How do you handle Dumba$$ hotel guests?

[BSkin]

So AM door slammers, you need to wake the whole hall because of a few d!cks! Think about the night crews that may have only gotten to sleep an hour or two earlier and may be on min rest! Call the desk, if noise continues, wake THEM in the morning with calls or an unfriendly knock or ten. It happens to me, but no matter what time of day, I try not to slam the door and wake innocent folk!

 

[~~~^~~~]

Can I ask that you don't slam your door?

Usually airline crews are stuck in the same part of the hotel. Your door slam might not get the intended target who is too passed out to notice. It WILL probably wake up the adjacent airline crew who had the same lousy sleep you did and who is hoping to get that last precious 30 minutes before having to wake up for that 14 hour day.

I walk over to the offender's room in my boxer shorts and kindly tell them that we have to work the next day and PLEASE, please, please be quiet. There is a great lobby downstairs for hooting and hollering.

If it is some guy and his girlfriend, odds are he'll be done in 15 minutes.

 

[ual321]

Take you alarm clock.....relocate it next to the wall that you share with the offending people......place the speaker of the alarm against the wall.....set the alarm to go off 10 mins after you leave, make sure it is on buzzer.......go to lobby....call the room with the idiots in it to ensure they are awake....the alarm will go iff within a few minutes and keep them up for the length of the buzzer...(I usually set it to stay on for 55 mins if the alarm clock allows such a setting.)... to ensure that you do not bother other guests place a pillow on the other side of the colock to deaden the sound toward the other rooms.....If the people are real jerks I call one more time from the airport.

That's just me though....I'm pretty laid back...

Perfect.......Thanks!

 

[ron burgundy]

It sucks, but those passengers rely on us to get them to their destination SAFELY. On-time is a distant consideration.. I am lucky, I can normally fall asleep quickly...but not everybody has that luxury.

LATE IS BETTER THAN NEVER

James Mejia
XJT CA []

CORRECT SIR!

 

[samballs]

What about the crews that get in around 12am, and feel the need to talk in the hallway about how hard the day was and how its going to suck in the morning, then they all proceed to slam the door

 

[ron burgundy]

Put a flaming bag of $hit in front of the door and pull the fire alarm...

 

[Chief Pilot]

The best advice on here has been to call the front desk and file a complaint. Then, if the problem persists, simply call in fatigued. I don't know why more people don't do this. Your airline will eventually fix the problem either by moving crews to new hotel, or by having its hotel committee contact hotel management for a resolution.

For The Love of God...Please don't slam your door at 4 am in revenge. It only hurts the other crews trying to get rest. I do like the alarm clock idea and removing their Do Not Disturb sign though.

 

[Sailpilot]

If it is some guy and his girlfriend, odds are he'll be done in 15 minutes.

I had a room about 2 months ago next to the "Human Jack-hammer" and his off duty porn-star victim.

I couldn't get to sleep for about 2 hours. I never had a problem with that, just wanted to "high-five" the guy the next morning and get an autograph!

Man-code: know when to call the room, and when not to call!:beer:

 

[fly4funcrj]

I always make sure to slam my door shut when I'm leaving early in the morning. Also, don't forget to steal their newspaper.

Sure that's great.. What about the other guests that are sleeping and didn't cause this noise? You are just as bad as them if not worse.. They are just idiots are didn't realize they were loud.. You are doing it intentionally..

 

[MooneyPilot]

Earplugs???

 

[Captain X]

The best advice on here has been to call the front desk and file a complaint. Then, if the problem persists, simply call in fatigued. I don't know why more people don't do this. Your airline will eventually fix the problem either by moving crews to new hotel, or by having its hotel committee contact hotel management for a resolution.

For The Love of God...Please don't slam your door at 4 am in revenge. It only hurts the other crews trying to get rest. I do like the alarm clock idea and removing their Do Not Disturb sign though.

+1

The only problem with the alarm trick though is that usually housekeeping simply just resets the alarm so the next occupant of the room (most likely a fellow crewmember from the same airline) may get an unnecessary awakening .

Several of the hotels we stay at put us on either a floor that is "all crew" or has clearly marked designated "quiet zones."

 

[Tristar]

What about the poor passengers who planned there business trip or vacation around your planned departure in the AM? Now you are going to screw them over by being late. Just by some earplugs and go to sleep.

That falls under the heading of:

"Not my damn problem."

My job is to get them to their (business meeting/vacation) safely. To do so, I need to be adequately rested. Should the company fail to provide adequate means to do so, it is my DUTY (moral and legal) to call in fatigued.

It is idiotic sentiments such as the one you espouse above which help keep this industry locked in it's Lorenzo-esque spiral.

Do your job. I wasn't hired to select hotels, I wasn't hired as management, it's not my job to cover for incompetence of either of the above. I won't get extra pay if I save their butts, and I won't force any long term improvements by doing so. Airline management has made it very clear I'm just a liability whose job is to move the tube from A to B, so be it - that is what I will do for them, and I will do it to the best of my ability, including refusing to do so when it is unsafe. THAT is what you are hired to do, so do it.

 

[Gorditas]

Personally, my biggest problems with this type of thing were at my previous airline when we would stay at hotels hosting a family reunion or a traveling youth sport's team. Especially with the kids, I would find one of the chaperone's room and explain the situation, and tell them that I wanted to offer the courtesy of asking them to quiet down before I called security. I sometimes add that I would be happy to stop by to tell them goodbye at 4 AM if they would like. Usually, things would quiet down rather quickly. Kids are kids, I don't fault them for that. The adults just need to make sure that they are expending their energy in an appropriate place.

As for the family reunions, I would call the front desk first, but this usually had little to no effect.

 

[Whine Lover]

A variation on the "alarm clock trick"...

Unplug and remove the alarm clock and proceed to wrap it tightly around your hand with the cord.

Knock on the offending parties door and when they answer proceed to bludgeon them with aforementioned alarm clock until they fall silent.

Say goodnight and return to your room for a peaceful sleep.

Oh...and don't forget to plug in and reset your alarm.



Love,


YKW

 

[njcapt]

A variation on the "alarm clock trick"...

Unplug and remove the alarm clock and proceed to wrap it tightly around your hand with the cord.

Knock on the offending parties door and when they answer proceed to bludgeon them with aforementioned alarm clock until they fall silent.

Say goodnight and return to your room for a peaceful sleep.

Oh...and don't forget to plug in and reset your alarm.



Love,


YKW

Pardon me, el Guapo, but it helps if you have a hook.