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Shocked guest experiences hotel horror story after bizarre intrusion from hotel manager: 'He does not take no for an answer'

When booking a hotel room, one typically has the expectation of privacy—that's actually kind of the whole point. You're paying a relative premium for accommodating service and reliable accommodation… This is opposed to an Airbnb, hostel, or any other type of accommodation where you'd be sharing a room or have some kind of other lasting interaction with other people. With a hotel, you'd generally expect to have your own "private" room for the duration of your stay, save only for your two conversations with the front desk to check in and check out—interrupted only by room service. 

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  • This guest had quite a different experience than you'd usually expect at the hotel they were staying in while traveling for work. To their shock, the hotel's manager insisted on painting the door to their room, refusing to listen when they objected and going as far as also painting the door to their coworker's room while the coworker was out too. The entire experience dissolved the illusion of privacy that one would normally expect to have in a hotel room and made them unsettled about the remainder of their stay. They shared their experience with a popular online community where their account of their experience went viral, generating an outraged response from readers.

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    Hotel Manager decided to come into my room while I was still in there to paint the door (that didn't even need painting in my opinion)
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    An image they shared of the incident

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    The original poster described the situation in this post

    I'm staying at a Hoinn and while I'm in the room I hear somebody attempt to open the door. They must've heard my tv on because they decided to knock rather than attempt the door again. I answered the door and the hotel manager is standing there with painting supplies. He asks me if he could come in and paint my door. I politely tell him no because I am still in the room. He says ok and goes away.
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    About an hour later, I hear someone attempt to open my door again. I stand up and go to the door this time and the manager is back. I don't know if he assumed I'd be gone and was going to paint my door without me knowing but he had a shocked expression on his face. He again, asks if he can paint my door. I give him the same response that I am in the room and don't feel comfortable with him painting the door while I'm in there nor do I want to smell paint fumes for the rest of my stay. He does no
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    I wasn't about to go back and forth with this man because he was clearly not taking no for an answer and would not go away and I was nervous he'd come back when I wasn't in the room so I rather supervise him now then him do it when I wasn't there. Turns out, he ended up going in my coworkers room while she was out and painted her door. P.s. Hinn is not my hotel of choice but I'm on travel for work and this is the only hotel available in town.
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    Readers responded

    Sxdious 6 hr. ago Nah that's insane I would complain to corporate or someone that has more authority than him and get a refund or some sort of compensation for this because that job seems like it can be put off until the room is clear. Also why is he insisting on him painting it, I'm sure someone with a working brain could get that task done Reply Share 7.7k ...
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    dudsa15 OP 6 hr. ago Per a maid, apparently he's the hotel owner. I don't know how true that is but also don't know why the owner is going around painting rooms. Such a weird situation and if this wasn't the only hotel in town I'd be gone in a heartbeat. 3.9k Reply Share
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    dudsa15 OP. 7 hr. ago Corporate has been contacted and there's an open case against the hotel now because of it. Just absolutely insane I've never had this happen before 11.2k Reply Share HarryHood146 · 6 hr. ago I do maintenance at a K and never in my wildest dreams would I paint in a room with a guest in it. 5.2k Reply Share Inn
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    dudsa15 OP 6 hr. ago Thank you for having decency....you'd think after my 5th time saying no he'd just go away. 3.2k Reply Share HarryHood146. 6 hr. ago I've worked in hotels for years and seen quite a bit of weird stuff. This is pretty close to the top of the list. 1.3k Reply Share
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    thomax77 6 hr. ago As a hotel manager myself, this is extremely inappropriate. No need to get ready for a potential new guest at the expense of a current one. 527 Reply Share Fantastic_Brain7681 · 4 hr. ago i've worked in hotels for 15 years and there is no way this would fly! we wait until it's empty and put it out of order for a night if we need to paint. 83 Reply Share
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    nilecrane 7 hr. ago Potentially illegal. Definitely inappropriate. When you rent a dwelling, even a hotel room, you have certain rights to privacy and security. Reply Share 2.1k dudsa15 OP. 7 hr. ago Everything I'm reading is saying hotels are exempt from this . I guess the only people not allowed to go into your hotel room are the police without the hotels authorization. Learned too even though you have the do not disturb sign up maids can also go into your room anyway. It's absolutely ridiculo
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    Totallynotatrollguys 5 hr. ago He's up to something. There's just no way. Too many things make it weird - why not let someone else paint the door? Why even paint the door? Why paint it when someone is there? Why insist so much on it? Why not have any "real" painting material? Reply Share 158
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    NOBS_Straightshooter 7 hr. ago I would have demanded another room before letting him start painting or he can come back another day. This is insane. 629 Reply Share 355 ●●● dudsa15 OP. 7 hr. ago Oh he decided to do the entire hotel (only 3 floors) so I really don't think there was any escaping him doing this. It was either supervise him or him do it when you're not there Reply Share ...
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    craftycommando. 6 hr. ago That's why you should always deadbolt and latch. 00 190 Reply Share SirNarwhal 5 hr. ago Yeah I'm so confused as to how OP even got in this situation. Just deadbolt that tell them to won't just call the police... 68 and latch it and off and if they Reply Share
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    probably_poopin_1219 · 6 hr. ago He's not even wearing his painting clothes This is super bizarre and you should go everything you can to be compensated for this very strange breach of privacy. 187 Reply Share
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