‘He didn’t even challenge [me]’: Entitled hotel guest makes one false move and gets kicked out before he can even make it to his room, still gets charged

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Oct 16, 2024 5:00 PM EDT

When you are checking into a hotel, you should already know to be on your best behavior while at the front desk. Not only are you being judged on how you will be as a guest, but you are also in front of other guests who are also doing the judging. Unfortunately, hotels bring out a lot of male and female Karens who think they own the place and people who work there the second they walk in. Apparently, if you pay $60 a night, you're allowed to treat everyone else like dirt. Take for instance this guest who ended up being kicked out barely two minutes after checking in—he didn't even make it to his room before he had to return the key. Why? Because he tried to score some (at the time) illegal substances from the bellhop. He wasn't even trying to be sneaky about it… Like, come on dude, at least try to whisper. Read the whole ordeal below! 

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    "I expelled a guest 2 minutes after check in."
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    I expelled a guest 2 minutes after check in. The scene: I was the FOM of a 162- room mid-tier hotel, and was the MOD for the evening, covering both the hotel and the restaurant, as they were short a manager. I had spent a fair amount of time that evening in the restaurant, as I had zero F&B experience, and both the hotel and restaurant were slow enough to have some of the restaurant staff train me on what they do.
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    About 8 PM, I went to check on the front desk to see how things were going and to make sure my clerk didn't need a break. A gentleman walked in and said he wanted a room. I went ahead and processed the walk-in, handed the guest the keys, explained breakfast, and pointed him to the elevators. He walked about 20 feet away and stopped to lean into my houseman like he was going to tell him a secret. Without whispering, he asked the houseman where he could score some weed.
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    I went over, and told the guest to hand me his keys because he was not going to be staying in my hotel. He asked why, and I explained that I heard him ask my employee for drugs, which meant he probably was going to smoke upstairs, which then meant I was going to charge him a $200 smoking fee, so I was doing him a favor.
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    When he started to object, I pointed out that it was very racist to ignore the 6 white employees standing around to ask the Black kid where to buy weed. And I don't allow racists to stay in my hotel. Dude left, and that was the last we heard from him. He didn't even challenge my charging him for the room. he never made it to.
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    This was almost a decade ago, before even medical cannabis was legal here. I thought about it today, because I found out that houseman died yesterday. I ran into him a couple of years ago when he and his wife were my Rideshare passengers. He introduced me as "the guy who stood up to racist weed smokers." Apparently, he told that story a lot. Rest in Peace, my friend.
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    Skwrl... "This was almost a decade ago, before even medical cannabis was legal here." Was thinking "Jeeze dude, just Google the local dispensary. Sheesh." That changes things a bit.
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    RevolutionaryAd851 Over twenty years ago I asked our bellhop in Vancouver where to get weed, but he was a young white college kid as I was. He hooked me up immediately.
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    TheFoxAndTheRaven People who have worked in hotels know that this is mostly about what a pain in the it is when someone smokes in a room. The smell lingers. Takes extra cleaning time, so you can't turn the room around. If the next guest is sensitive, it can with their stay. Then it wastes your time as a manager if the smoker disputes any extra charges they accrue for being a dumbass.
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    dandelion-dreams I smoke, but I truly don't understand why people feel the need to do it in their rooms. I don't even do it in my own home, but on my porch. Just because I've made the foolish decision to smoke and damage my own body doesn't mean I need to cause smoke damage to mine or my landlord's property. If they're having an event or are busy downstairs at their business, which also has an outdoor dining patio, I'll be considerate enough to ingest in a way that doesn't infiltrate all of thei
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    glantern42 It is such a small percentage of smokers that actually smoke in a hotel room this is a dumb story of this guy on a power trip especially if he did not refund the charge of the room pretty sure that's a crime you have the right to refuse service not the right to charge someone then refuse service
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