this forums r kewl

Pets are allowed?
I think there is only one pet-friendly room in the hotel I worked in. Well, 50 rooms.

Actually, it was just a bunch of shit cropped together from the tv shows andromeda, startrek, and the game starcraft -.-.

That's a whole lotta nerd right there.

I can't criticize, however. My friends and I still make jokes about "failing our saves" when we screw something up.

Pets are allowed? I think there is only one pet-friendly room in the hotel I worked in. Well, 50 rooms.

Actually, yeah, we allow pets in all of our rooms. I just love it when I get somebody checking in who requests a "no pet" room and they get all pissy when I have to tell them that there's no such thing on our property.

No, we have tea bags for the guests to take, but we don't bring them up a piping hot cup of tea at their request.

We had both of those, and a little lounge where they can sit and chat.

So this customer was wandering around, and he looked at me and asked if we served tea there.

"Yes, we do! The person at the front desk will.."
"He's at the phone."
"Ah I see. It'll be just a minute, he'll..."
"Can't you serve me tea?"
"Err, it is not my department... and..."
"WHAT? CAN'T I GET SOME SERVICE HERE?"

Then he went to the bathroom, and later he left.

Afterward, I talked to the front desk person and he said he was not even on the phone for the last half an hour.

I had a guy come up to check out just a few weeks ago who was pretty unreasonable as well. Upon checking him out of the system and charging his credit card, he decides after I'm finished to complain that he didn't get the AARP discount.

Me: I apologize, sir. If you could just show me your AARP membership card, I would be more than happy to apply the discount and re-credit the appropriate amount to your credit card.

Him: Well, I don't have my fucking card on me.

Me: Well, then I apologize, sir, but I can't just apply the discount without proof of membership.

Him: I am 65-fucking-years old, I was told on the phone that I'd get a 10% discount, and goddammit I'm going to get that fucking discount!

Me: (Anger now reaching critical mass) Again, I am sorry sir, but unless you provide proof of your membership, I can't offer you the discount.

Him: (literally ten minutes of ranting about how he's old, deserves the discount, I should be ashamed of myself, blah, blah all the while making the people behind him wait angrily)

Me: OKAY FINE. (I apply the discount, re-credit his card and immediately turn my attention to the next person in line without saying another word)

Him: You know people usually say "Thank You" to their guests.

Me

Hahaha, that's similar to one of the incidents I've witnessed...

Woman checking out.
FD: "$$$ for the room, $$ for Dinner room, and $$$$ for the 20 minutes long distance phone call."

Guest: "LONG DISTANCE PHONECALL?"

FD: "Yes ma'am. On my record, you've made a 20 minutes long distance phone call last night to this number, ###-###-####"

Guest: "I don't recognize that number sorry."

FD: "...That's what it is said on the record. Is ### your room number?"

Guest: "YES BUT I DIDN'T PHONE ANYONE."

FD: "...But it's......."

Then they argued for about 5 minutes,

FD: "Fuck! Have a nice day."

How the hell do you not get up and peg the fuckers in the face..

Heheheh, I get that one all the time. I also get a lot of:

Them: (Looks at bill) $$$ nightly rate, 6% sales tax...2.12% RESORT IMPACT FEE?!
Me: Yes, that's the resort tax required by state law. All states enforce required resort taxes. Wyoming's resort tax is actually mush lower than-
Them: I'm not paying an extra 2.12% for something I can barely pronounce!
Me: I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's a legal requirement, dictated by the state government.
Them: But why should I have to pay that extra 2.12%?!
Me: Because if you don't, I call the police and let them straighten this out for us.
Them: Oh. Well. Okay. Nevermind.

How the hell do you not get up and peg the fuckers in the face..

Because putting up with that bullshit is simply the price I pay for getting paid to play Gameboy for the majority of my shift.

You really have to give up your self-respect (or self-whatever) when you face those customers... some of them act like you are destined to serve them.

Most of them are genuinely looking for something to bitch about as well. You can tell which ones are actively seeking a way to treat you like shit the moment they walk through the door. I don't understand what it is with tourists, but it's almost as though their vacation isn't truly complete until they've sent a hotel staff member to the hospital with a rage-induced aneurysm.

If there's one thing that any hotel staffer from around the globe should be eternally thankful for, however, it's that they don't have to deal with Hill Climbers. White trash snow-bikers. Always looking to start shit.

I assume you do. HA.

Yes, I do, and it sucks in ways no human being could possibly understand. Hell, I've gone through it for six years and I have a hard time understanding how badly it sucks.

I wonder what would happen if you keep playing your Gameboy and ignore the requests from those Hill Climbers?

Probably a lot of yelling, a lot of commotion and two or three of them forcing their way behind the counter to harass me further. It would cause an unbelievable number of extra problems to just try and ignore them.

I'm glad I live in Canada.

Universal health care, no Hill Climb and (from what little I know of it) a fairly low crime rate. If I wasn't so diametrically opposed to moving somewhere colder than here, I'd probably end up migrating.

Plus, Silicon Knights is based in Canada, and SK kicks ass.

You eat Lamb of God too!?

People really wonder why I don't have a job? After listening to that crap, I'm not getting one until I'm broke and living in a box somewhere.

You eat Lamb of God too!?

Yes. Tastes like crackers.


Kuja`s, you're "Mortally", right?

Like.. oyster crackers?

ROFL LOL HAHAHLOL ROFLSKATES COPTERLAUGH WIN

Kuja`s, you're "Mortally", right?

Yes...or no? "Mortally" doesn't seem right for the sentence.