‘He deserved a minimum $250 fine’: Hotel employee refuses to check-in mother with kids traveling after Christmas since his shift ends in 30-minutes, costs him a pretty penny

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Jan 4, 2025 9:00 AM EST

The holidays are a stressful time, especially if you are traveling with kids. If you have children, then you understand. If you don't, just imagine traveling with your inebriated friends and you're completely sober and you haven't gotten any sleep and you are bank rolling everything. That's kind of what it's like. So when you need a break, you really need a break—or at least a good night's rest. This mom was traveling with her kids and thought ahead. She wasn't about to make a massive drive with just her and the kiddos, so she booked a hotel. On the way over, she called saying they were going to be a little late for check-in and they said it was fine. She gets there and the front desk employee makes her wait… That doesn't sound so bad, right? Well, when you have several kids and you yourself are running basically on empty, waiting is not a chill thing in the slightest. The employee said it would only be a few minutes, but then she proceeded to see him sit there just messing around doing nothing for 20-minutes. She figured out that there was no reason he needed her to wait, he just didn't want to put the work in because he was clocking out in 30 minutes…

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  • Checking this family in would have only taken five minutes for this employee, and when the next employee came after making this exhausted family wait for 30-minutes, it only took five minutes to check them in! Surprise surprise. 

     

    Annoyed, but defeated, the mom just had to go along with it all so she could finally rest her head. However, she didn't let all of this injustice go by with no consequences. She noticed when that entitled employee left, he went to his car which was parked in a handicap spot. Her mother and son both use wheelchairs, so no this felt personal. The guy had no tags on his car that would indicated that he was authorized to park there. In fact, it seemed like he just wanted to be able to keep an eye on his car while he worked. So, she did what any good citizen would do, and reported him. 

     

    That's a minimum $250 fine. The next time she was near by, she saw the same car but parked somewhere else. A small petty revenge win, but a win nonetheless. She even intends to keep tabs on it, so if she sees him trying to pull that kind of thing again, she will be quick to report again—hitting him with ANOTHER $250. 

  • Enjoy your fine After a stressful Christmas full of traveling, I arrived at a hotel at 945pm. I had called in advance about our late arrival time. When I showed up with the kids in the car, ready to check in, I was told it would be a "few minutes" before they could check us in.
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  • before they could check us in. The douchy night manager proceeded to off for about 20 minutes. Apparently he was about to clock out and do a shift change. He totally could have checked us in. (When I did check in it took less than 5 minutes)....
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  • Well I saw mr walk to his car. He was parked in the handicapped spot. He had no plate or tag. My guess is that he wanted to be able to stare at his car from the office window. My son and my mom are both in wheelchairs, so this really rubbed me the wrong way. I had a feeling he would park there again the following night.
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  • As soon as he clocked in, that's where he parked. So I reported it. I don't usually report petty crime, but he deserved a "minimum $250 fine". Sk it Mr
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  • MotionlessTrav... Park around and find out
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  • lavenderfox89 I saw his car again tonight, (the petty revenge was last night)... This time he was parked in a regular spot. Muahahaha
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  • CoderJoe1 hope the fee financially cripples him
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  • Technical_Goat1840 No night manager makes a ton of money. I hope he sees himself on reddit.
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  • nada1979 Any chance you could drive by that hotel occasionally (during your future holiday travels), and even if u don't stay there, check to see if he's parking there and call in again without being a guest?
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  • Michael48632 Screw him!!!! You were kind I would have called the police and tell them to tow the vehicle for NO PLATES AND IT PREVENTS the real handicap from the space, then I would call the CORPORATION AND FILE A COMPLAINT telling them that you will be posting this on their website that they allow this.
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