pacing in the room to a minimum; consider guests in the room beneath you
6. If you have children staying with you, you need to be with them when they are in places like the pool, jacuzzi or business center
Next time you experience a lout who does the above, call the front desk. If you're staying in a hotel which respects its clientele, one phone call to the front desk will end the problems you are experiencing.