Hotel B/Fast (hc) Be aware! (MUST READ)

> > > > Ladies, u must read this for safety
> precautions when staying in a
> > > > hotel. Please keep in mind when you are
> travelling alone and forward
> > > > to female friends and colleagues who may
> travel alone. To the guys,
> > > > share this with your sisters and all those
> women you know.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I've always used the menu which hang outside
> your doorknob to order
> > > > breakfast when on business trips.
> > > >
> > > > I was recently staying at a well-known hotel
> and I ordered room
> > > > service for the next day on the flyer-like
> thing that you stick
> > > > outside your door. On this order form, one
> writes her name, how many
> > > > persons will be eating, your room number, time
> of delivery and etc. I
> > > > hung it on the outside of my door for
> collection - it was a mistake! I
> > > > had given someone all the ammunition that he
> would need.
> > > >
> > > > That someone went to my door-tag got my name
> and room number. And then
> > > > told the front desk that he was my husband
> (remember my tag showed 1
> > > > female name) and that he needed a new key. The
> clerk WITHOUT ASKING
> > > > FOR ID OR CALLING MY ROOM GAVE HIM MY ROOM
> KEY! At 2 a.m . I was
> > > > awakened by my door opening (luckily I had put
> the security bar
> > > > across) with a man's hand trying to figure out
> how to get the bar
> > > > undone. I started yelling at him and told him
> that I was on the phone
> > > > with the police. He shut the door and left. I
> called down to the lobby
> > > > and spoke with the Front Desk - I wanted to
> alert Security about the
> > > > incident. The hotel staff person said and I
> quote, 'Oops, sorry about
> > > > that' then hung up.
> > > >
> > > > Well, let's just say that I was both terrified
> and angry the rest of
> > > > the night. Next morning, I spoke with a Hotel
> Manager whose eyes
> > > > almost popped out
> > > > of his head when he learned that his clerk had
> given an unidentified
> > > > stranger a key to my room.
> > > >
> > > > Am I glad that I am typing this to all of you
> with my 2 year old kid
> > > > on my lap. I don't want to think of what might
> have happened if the
> > > > safety
> > > > chain/bar had not been secured. Please forward
> this to your female
> > > > family members & friends. Better be safe than
> sorry.