The world of luxury hospitality wears a thin and delicate veil of glitz and glamor over a heaping pile of garbage that hotel staff works hard to hide from their most valued customers. Dead bodies, rat infestations, bodily fluids, crime—you name it—hotel workers have seen it all, and the wealthy are not immune to leaving such disasters behind when they check out of their favorite luxury resorts. A bunch of hotel workers recently revealed some spicy behind-the-scenes details that their managers desperately try to hide from the public, and we've collected some of our favorite comments from the thread.
"I was once waiting for an elevator in a hotel pretty early in the morning. The doors opened & reflexively I started to get on. But it was filled with EMTs. a stretcher, and the hotel's general manager. He politely suggested I wait for the next one. The 'patient' had an oxygen mask on, with some tubes leading... somewhere. Later I noticed that the ambulance pulled off without the siren & waited for a stop light. I suspect he was dead all along, and they just made it look like he was unconscious & getting treatment." said u/2PlasticLobsters.
"I used to work as an EMT, as well as in a hotel. I've seen both worlds lol. But no lights and sirens doesn't necessarily mean the patient is dead. It could mean the emergency is over. Meaning, adequate care is being provided by qualified medical help, and going Code 3 to the hospital doesn't bring any greater reward than just going Code 1." said u/IWantALargeFarva.
"Yeah that's just like in my office. Cleaning lady has different cloths for desks, kitchen, toilet, etc. but only one bucket with water." said u/DarkZethis.
"I want to know what my notes were from my honeymoon where I got a really bad stomach virus. 'Very white, only eats plain toast and white rice, spends a lot of time in bathroom'" said u/BagNo4331.
"Probably a deliberate lie. You're much less likely to skim the hotel if you think the Triads will come after you…" said u/loaferuk123.
"Michael Crichton, the author, said he spent a few weeks in a high end hotel in London. He was writing a book at the time and taped notes to a dresser to keep track of the timeline and subplots in his novel. When he returned to the hotel a few years later, he found the staff had put bits of tape on the dresser, just as he had done years during his last visit" said u/nucumber.