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Mitch Krayton's avatar

I had a friend who used to treat loud and unruly people with a spray of the most pungent cologne she could find. Sometimes they would ask why she did it. She would reply, “You are offending my eyes and ears so I thought you wouldn’t mind if i offended your nose.” It worked well for her.

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Chriscfrn's avatar

That's an assault waiting to happen. I'm surprised she hasn't been punched by now.

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Christopher Elliott's avatar

Oh wow. I've never heard of that!

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Jerry Slaff's avatar

Mostly I ignore them. I've stayed in a few chain hotels that encourage you to mingle in the brightly decorated lobby (Tru and some Hampton), but man, if you order a few pizzas for dinner for your whole group, don't eat them in the lobby. If there's a breakfast nook with tables and chairs, OK, but not on the sofas, taking over the whole place and making it smell of pepperoni. There's a lot of selfishness in society in general today, and these are just some examples of it.

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Pamela Farrell's avatar

Really glad to see this post. It IS happening more and more. Recently traveled to Savannah and the hotel assigned me a room right outside the elevator. I immediately returned to the front desk and was given another room that was perfect. My advice is that in most cases like this, defer to the staff to handle it.

Also, I treat the hotel no differently than as if I were a guest in someone’s home. The best guest is the one that you never knew was there. I greet the staff as I walk by. I am grateful that they provide a nice environment for me. I try to avoid the louts and ill-mannered people.

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Christopher Elliott's avatar

You're right. Good house guests — that's another story. I'll get to that one soon.

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Anni Caires's avatar

Bad behavior by traveling folks has even become worse and stayed worse after Covid. Aren’t they over it yet? We try to ignore most situations for our own sanity by telling ourselves this is all temporary with only one exception; the people who are loud just like you stated. If they are keeping us up in late hours I always call the front desk as neither my husband nor I want to engage with someone we don’t know.

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Christopher Elliott's avatar

True, it's gotten much worse since COVID. I've noticed that, too.

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Marcus's avatar

Probably my worst case was a marijuana party in the room next to me. There was a door directly between the two rooms. The people were shouting, swearing, and generally obnoxious (besides the fumes).

It took three to four calls from reception and a visit from the police until it stopped. None of which helped with my early AM presentation.

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Christopher Elliott's avatar

UGH!

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Ken Weger's avatar

For noisy people, whether it's babies, children or adults, I handle this the same way I handle a snoring wife. Earplugs. Problem solved. To paraphrase the late great Jimmy Buffet, I have a Caribbean soul I can barely control, which means I live in tee shirts, flip flops and shorts, so the bare foot issue doesn't hit my radar.

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Md's avatar

The ignorance of hotel violators should be dealt with by refusing service , cancellation of room and redirected to other establishments that would accept them . The entitled virus in the travel industry needs harsh and immediate consequences for their actions. Refuse to give any service or accept behavior outside civil standards should result in cancellations across the board as other industries practice .

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Christopher Elliott's avatar

That should happen, but I'm not sure if it ever will. These guests are paying good money to stay in a hotel, despite their reprehensible behavior.

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Richard A De Vito's avatar

Always call the hotel people to quell noisy people. they are trained to handle that. If you need more help call the general manager. That's what they are there for. If all else fails have them move you to another room. It's hard to believe we've devolved to an unruly mob of classless people.

Richard A. De Vito Sr

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Stephen Baker's avatar

In chain hotels, there is usually only one person on duty at night being the desk clerk, accountant, snack seller, etc. They can’t leave the lobby area to quiet people.

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Richard A De Vito's avatar

True, but management is your first line of defense. The last thing you want to do it confront some crazy person when you don't need to.

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paul deeming's avatar

Call hotel mgmt to handle it. It's their job, and they have the power to throw them out if they don't comply.

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George A. Kenna's avatar

Well it’s not a hotel guest but I am sure everyone who travels knows what I am talking about. I’m walking anywhere in Europe and I’m on the far right and 3 or 4 people are walking in the opposite direction together and refuse to move at all. I can’t go any far right as sometimes I’m up against a wall and I just refuse to move and my left shoulder goes right into someone because now I refuse to move as I can’t go into a wall to walk. Sure I’m not proud of myself but I’m also tired of the sense of entitlement that others can’t be bothered to give

at least a deference to someone going in the opposite direction.

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Frank J Lepiane's avatar

I'm not afraid to mention some of the behavior by rude Americans can be attributed to the leader of the United States. Emboldened & empowered, many think they are entitled to anything they want and can get away with all of it.

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JudyL's avatar
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Oh please, this rude, entitled, loud, ill-mannered behavior has been going on by travelers and everyone else for years. The blame lies with everyone that has gone WOKE including parents who don't parent, lawmakers, employers and educators that don't enforce rules or discipline all out of "fear" of "offending" someone.

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Sunset Thunder's avatar

This x1000!

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Christopher Elliott's avatar

We try to stay away from politics in this newsletter. We help all people no matter their political persuasion. :-)

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