Update: 'This is my favorite update ever!': Son forced to deal with mother's $1,200 sticky fingers at a hotel ends up having the most wholesome twist

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Jan 6, 2024 12:00 PM EST

We recently came across a story of a frustrated son having to deal with the consequences of a supposedly irresponsible mother. (Read here!) The mother came to visit the son for the holidays and stayed at a local hotel. A few weeks later, the son gets a package with a vase and a note from his mom saying "call me." Turns out his mom had stolen a fancy vase from the hotel and the hotel sent her a bill for $1,200 for it and now the mother wanted him to return it. A mortified son, but dutiful nonetheless. So he tries to devise an excuse as to not get in trouble for his mother's actions. 

Well, the update says he went in ready to spin a lie about his mother having dementia (she doesn't) and that's why she stole the vase and he's here to return it. But before he could get into it, the manager stopped him and told him a pleasant story about the first time he met his mother back in the '80s. Turns out his mother has a long and well-known sticky fingers reputation and that the hotel staff still loves her. In fact, the manager says it "made his Christmas" when he saw her reservation. Read the entire wholesome update below!

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    UPDATE: "I start in on the [fake] dementia story, he stops me.... 'I first met your mother in 1982 when I started working here..."
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    Posted by u/Competitive_Oil5227 2 hours ago My mother has sticky fingers, an update.
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    To recap, my mom stole a very large and very expensive vase from her hotel suite. The hotel added it to her bill and sent it back to me to return.
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    I took all your advice and walked into the hotel with the full intention of claiming my mum has dementia and didn't know what she was doing. And honestly
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    with the size of the vase it seemed very plausible. I also knew to ask for the shift manager and had worried that I was about to go down to felony theft.
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    I put a paper check in my wallet, just in case I ended up having to pay for something and put on my nice overcoat.
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    The entire drive downtown I was cursing my mother. But anyone on here with an 83 year old stereotypical Jewish mom will know that sometimes you just
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    have to do things as the fallout from her would be worse than anything a hotel could dish out. The front desk fellow couldn't have been nicer. When I
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    gestured to the box he didn't even ask why I needed to see the shift manager, just asked me to wait while he was paged.
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    The shift manager arrives, I open the box and display the vase inside. It still had a post it that said 'please call me love mom' on it. Before I
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    even got half of my story out he excuses himself and disappears. The desk fellow walks over and asks if I'd like to sit down and
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    takes me to this little area with a desk and offers me coffee. I'm now imagining that the police have been called and I'm triple cursing my mom.
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    In walks in a fellow who is the hotel general manager. 'I hear that Mrs. X has sent the case back. Is everything ok?'
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    I start in on the dementia story, he stops me....'I first met your mother in 1982 when I started working here. There was a young boy who had climbed into the lobby fountain and
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    was about to urinate on the statue and your mother asked me to fish him out as she was wearing difficult shoes. I am guessing that was you?'
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    I'm confused, but tell the fellow that was my brother and the story had become a family legend.
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    'She has a hobby of removing things during her stay and we have historically just added them to her bill. Am I to take it she does not want to keep this?'
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    I'm thinking ….... how much money has she spent on stolen towels and other hotel . And all I can do is thank the fellow for looking out for her. He follows up
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    with 'when she was here last year I worried that may be be the last time we would see her. It made my Christmas the day I saw her reservation request'.
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    Which was about the nicest way anyone could ever say 'your mom is very old'. I'll be checking her luggage next time.
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    Tyl3rt - 2 hr. ago I love that this turned into a 41 year cat and mouse game your mom and that GM have been playing. Very lucky he has been understanding.
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    Gullible_Toe9909 · 3 min. ago Any hotel that keeps the same general manager for 40+ years, and is still in business, seems like a really awesome place to stay.
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    Texas RebelBear - 2 hr. ago Wow, what a great story! Another family anecdote to pass down to your children and nieces and nephews. Love it!
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    OkMushroom 7086 1 hr. ago This is my favorite update ever!
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    CunnyMaggots. 45 min. ago Lol that turned out so much better than I thought it would! I'm glad it was a happy ending.
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