I recently read Daniel Edward Craig's book "Murder at Graverly Manor" in which a long term hotelier takes the leap to becoming an innkeeper. In it, he speaks of the differences in a hotel guest/atmosphere to a B&B. He says paraphrased "I cannot even imagine a guest walking into a restaurant kitchen and opening the fridge to help themselves or going through the cupboards, and yet at a B&B they do this!" "Or opening closed doors and entering the General Manager's office."
So last night at 11pm we hear our kitchen doors go bang, we have a chain across them for a light security and then at night we lock them using a bolt we have installed that goes upward (they areleaded glass and wood combo doors). I am in bed and immediately sit upright! Husband goes into the kitchen and sees some guests walking away through the dining room.
Now, just a couple scenarios:
a) they wanted ice, and decided they could just go into a CLOSED DOOR,with private sign, and get it themselves, or try to find it.
b) they saw no one was around and decided to be lookie loos, and go into a CLOSED DOOR,with private sign and peek around
c) they were going into innkeeper quarters where we have confidential information and business transaction "stuff" to steal
d) they were going to rape my family
Now most of that seems extreme I know, but these are strangers in our midst. When I say welcome to the inn, I do not say welcome to the closed and locked doors and my quarters. My children are asleep in their beds ay 11pm. I am not happy that we live in a fishbowl, that we have to lock OURSELVES IN TIGHT when no one in this town even locks their door!
Make sure your quarters are secure, innkeepers, you may not hear people going in like I did, or attempting to go in.
So last night at 11pm we hear our kitchen doors go bang, we have a chain across them for a light security and then at night we lock them using a bolt we have installed that goes upward (they areleaded glass and wood combo doors). I am in bed and immediately sit upright! Husband goes into the kitchen and sees some guests walking away through the dining room.
Now, just a couple scenarios:
a) they wanted ice, and decided they could just go into a CLOSED DOOR,with private sign, and get it themselves, or try to find it.
b) they saw no one was around and decided to be lookie loos, and go into a CLOSED DOOR,with private sign and peek around
c) they were going into innkeeper quarters where we have confidential information and business transaction "stuff" to steal
d) they were going to rape my family
Now most of that seems extreme I know, but these are strangers in our midst. When I say welcome to the inn, I do not say welcome to the closed and locked doors and my quarters. My children are asleep in their beds ay 11pm. I am not happy that we live in a fishbowl, that we have to lock OURSELVES IN TIGHT when no one in this town even locks their door!
Make sure your quarters are secure, innkeepers, you may not hear people going in like I did, or attempting to go in.