i stayed (alone) in a re d ro of in n ... don't be mad, the only b&b in the area was full even though it is seriously overpriced for what she offers. nice lady, but ...
anyway, i'm always a little edgy staying in hotels alone. i was given a room way down the hall and around a corner from the elevator but with a stairwell just off to the side. creepy. but i shook it off.
around midnight, almost asleep, someone tried to get in my room. pushing a card into the reader, jiggling the door handle. and then knocking. knocking? i got up and looked out the peep hole to see a woman with a rolling suitcase standing there. i said through the door, 'you're at the wrong room' she looked at the card in her hand and walked away.
i tried to shrug it off but was un-nerved as i climbed back into bed.
then it happened AGAIN!
again, looked through the peep hole .. different person standing on the other side with a suitcase. i said again, through the door and with as deep a voice as i could muster, ' wrong room!'
then i turned on the lights, turned on the tv and tried to reach someone at the front desk. no answer. no answer? i thought there was 24 hour front desk.
i wondered if someone had invited people up and had told them the wrong room number, but that wouldn't explain the one with the card she was trying to use, would it? do those cards ever work on the wrong room? feeling pretty ignorant about them, but can that happen? i've often left a place, taking my expired card with me.
long story short ... i fell asleep after a while but woke from a terrifying nightmare about being mugged. my own fears coming through, i know. but i'm still unsettled by it.
when i checked out i went to the desk to tell them i did not use their safe so please remove that charge from my bill. this is a new trick --- they put it on your bill and you have to stop at the desk and tell them to take it off in the morning. i wonder how many people just leave and the charge goes through - $2 or so for every 100 or so people in every one of their hotels every night. what a scam. i think some cruise lines do this.
i also said someone had tried to get in my room very late ... twice .. and that i called the desk and no one answered the phone. the girl just shrugged. i wondered if she slept in the office as this was the same girl who was there when i checked in.
so... am i making something out of nothing?
and if i am to complain, who to complain to? write a letter to corporate maybe?
it's getting so the more i stay alone in hotels, the more i don't want to.
if someone staying at your b&b tries to get into the wrong room, it's not your fault ... and i'm trying to think that way. but i felt very vulnerable and i don't think i'll be staying there again.
i hope this post makes sense ...
anyway, i'm always a little edgy staying in hotels alone. i was given a room way down the hall and around a corner from the elevator but with a stairwell just off to the side. creepy. but i shook it off.
around midnight, almost asleep, someone tried to get in my room. pushing a card into the reader, jiggling the door handle. and then knocking. knocking? i got up and looked out the peep hole to see a woman with a rolling suitcase standing there. i said through the door, 'you're at the wrong room' she looked at the card in her hand and walked away.
i tried to shrug it off but was un-nerved as i climbed back into bed.
then it happened AGAIN!
again, looked through the peep hole .. different person standing on the other side with a suitcase. i said again, through the door and with as deep a voice as i could muster, ' wrong room!'
then i turned on the lights, turned on the tv and tried to reach someone at the front desk. no answer. no answer? i thought there was 24 hour front desk.
i wondered if someone had invited people up and had told them the wrong room number, but that wouldn't explain the one with the card she was trying to use, would it? do those cards ever work on the wrong room? feeling pretty ignorant about them, but can that happen? i've often left a place, taking my expired card with me.
long story short ... i fell asleep after a while but woke from a terrifying nightmare about being mugged. my own fears coming through, i know. but i'm still unsettled by it.
when i checked out i went to the desk to tell them i did not use their safe so please remove that charge from my bill. this is a new trick --- they put it on your bill and you have to stop at the desk and tell them to take it off in the morning. i wonder how many people just leave and the charge goes through - $2 or so for every 100 or so people in every one of their hotels every night. what a scam. i think some cruise lines do this.
i also said someone had tried to get in my room very late ... twice .. and that i called the desk and no one answered the phone. the girl just shrugged. i wondered if she slept in the office as this was the same girl who was there when i checked in.
so... am i making something out of nothing?
and if i am to complain, who to complain to? write a letter to corporate maybe?
it's getting so the more i stay alone in hotels, the more i don't want to.
if someone staying at your b&b tries to get into the wrong room, it's not your fault ... and i'm trying to think that way. but i felt very vulnerable and i don't think i'll be staying there again.
i hope this post makes sense ...