stories from the front desk of hotels/hostels/and others in the hospitality industry. A place where people in a front desk / reception position (usually hotels, but others are acceptable) can come and share their stories of the things our guests do and say that make customer service the hated job that it is.
1.1M members. The best post we have captured here reached 17K upvotes, which works out to 16 per 1,000 members.
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The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.
Dinner date with a guest
I watched a guest’s world fall apart at the front desk
Bridezilla and her extended family destroy 70 hotel rooms
Congratulations on your wedding and your 1st DUMB mistake as newlyweds
I tried to warn someone not to dispute his no-show charge, but they never listen.
Man requests a room for $50. I explain it costs more than that, then it hits me what he's asking for.
I thought she was checking in for a one-night stand.... boy was I glad to be wrong.
20-something year old calls Mommy because she was mistreated
Guest got mad that I didn't get mad/upset about a gay man flirting with me
Yup, I remember 9/11. Just not the way people want me to.
Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.
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