Vegas shooter had a "Do Not Disturb" sign on his door for 3 days.

[Cattledog]

Mr. Paddock checked in on Thursday and kept the “Do Not Disturb” sign on his door for the next three days, so no maids entered the rooms, according to a hotel worker, who also was not authorized to discuss the matter. Housekeepers are allowed to enter a room with such a sign only in the presence of a security guard, and it happens rarely, usually after several days, the worker said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/us/las-vegas-gunman.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

[VOX]

1. Wonder if the laws will be changed allowing greater access to rooms...

It'd be another case of the (very) few ruining things for the many. But with high-rise hotels overlooking outdoor venues (as in Las Vegas), something has to change.

[RKP5637]

6. ... all rooms with 7x24 hr security cameras.

[atreides1]

13. Uh huh!

You're an advocate for violation of privacy?

And let's take it a bit further, a hacker gets into the hotel security system, and before you know it...your most intimate and private moments are on YouTube!


Or were you just being sarcastic?

[RKP5637]

31. sarcastic

[WinkyDink]

14. Especially in the bathrooms! Privacy is over-rated!

😝 😈

[malaise]

22. Because their right to own all these guns is way more important

than our privacy. Bangs head - this is madness and LOL at your 7 X 24 security cameras

[RKP5637]

32. And with closeups for the bored hotel staff! LOL!!!

[former9thward]

49. And what would these laws do?

Allow hotel staff to search every inch of the hotel room and all the bags? No one would tolerate that and it would be insane in the Vegas hotels with thousands of rooms.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

64. I hope not.

When I put up the Do Not Disturb sign, I expect not to be disturbed.

While what this man did was beyond awful, it shouldn't cause all of the rest of us to lose any modicum of privacy in a hotel. There really are other ways to have stopped him. Maybe metal detectors at the entrance to the hotel would make a lot more sense.

Of course, we are all still taking off our shoes at airports thanks to one idiot how many years ago?

[lunasun]

83. What if you just want to stay in bed in a high rise hotel overlooking public places for a week?

[jberryhill]

2. I usually get incessant phone calls from them when I do that

I had imagined it was management looking at the housekeeping log and making sure they weren't skipping rooms.

[Ms. Toad]

59. I always leave the do not disturb on my door -

never gotten a call from anyone about it.

I was a bit dumbfounded when someone on a talk show I was listening to was taking the housekeeping to task for not reporting the large number of suitcases in the room as suspicious. I assumed he had a DND sign on the door.

[csziggy]

89. "Too many suitcases?" LOL!

In August I attended a needlework seminar. Every person for the seminar checking in had one or two suitcases for clothes and at least one or two for their needlework materials. The instructors often bring all the kits for the people taking the classes - with up to twenty five people per class that can be an additional number of suitcases or boxes. Some of the attendees, teachers or students, also bring things to sell at Merchandise Night - even more suitcases or boxes.

A few ship their items ahead, but many drive or fly and bring their numerous boxes and suitcases with them.

I can't imagine one of those seminars if the venues decided to limit the number of suitcases or boxes per attendee or guest! It would be chaos!

Oh - I always leave the DND sign on the room door. I don't want them messing with my stuff.

The last place I stayed at for the seminar - the Crowne Plaza in Asheville, NC - the times my husband took it off the door so the maids would come in, the toilet flooded each time. Not when we had been in the room, when the MAIDS were in the room. They would not report the malfunctioning toilet, but would turn the water off, leaving it for us to discover no water and a broken toilet the first two times. The third time apparently they didn't turn off the water and the flooding toilet wasn't discovered until it saturated the carpet in the room and out into the hall.

[Ms. Toad]

91. This was some gun nut talking about all of the things short of regulating guns

people should have been doing.

Maids monitoring and reporting people with too many suitcases was one. I wish I could remember the other insane things they were suggesting.

In response, some other RWNJ conspiracy theorist suggested that there was no way he could have had that much metal without setting off something. (What it should have set off wasn't specified - when she was questioned by the host, she went on a ramble about how she doesn't have a key for her car anymore, just a thingie that she has to have when she pushes a button - and that sets off store alarms when she walks through. The host hung up on her at that point.)

I haven't had problems with maids, but I've used valet parking exactly twice in my life. They lost my key both times. The first time they had to call a locksmith to rekey the lock. The second they ultimately found it. I'd prefer not to have people doing things for me, since it always seems to go awry.

[csziggy]

93. Yeah, if you drive and self carry your luggage, there is no way to check

People traveling within this country will not put up with metal detectors for hotel entrances, so that is a no go.

There have been a couple of times we've used valet parking - when the hotel parking was not easily accessible, for instance. My worst problem with them was that my husband would not tip them even though I had gone over tipping amounts with him.

At the Crowne Plaza Asheville the central problem was lack of maintenance and an unwillingness to pay their workers more than the absolute minimum required. Not one maid spoke more than rudimentary English - so they may not have been able to report problems or explain them. At an even which overflowed into two other hotels, they had one - ONE - maintenance man on duty and not a single manager on duty. The problems with the toilet were from worn out parts - but even after the first problem they never replaced all the interior parts for the toilet. Each incident was from a different part breaking.

[Ms. Toad]

94. She was not even talking about metal detectors.

The host asked her about that. She was off in fantasy-land somewhere where detectors magically go off all over the place, so it is impossible for him to have actually had so many guns, etc. because these magical detectors would have alerted someone if it was really true (truly a conspiracy nut).

[csziggy]

95. Whoa! That is out there! WTF? nt

[Baconator]

107. Asheville is nice...

Stopped by as we were heading west...

[csziggy]

112. I spent all my time in Asheville in classes

But we drove up through the Smokies. The day after the seminar ended we drove down to Brasstown and watched the eclipse. The next day we drove to Gatlingburg, TN, spent the night then went on to Cade's Cove, a beautiful valley that has preserved buildings and shows how people lived in those isolated areas.

The trip would have been perfect if the stinking hotel hadn't been so poorly kept up. The Crowne Plaza Asheville will never get a positive word from me.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Here's hoping that's not where people focus on for change.

[cwydro]

98. Thank you.

[HipChick]

4. That's not abnormal..

Many folks do not want room service..

[leftynyc]

12. No cleaning for 3 days?

No fresh towels? I can see not getting food - especially if there is a small fridge in the room but cleaning and towels are a must when I'm in a hotel on vacation.

[WinkyDink]

15. This isn't about a NORMAL hotel patron!

[leftynyc]

25. But I would be suspicious

enough to check it out if I were housekeeping or security. 3 days? I'd be expecting to find a dead body.

[Man_Bear_Pig]

30. Just posted about this in here.

Putting the sign out for me for that long is normal. I do not want hotel staff in my room when I'm not there. I'm tidy about things anyway. If I need fresh towels, I will call down.

[leftynyc]

39. Eh - I couldn't care less

if they're in my room. Anything of value is in the safe, electronics are all password protected when away from home. I want the bed made and the bathroom clean when I'm on vacation.

[Jose Garcia]

17. Many people reuse towels

[leftynyc]

26. Every other day, yes

I do the same - but I get the beds made and the bathroom straightened out. Again, this was 3 days. I would be expecting to find a dead body.

[JoeStuckInOH]

28. Well, it's not going to be anymore or less dead after 1 day or 3 days.

So no big deal to let it rest in peace.

I suspect do not disturb signs up for multiple days is common occurrence.

[Ms. Toad]

62. Why?

Do you have someone checking in to your house daily to make sure you are not a dead body in your house?

I don't get the significant change in habits/expectations merely because you're in a hotel.

[leftynyc]

74. Well, if nobody in my family

heard from me in 2-3 days, I can guarantee they'd be at my doorstep but I don't claim that's everybody's experience. I think it's weird if someone doesn't want to leave their hotel room for 3 days if they're alone. Whatever.

[Ms. Toad]

76. Not leaving your hotel room is a very different thing,

from leaving a do not disturb sign on the door for 3 days. I was responding to your suggestion that a do-not-disturb sign on the door for 3 days ought to raise susipcions that a dead body was inside.

Not leaving your hotel room for 3 days might be a bit weird, but that isn't what this thread was about.

[leftynyc]

109. Either way, I would

think it was troublesome. And housekeeping wouldn't have any idea of whether the person had left the room ir not. I would have at the very least notified somebody in security.

[Ms. Toad]

113. That's just silly.

As you can see from this thread, leaving a do not disturb sign on for an entire multi-day stay is very common. Personally, if security showed up at my door because I chose not to have cleaning service and housekeeping reported it, I would not return. (Not to mention that they would not get a tip from me - I do tip at the end of my stay for the entire stay, since I know they are not paid well enough without tips to live on.) Its none of their business that I prefer to conserve resources by reusing my towels and prefer not to have strangers in my space, especially when I'm not around.

[leftynyc]

114. Silly or not

I think it's weird. Same as I think it's weird that people seem to think housekeeping has either the time or inclination to go through their stuff.

[Ms. Toad]

117. Then I am grateful you are not in charge of what should or should not be investigated

as suspicious activity in a hotel.

As to your belief housekeeping has neither the time nor the inclination to go through their belongings - that seems a bit disingenuous. I'm pretty sure you mentioned locking things in the hotel safe. If you were not concerned about the inclinations of people who have free access to your room when you are not there, you wouldn't bother locking things in the hotel safe.

You are also apparently lucky. People in this thread have reported things missing and/or their things creatively rearranged.

[leftynyc]

119. I lock things in the safe

not because of housekeeping. There are plenty of others who have access to hotel rooms including other guests. I have no fear of housekeeping stealing. I've traveled for decades and have never had a problem with any hotel and their housekeeping staff. Never. They're some of the hardest workers at any hotel. If you think a simple knock on the door to make sure the guest is okay is too much "investigating", I quite simply disagree.

[X_Digger]

73. Why? Are you that messy?!?

I often leave the DND sign on my door the whole stay. I hang my towel and washcloth up. 5-6 days is not unusual.

[leftynyc]

75. No, not messy at all

most of my hotel time is on a beach vacation and as I explained in another post, after I shower, but before I dry off, I cover myself in baby oil and then dry off. So yup, I want fresh towels and frankly, I want a made bed and a clean room and bathroom. I'm on vacation and have earned that luxury. I do plenty of cleaning up after myself and my cats the other 48 weeks of the year.

[madokie]

35. Hell I might use the same towel two or three days in a row :-)

LOL

I'm serious. Hang it up on the towel rack and 12 hours later when I need it again its dry and still smells fresh.
But then again I'm a guy who might take two or three showers a day, 'specially in the summer time

[leftynyc]

38. At home, yes

But when I'm on vacation and it's usually a beach vacation, hot weather, I shower a lot, use oil when still wet before I dry off - I need fresh towels pretty frequently. I also want the bed made.

[madokie]

40. LOL

Just thinking about how we can be so different once we're not home.

I'm a crusty old guy fart who doesn't use much oil unless it's in my mushroom foraging golf cart from hell or the lawn mower

Peace



ETA: I might have spent a total of a few nights in a hotel/motel in my 69 years

[leftynyc]

41. I'm a 57 year old crusty old woman fart

but I do go on at least one 2 week beach vacation a year and I'm a sun worshipper. So shower, cover myself in baby oil face to feet and then dry off to keep my skin soft. The rest of the year I do my own cleaning and my own laundry so it's a real treat when someone else is doing it for me. Those two weeks I indulge my latent spoiled brat.

[madokie]

43. I'm a lucky guy

I have my moms skin

Soft and moist naturally. Barely have to use hand lotion on my hands and thats only during the dry winter months

69 YO and looking at my skin you'd think I couldn't be a day over 30. LUCKY me

My wife is like you though she's all oiled up all the time

[leftynyc]

44. I'm dry head to toe

but the women in my family have a history of not having real wrinkles until our 70s. But all year, extra moisturizing everything. You really are very lucky.

[madokie]

45. Yes

thats true on so many fronts. The girls in my life, wife and grand daughter, brothers and sisters. Just a lucky guy

The best of all is I found this place "DU" somehow. Without it I'd be bug nuts about right now

[leftynyc]

47. Yup - DU has

saved my sanity on more than one occasion although I'm not quite as liberal as some here. But I come from a long line of liberals and thank my lucky stars I never have those horror story Thanksgivings where I would need to deal with republican relatives. That's a blessing I remember to count every single day. Time for my commute home, it's been lovely chatting. Have a wonderful evening.

[madokie]

48. Thank you and same to you

At my age all days are special, especially if I get up and am able to put my own clothes on

Peace

[cwydro]

100. I'm a baby oil woman too!

I use it daily.

[crazycatlady]

52. I usually put the sign up

Last time I stayed at a hotel (business trip) I kept my sign up. I used the same towels and changed them out if I saw the cart in the halls.

I wash towels after 3-5 uses at home so hotels are no different.

[Ms. Toad]

61. I don't have daily clean towels (or someone to clean my room) at home, so why would I want it

in the hotel?

Never use room service - unless I'm there for a week or so, then I call down to the desk for clean towels at a time I know I'll be there for them to deliver them.

[tammywammy]

66. I don't get room service on trips lasting a week.

I can reuse towels and I don't need new sheets or someone pulling the comforter up on the bed.

[Jim Lane]

69. That's usually my preference.

They don't need to take away and wash a towel I've used once. They especially don't need to take away (and presumably discard) the once-used bar of soap, then wastefully replace it. The DND sign is part of living gently on the Earth.

They should probably keep a log just so they can find a corpse before it really starts to stink. I remember one time when I'd been in a room for some days, with DND posted 24/7, that I got a call from the front desk. They just wanted to confirm. Some people might carelessly leave the sign up and be grousing about bad service, or occasionally a guest might actually have become a corpse. I didn't mind the call. I just told them that all was well and they could keep ignoring me as long as the sign was up.

[George II]

70. Every year or two we go to Florida for 5 nights. When we first get there we tell housekeeping...

...that we'd prefer not to be disturbed during the day. We're in and out constantly and don't want to come back to the room when they're cleaning it or have them knocking on the door while we're taking a nap.

We go out to the cart each afternoon and exchange our towels for clean ones and get whatever supplies we might need. They're fine with that.

[EL34x4]

77. If you want fresh towels, leave the dirty ones outside your door.

Call room service and ask for fresh towels to replace them with. Get them yourself from the service cart. Get towels, linens, etc. from the front desk.

There's plenty of ways to get what you need at a hotel without making the maids do it for you. As long as your credit card doesn't decline and nobody is complaining about anything, nobody will bother you if you ask to be left alone, particularly in Vegas where many guests expect discretion and privacy.

[leftynyc]

110. Making the maids?

That is their job and part of what I'm paying for. Part of my vacation is having someone else do the cleaning. As far as the privacy, I don't give a shit.

[Flaleftist]

102. I do that.

I call at when I get in for the night for fresh towels and whatever else I might need. I don't need them to make my bed for me and I keep the room fairly clean on my own. It's part to lighten their workload and part I don't want them in my room with my stuff when I am not there.

[JI7]

104. i have some relatives who are paranoid about it. they also often bring their own towels and things

they think someone might steal or something.

but 3 days doesn't seem too unusual to me.

[SoCalNative]

105. Do you use fresh towels

every day at home? Then why would you need them elsewhere?

[leftynyc]

111. One more time

I take a beach vacation - two weeks in Greece most years - and I'm a sun person. While still wet after a shower I cover myself in oil before I dry off. So yes, I want fresh towels every day. And yes, I do the same at home during summer. That is part of my vacation, I spent the year working my butt off for that vacation so I have no problem getting what I'm paying for - a clean room with fresh towels.

[Renew Deal]

125. There are usually enough towels for 4 people

And you can call down for extra towels.

[leftynyc]

131. It's not just the towels

I want the bed made, the floor swept/mopped, the bathroom straightened out. I clean up after myself and the cats for 48 weeks a year. For the other 4, I'm paying to have someone else do it.

[lindysalsagal]

92. ...especially in Vegas....Normal is a very relative term....

Lots of people go to vegas for the anonymity and freedom to pursue, a-hem, alternate activities that would not go over well back home......

[redgreenandblue]

5. I always leave mine on the door when I'm in a hotel.

I figure both parties benefit from this: They have one less room to clean up and I can just leave my mess laying around.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

7. My friends a security director of a large hotel

Security protocol there is a safety check if maid reports sign out more than 24 hours.

I see lots of changes in security at hotels coming.

[atreides1]

8. But?

What if the person orders room service, isn't that an indication that they are okay?

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

10. It would be in cases of no response to knock or call

Yes your right

[WinkyDink]

18. I wouldn't stay there twice, then. 24 hours, in case your friend is unaware, is only ONE day.

[ecstatic]

103. What does the safety check consist of?

I've never heard of that. Maybe they have clever, non-intrusive ways of checking. Like calling and hanging up. Hmmm...

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

9. Also suggest he was readying weapons just

Picking day and time.

[WinkyDink]

19. He had the place, room, and date well-planned. It was one event of several possible, all

thought out.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

20. I think he picked Sunday to do more damage or

Just building nerve?

[madokie]

36. I wonder if he had any booze with him

Valium and booze is one hell of a cocktail. But that would put me to sleep, not make me want to go on a killing spree.

But then again I'm not inclined to go off half cocked either

[WinkyDink]

63. I read that he tried to get a suite (planned) at a different hotel, different concert, but that room

was booked. I don't know if it was the same day or not.

[HipChick]

11. Initial reports said that the maids were in and out of room to clean..

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

16. I think after all said and done a lot of us will go

WTF?

[FSogol]

24. That's what I heard too. n/t

[exboyfil]

56. Maybe the maids reported they were

To meet performance goals. Those might be set so high that they will take whatever break they can get.

Also the management may be coercing them to retract. He may have had everything covered . I had boxes of stuff in my hotel room for three.weeks while I was looking for an apartment.

[spanone]

21. i rarely use room service. i'll get fresh towels from housekeeping, coffee etc

[madokie]

37. If I want privacy I would tell them to leave the towels

at the door.

Like I said earlier though I might use the same towel two or three days running. Barely get one wet by the time I dry off anyway

[spanone]

68. yep

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

23. Methodical, this guy didn't think he would kill 59

He pictured thousands

[JoeStuckInOH]

27. I travel for business a week at a time and leave my "Do Not Disturb" up always.

If I need new towels or sheets or whatever, I call the desk and someone brings it up.

I do not want people in my hotel room with my belongings while I'm not there.

[Phentex]

33. I don't find that odd at all...

I'm clean after I shower and there are usually four or five towels left in the bathroom. I'm also meticulous when it comes to keeping the room neat.

(This does NOT apply to my bathroom at home for some reason.)

[Man_Bear_Pig]

29. I'll be pissed if they try to change that to saying one can't.

When I spend time in a hotel, I always put out that sign; even if I'm there for 4 day. I'm tidy and I'll ask if I need more towels or other supplies. I do not want any hotel staff going through my shit.

[leftynyc]

42. What makes you think

they want to go through your shit? I suspect they just want to, like the rest of us, do their job to the best of their ability and go home to their families, pets, or whatever. I've never had a problem with hotel housekeeping going through my stuff. Most hotels have safes now anyway if you have any valuables you want to protect.

[MontanaMama]

34. I'm not pointing fingers at the hotel maid

(lord knows he/she doesn't need that) but I believe this is possibly an example of someone not looking at a situation and wondering "huh, what's up with that?" and taking the next step of bringing it to a supervisor's attention. It is a learned thing...to notice something odd or out of place, thinking it through and checking it out with someone else. I say this because it is something I'm working on with my 12 year old who feels he needs to keep his cell phone in his pencil case, against school rules, because he worries that NK will launch a nuke at us or someone will shoot up his school. He's not the only kiddo at school doing this. I'm trying to empower him to take stock in his surroundings, or his Instagram feed or what other people are doing and saying around him in an effort to help him feel less worried and more secure. If I were staying at a hotel and saw my neighbor's door had a do not disturb sign on it for days...I'd be wondering what the hell.

[LisaL]

46. What exactly is unusual about "do not disturb" sign on the door.

When I stay in hotels, I put those on, and I don't plan mass murders in there.

[MontanaMama]

57. For several days

I think it bears thinking about. I find that unusual especially in a place like Vegas where people usually don’t hang out in their room. They are there for a show, gambling or running it wide open. Sorry, I think it’s weird.

[Ms. Toad]

65. We did just that, for 4 days in Las Vegas almost exactly four years ago.

Everyone in my family prefers to behave toward our living space - and the earth - as we do at home - to the extent we can. (1) Using a lot of water washing towels in the desert is wasterful when the towel is basically clean (2) we don't have maids at home, why would we want to have someone cleaning up after us when we're not at home.

I would never leave the hotel without putting the do not disturb sign on the door. It has nothing to do with "disturbing" me while I'm in the room. In fact, I would be much more inclined to have maid service in when I'm there than when I'm not. While we always leave the do not disturb sign on the door, if we're there when they go by with a cart- and have run out of coffee or the towels are dirty/wet enough to need to be changed - we ask for the supplies. If not, we call the desk and have them delivered when we're there.

[jberryhill]

82. Running out of coffee...

Oftentimes, I’ll find the supply closet. You’d be surprised how often it is left unlocked. But the fallback is to just raid a cart when they are cleaning other rooms.

[Ms. Toad]

87. They are almost always in the halls at some point when I'm wandering about.

I just ask for a few extra coffee pods.

. . . although last time I brought my keurig, since I had to go to another site immediately afterward for a place that wanted to charge me $8 for breakfast, but offered nothing but carbs (which my diabetes doesn't like).

[cwydro]

124. Lol, I raid the carts too.

They never mind even if they see you.

[EL34x4]

79. Except it isn't unusual at all.

I spend a lot of time in hotels, often several days in a row. I make my own bed, change out my own towels. If I order food from room service, I meet them at the door. The only time someone is in my room is if something doesn't work. Nothing personal, I just like my privacy.

[MontanaMama]

99. You guys have

opened my eyes to the hotel privacy thing. I get it. I might have to change my thoughts about it.

[JI7]

108. yes, i think it's pretty common and especially 3 days isn't much

a lot of people bring their own towels or even blankets and things. and a lot of people just don't want to be disturbed for whatever reason which has nothing to do with doing anything bad or illegal.

i think for maids and other hotel workers someone who doesn't want to be disturbed for 3 days would not be unusual at all.

[obamanut2012]

115. I have done it for nine days in a row

I ALWAYS do it for my entire stay. They don't care if you do -- they probably prefer it.

[MontanaMama]

118. So you don't let them

change your towels or bed linens or anything for 9 days? Sorry for the question, I just never considered doing that! I'm curious.

[Codeine]

120. I go to a few conventions every year

and I spend the entire day in the convention area gaming and socializing. I still leave the Do Not Disturb sign on for the week's duration, as I'm generally uncomfortable with people in my room while I'm not present.

Nobody has ever ignored the sign nor has hotel management ever indicated that they found that behavior unusual.

[MontanaMama]

121. This is so interesting to me.

I never considered doing that for more than a few hours. Do you change linens and towels yourself? I'm a little fussy about towels etc. I wish hotels would have adequate towel bars or hooks that would allow towels to dry. I find that they don't dry in close quarters and I hate using a damp towel. I'm super curious about how you all handle this. Maybe I'll turn over a new leaf!

[Codeine]

122. If they have a crappy towel bar

I'll toss them over the shower curtain rod or the back of a chair in the room, or even over the never-used suitcase rack doohickey that always seems to be in the closet. If they still seem to likely to get manky then I'll grab one from the housekeeping cart; the maids honestly don't give two shits if you do.

And if you can't find a towel just ring the front desk and they'll run towels up to you, no problem. It's the hospitality business; a towel request is the least bothersome thing they'll be asked to do for a guest all day I'm sure. Hell, you've shaved half-an-hour a day off a maid's schedule, so it's a win-win for the hotel.

[onenote]

51. It's Vegas. People keep strange hours. Do strange things.

I doubt that it is all that unusual for a patron to have a Do Not Disturb sign on their door during the day.

[ileus]

54. He/She was just happy to skip a room.

You won't catch a nurse begging for a bed to be filled during her shift either...

[dembotoz]

50. Friend travels extensively for business. 4-5 day stays

She always puts the do not disturb out. For entire stay. She sets the room up so she knows where everything this is for the next day... housekeeping just screws up her system

[Ohiya]

53. I always have the Do Not Disturb Sign out.

[Heddi]

55. I travel frequently for business....

I am also a f/t student, so I carry my work laptop (am an RN, so has patient stuff on it, encrypted but still a PITA if it gets stolen), and personal computer (a huge PITA if it gets stolen). Always use the safe but I keep the DND on my door at all times. I'm one person, two if my husband goes with me -- how many fucking towels do I need to use in a 3-5 day stay? I'm not a pretty princess -- I can re-use the same towel for 3 days in a row. I don't need my bed remade and it kind of is annoying to have to worry about my suit-case being gone through, having to untuck the bed sheets every time.

I'm not planning mass murders. I'm not stockpiling guns. I'm a business traveler who has their shit spread out and doesn't want to have to un-do or re-pack my shit every day and I don't need to have fresh clean towels and a nicely made bed, either. (and trust me, even when I don't put the towels on the floor, they give me new towels. It's a waste of water).

STay the fuck out of my room. I or my company are paying good money for it and I really don't want or need someone in there every day for no reason.

Also also, I don't always need to be up at housekeeping hours when I'm "working" -- so no need for me to be up and at 'em at 8am just so my ne'er washed bedspread can be placed, again, on the bed when I certainly don't want it there.

my room, my choice and not a goddamn thing wrong with it.

42 years old and never have i been harrased by a hotel -- high end or low -- regardless of the amount of time the DND has been on the door

[Hoyt]

67. I'm similar, although I occasionally ask the cleaning staff for a few extra towels.

[beaglelover]

85. Me too. Us men, need a few extra towels when staying in a hotel. LOL!!

[jberryhill]

127. "Oh, and five extra bottles of lotion, thanks"

Here's a tip - do not even THINK about using the TV remote unless you wipe it down or wash your hands immediately after.

They have 1000 porn titles on demand, and every one of them is watched by some guy holding that remote!

[LeftInTX]

58. I always do this

I bet alot of people do.

[aikoaiko]

60. I keep the DND sign all the time when I'm at a hotel (2 - 5 days)

I don't want anyone in my room.

[kcr]

71. I had no idea people did the Do Not Disturb thing for their entire stay

Before this thread, I would have thought that was really odd. I don't get that at all.

[Amishman]

80. ever have shit stolen from your bags at a hotel? once that happens you'll do it too

I never allow housekeeping in my room between check-in and check-out, and will inform the front desk about it when I check-in, in addition to leaving the Do Not Disturb sign up.

[kcr]

86. I would understand in that case, of course.

I was much more vigilant about locking my house after it was burglarized. Believe me, I get it.

[lunasun]

81. What about honeymooners or love affairs? DND means just that

[kcr]

84. I have used the sign. Just not for the entire stay. n/t

[jberryhill]

88. I do it mainly because...

Some hotel housekeepers will “helpfully” arrange my stuff. Plus, I don’t like having the sheets tucked in, so the first thing I end up doing is “unmaking” the bed anyway.

If I leave the tv remote on the night table, I don’t want it walking back to the dresser. Just little annoyances.

[kcr]

90. I did have that problem once

Where a maid was really creative about how she arranged my things. I think it was meant to be cute, but, yeah. It was just weird. The whole stay was bad though. There were lots wrong with that stay, and it was a chain that I normally like. It was just that one location.

[obamanut2012]

116. I don't want strangers in my living space when I'm not there

I don't want them touching or rearranging my stuff, esp if it's for business. I leave papers and things around.

Most people I know actually do this.

[jberryhill]

132. My other peeve is...

...coming back to the room exhausted from a trade show, meeting, court appearance, or whatever, looking forward to flopping onto the couch or bed, and they are in the process of making up the room.

[uncle ray]

72. i believe Colorado state law is 3 days max without access to the room.

anti-meth lab law IIRC. nobody seems to complain much about it.

[Not Ruth]

78. It is not green to change towels, linens, etc

And if you do not destroy your room, is daily service really needed?

[ecstatic]

96. I usually leave that sign on. Don't want my stuff messed with when I'm not there.

Don't want to deal with missing laptops, etc. DND keeps things simple.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

97. I have done that

When I have work stuff laid out all over the place I don't want disturbed.

When visiting clients we're rarely given a practical work space so someone's hotel room usually becomes it.

[bluepen]

101. First thing I do is put up the DND sign.

I get extra towels before going to the room. Don’t care if the bed is made. I prefer them not go in while I’m staying there.

[Baconator]

106. I want towels every few days and that's it...

Do not disturb goes up first thing and stays until I leave...

One day or a month...

[Codeine]

123. Another good reason to put up the DND sign

is the fact that the first thing I do in a room is strip that rarely-laundered bedspread off the bed and toss it on the floor of the closet. Those things are symphony of dried cumstains and strangers' nighttime drool.

If housekeeping comes in they're just going to put that nasty thing back on, and I don't want that.

[jberryhill]

130. Remember that French politician accused of assaulting a housekeeper?

Best part of that story was that they found evidence of semen stains in the room.

Turned out they were from eight different people, and none of them the suspect.

[guillaumeb]

126. The shooter was already disturbed.

Further disturbance was unnecessary.

[lovemydogs]

128. It is not unusual for some to have that sign on the door

even for a few days. Mostly Honeymooners but, also people who are looking to be cut off to complete work or something like that.
That is why it did not raise alarms

[alarimer]

129. So? I do that when I am staying some place for a while.

It is unnecessary to have clean towels or sheets every day, or even every other day.

Now, of course, I don't not have an arsenal in my hotel room.