EdnaKrabappe Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Lol. Staying in a hotel was part of the job I did in the early 2000's so it really didn't bother me, as someone else had said, I used to lock the door behind me, do all the heebie jeebie checks when I put my clothes away etc if I got them, which wasn't very often. Bizarrely when I didn't live alone, I used to get them all the time at home. Thankfully as i've lived alone for several years now, it's very rare i get them. Anyway two funny? stories that happened to me- on the same day. I stayed at this hotel in Richmond. I arrived late and it wasn't my usual hotel there. The lady said "You are in the student room." Oh my god. Single bed, dodgy mattress, no en suite, the bathroom was right down a corridor and a yale lock on the door with only one screw in it when there should have been four. Plus it was right under the flight path. Stayed there two nights. On the second night, after no sleep the first night, I had a few drinks so I'd sleep, which I did. I was working in central London at 7 so I got up at 5, ran down to the shower in my nightie and then came back. There was a note under my door. I didn't think much of it, just presumed it would be my invoice with leaving early. However when I looked at it, it said, "If you want to have some fun, look out of the window!" It was five in the morning.... I was completely freaked... and naked! I got dressed really quickly and checked out! Phoned my accomodation person and asked her never to book me in there again. That night I was travelling to Bluewater, it had been a long day and I was exhausted. I was staying in an Ibis so was eager to get there, and chill out. I booked in the hotel, went up to my room, walked in and there was a man sat on the bed! Luckily, just watching telly and dressed! So I went back down and spoke to reception! Both on the same day! I checked the lock that night!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 An old maid was listening to a tale told by her friend, a much younger married woman. "I was traveling alone and staying in this hotel and then when I was half asleep i heard this moving under my bed at around midnight. I put the light on, looked under the bed and there was this man staring up at me" her friend said. "And what did you do?" the old maid replied wide eyed "Why I just screamed my head off and he got up and dashed out of the room" A month later the old maid was staying in the same hotel. She brushed her teeth, changed into her nightie, said her prayers, set the wake up alarm for midnight and fell asleep. The alarm went off at midnight. She put on the bedside light and peered under the bed. No man "This is the last time I stay in this effing hotel" she snarled in disgust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofstrad Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 When I used to work out of town the mini-bar bills horrified me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Edna -If it wasn't so funny you could have been forgiven for thinking that a single woman in a hotel room is a magnet for oportunist sleaze person Scary pops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdnaKrabappe Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Edna -If it wasn't so funny you could have been forgiven for thinking that a single woman in a hotel room is a magnet for oportunist sleaze person Scary pops lol, to be fair to the man in the Ibis the conversation went like this Me: (my brain going oh thank god I'm here, I'm so tired) Oh! I must have wrong room. Him: What? Me: Oh sorry about that (Back out of room) Then I really dunno why I did this, but I did! Me: (Haven't shut door) I can't have the wrong room, I've got the key. Him: (looks at me in disbelief) Me: - Erm I'll go back downstairs. Bye! Arrrgh!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 lol, to be fair to the man in the Ibis the conversation went like this Me: (my brain going oh thank god I'm here, I'm so tired) Oh! I must have wrong room. Him: What? Me: Oh sorry about that (Back out of room) Then I really dunno why I did this, but I did! Me: (Haven't shut door) I can't have the wrong room, I've got the key. Him: (looks at me in disbelief) Me: - Erm I'll go back downstairs. Bye! Arrrgh!!! Did you check with reception about this man? He sounded dodgy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CottonTop Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 It was a shocking incident and I feel very sorry for the family and friends of the murdered lady. But to put it into perspective: How many women stay in hotel rooms each year worldwide? (And remember, she was sharing the room with her husband.) How many women are assaulted/murdered in their hotel rooms each year? How many women are assaulted/murdered in their own homes each year? This, too, sums it up for me. I have traveled many times for work and stayed in hotel rooms by myself. I have never had a moments distress. Its probably more likely, statistically speaking, that I would be struck by lightning than be harmed while staying in a hotel room alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Well I'm a person who needs to feel secure when I bed down for the night and maybe I shall adopt a more hippy persona and not travel my jewellery with me in future;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CottonTop Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Well I'm a person who needs to feel secure when I bed down for the night and maybe I shall adopt a more hippy persona and not travel my jewellery with me in future;) You know, I used to be insecure about staying by myself, even in my own home. I know several other single women who feel the same. But I figure, if someone is going to get me then they are going to get me....there is very little I can do about it. Unless, of course, I'm at home where I have some self defense options available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowersfade Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 I always feel safe in hotels and always take extra securitu measures when I am alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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