I know most of us come here to coimplain and bitch about the stuff we put up with at work, but it's not always that bad.  Sometimes we all have good  (well, at leat strange) things that happen at work that make this job interesting. So instead of ranting, I thought it would make a nice change to remember some of the GOOD STUFF that happens to us.

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I'm doing a 13 hr shift right now since one of our newbies decided to disappear and some shifts had to be split to be filled, and as I was getting late nite rushed with walk-ins, this guy gets dropped off by a cab and stands in line to ask about rooms... interrupts me while I'm checking a guest in asking if we had rooms and then stands there being ( Read more... )

I had a winner today ( Read more... )

Guest just called me up at 3am and interrupted my watching Inglorious Bastards to ask for cards. i said we dont have any. then the woman (or 8 yr old boy) with the hick accent asked what can i do for fun, and how old am i. Hearing people in the backround giggling i just hung up on them ( Read more... )

I had an interesting situation this morning.

A guest came down at 4:00am (still dark) and said that he was disabled and that he needed help getting bags out of his room and into his car. I got a creepy vibe from him, and told him that per hotel policy, an employee couldn't be in his room while it was occupied or leave the hotel building.

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Recap: I work in the rewards program department of my company. ( Cut for length. )

Hello, fellow hotel workers. I am new. Please don't bite. Here's my introduction!

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Ever had some body get mad at you because your hotel doesn't show up in the GPS? My property is less than a year old, so this is a common problem for us. This mo#$&%@&*%er was under the impression that his Diamond status would get him better GPS service. "Well it sure would be nice if you fixed that for Diamond members." Does he not realize ( Read more... )

Police say man had 6 lbs of marijuana delivered to Hilton

Pot Delivered to Hilton Hotel

Box shipped to Austin Hilton hotel with 6 lbs of pot inside

Pounds of pot delivered to hotel guest

This story takes place at the Hilton Charlotte University Place, Charlotte NC in August of 2007.

The History
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