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#Post#: 71944--------------------------------------------------
Bad behavior at the hotel
By: DCGirl Date: November 23, 2021, 8:19 am
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The post on Bad Behavior at the Reception reminded me of a
recent experience my husband and I had.
DH's aunt (and godmother) recently passed away and we traveled
out of town to attend the wake (Friday night) and the funeral
(Saturday morning). It was in a town without only one decent
hotel, which had no availability for Saturday night, so we ended
up at a Marriott Courtyard in an office park in a town about 30
minutes from where Aunt J was being remembered. Our next best
choice would have been more like an hour away. Courtyards are
usually very quiet hotels because they don't have large function
rooms in them, maybe one small conference room geared to
business meetings.
As it turned out, the hotel had two groups of wedding guests
staying there, one for a Friday night wedding and the other for
a Saturday afternoon wedding. We realized that when we pulled
up to check in before the wake and saw the party bus for the
wedding guests for the Friday wedding and then saw the gift bags
behind the reception counter for the Saturday wedding guests. I
explained to the desk clerk that we were in town for a funeral
and asked if we could get a room away from the wedding blocks,
if possible. Her response was that the hotel has 107 room and
more than 90 were booked with wedding guests. We ended up, at
least, on the top floor so we didn't have people above us, but
the room across the hall from us had a sign on the door that
said it was for groomsmen to get ready in; the bridesmaids were
two doors down the hall. We were well and truly stuck there
unless we decided to stay another hour away. I crossed my
fingers and hoped for the best. (All the wedding events were
apparently offsite at nearby banquet halls.)
So, I guess my question/complaint is -- why do wedding guests
behave so badly in hotels? The Friday wedding guests came back
to the hotel after the reception had ended and kept the party
going till the wee hours of the morning. We called the front
desk, but clearly the two [female] desk clerks on duty were
outnumbered by inebriated [male] wedding guests. Most of the
noise seemed to be on the floor below us, but we were awakened
Saturday morning by the photographer for the Saturday wedding
arriving and conferring in the hall, right outside our door,
with bridesmaids and groomsmen about the timing and content of
pictures. Saturday night was quieter, but Sunday morning we
couldn't get a seat for breakfast because the bride was opening
gifts in the cafe.
I've been to plenty of weddings in my day, but it would never
occur to me to be inconsiderate to other guests in the hotel.
Yet, it's happened more than once to me that I've been staying
at hotel where a wedding is taking place, and some of the guests
feel that they can party all night and day regardless of the
other guests' need to sleep (which is why we're in a hotel in
the first place, right?).
#Post#: 71947--------------------------------------------------
Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: Hmmm Date: November 23, 2021, 8:50 am
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I don't think it's just wedding guests but any groups traveling
together. The worse offenders I've experienced was at a hotel
where several girls volleyball teams were staying for a
tournament. There was running up and down the corridor till 3 in
the morning, volleyballs hitting room walls, loud laughter and
giggling into well into day break. We complained to the front
desk and even went so far as to knock on the doors of the
"chaperones".
I think it's just people get into "holiday" mode and forget that
others aren't also in that state of mind. I do think hotel staff
should be better trained on how to deal with it. We attended a
wedding once and the night manager suggested the groomsmen and a
few other guests move from the hotel room down to the breakfast
area.
#Post#: 71948--------------------------------------------------
Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: DCGirl Date: November 23, 2021, 9:04 am
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Yes, DH and I were once at a hotel where many of the guests were
in town for a youth soccer tournament, and those kids were out
of control. DH still complains about how he nodded off while we
were waiting in the lobby for our room to be ready (we'd been up
since 4:00 a.m. for our flight) and the security guards kept
telling him he wasn't allowed to sleep in the lobby, while at
the same time the security guards did nothing about the young
soccer players kicking balls up and down the halls.
#Post#: 71955--------------------------------------------------
Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: Rose Red Date: November 23, 2021, 10:28 am
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[quote author=Hmmm link=topic=2217.msg71947#msg71947
date=1637679032]
I don't think it's just wedding guests but any groups traveling
together.
[/quote]
I agree with this. Put a large group together at the movies or
restaurant and they will be noisy and messy. Not all of course.
But it's like they don't care because they get caught up with
"partying" with their group and don't have to clean up the mess.
#Post#: 71956--------------------------------------------------
Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: Gellchom Date: November 23, 2021, 11:44 am
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Have you ever tried to sleep on an overnight, overseas flight on
which there is an excited high school aged youth group? That
takes it to a whole new level!
#Post#: 71959--------------------------------------------------
Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: bigbadbetty Date: November 23, 2021, 1:34 pm
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[quote author=gellchom link=topic=2217.msg71956#msg71956
date=1637689447]
Have you ever tried to sleep on an overnight, overseas flight on
which there is an excited high school aged youth group? That
takes it to a whole new level!
[/quote]
My very first overseas flight had with a high school band! I was
in high school (not from the high school in question - just with
my family) and found them annoying. I couldn't sleep. However, I
found later that I can never sleep on an airplane. However, the
most annoying was a group of old men from the American Legion?
Lions? (I forget which) was having a convention in the hotel
where we were staying. The high school group at least had
chaperones that tried to keep things in check.
#Post#: 71963--------------------------------------------------
Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: Titanica Date: November 23, 2021, 3:08 pm
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[quote author=bigbadbetty link=topic=2217.msg71959#msg71959
date=1637696051]
[quote author=gellchom link=topic=2217.msg71956#msg71956
date=1637689447]
Have you ever tried to sleep on an overnight, overseas flight on
which there is an excited high school aged youth group? That
takes it to a whole new level!
[/quote]
My very first overseas flight had with a high school band! I was
in high school (not from the high school in question - just with
my family) and found them annoying. I couldn't sleep. However, I
found later that I can never sleep on an airplane. However, the
most annoying was a group of old men from the American Legion?
Lions? (I forget which) was having a convention in the hotel
where we were staying. The high school group at least had
chaperones that tried to keep things in check.
[/quote]
I was on a 3-hour flight one time, (pretty long time ago) with
my husband (then fianc�) who is an extremely nervous flyer.
There was a group of guys, I'd say they were about in their
mid-late 20's, sitting a few rows in front of us. There were
about 5 of them, but they were LOUD. And they decided that it
would be really entertaining to keep making jokes about the
plane crashing. Made for a really fun trip. >:(
#Post#: 71991--------------------------------------------------
Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: mime Date: November 24, 2021, 4:58 pm
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I recently stayed at a hotel where a boys basketball team was
running wild. An out of control ball flew into a sprinkler and
triggered it, flooding the room & the hall, and running into the
central courtyard hot tub.
The manager was more than happy to kick them out-- they had been
warned repeatedly to behave but the chaperones were worthless in
getting those boys under control.
So they were out at 10-ish during a snowstorm. I can't say "and
everyone clapped," but many of us strangers exchanged happy
glances as the kids finally left us in peace.
#Post#: 72000--------------------------------------------------
Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: vintagegal Date: November 25, 2021, 6:45 am
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Gotta agree on the youth groups. Especially if they are from
East Armpit, Midwest, and have never seen an elevator before.
What FUN!! I'll take the elevator, you take the stairs, we'll
have a race!! Ad infinitum.
You would hope adults would be a little more responsible,
but...well...
A condo complex in the US south where I used to stay had a
blanket rule against youth groups. They said church youth groups
were the worst. Usually it was the first time they had been away
from home and their parents, all that pent-up repression came
out big time.
#Post#: 72023--------------------------------------------------
Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: Winterlight Date: November 25, 2021, 10:08 pm
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[quote author=vintagegal link=topic=2217.msg72000#msg72000
date=1637844309]
Gotta agree on the youth groups. Especially if they are from
East Armpit, Midwest, and have never seen an elevator before.
What FUN!! I'll take the elevator, you take the stairs, we'll
have a race!! Ad infinitum.
You would hope adults would be a little more responsible,
but...well...
A condo complex in the US south where I used to stay had a
blanket rule against youth groups. They said church youth groups
were the worst. Usually it was the first time they had been away
from home and their parents, all that pent-up repression came
out big time.
[/quote]
I did my graduate work at a Catholic university, and they had HS
student groups come in once a year for a conference. One of my
friends was stuck chaperoning them, and she said it was
exhausting because they all went totally wild simultaneously.
Also, she said that according to previous chaperones, every year
they had to break up multiple couples who had decided that this
was their chance to get laid- in the conference area. Gross.
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