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I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again. The hotel’s staff is not
your kids’ personal babysitters. Control your kids and yourself
when you go to a hotel. I know most people feel like ‘I’m paying
for the room, so therefore, I can do what I want and talk to you
how I choose.’ Ummm, no, you can’t. I know because you are a
“Diamond Member” or “Preferred Guest” you feel like the entire
company owes you their first-born. Again . . . NO.
Hotels love to make sure their guests have the best experience
possible. Hotels love going the extra mile for their guest. But,
when you’re an ass because you booked your room on Expedia or
Priceline and got a huge discount, don’t come in acting like you
just stepped off of a private jet flown by John Travolta.
Your kids are bad because you’re a bad parent. They see how you
treat people and think it’s cool to do the same. When the hotel’s
security asks them to stop running on the stairs, they often say
something smart and keep doing it. Then the moment they trip and
their head hits every step going down two floors then the drunk
parent wants to sue the hotel. Really???? Get off your drunken ass
and control your little monster.
I overheard a hotel manager tell a group of soccer parents that the
bar was closed, and they had to leave. The parents threw the
biggest fit I’d ever seen. They threatened to go on tripadvisor.com
and bash the hotel. They threatened to call the hotel’s corporate
office. They verbally abused the manager all because the bar was
closing, and they weren’t ready to go back to their room. They
didn’t have to go to their room, but they had to leave the bar, and
no more drinks were being served. Then they wonder why their
kids act a fool in school or kick them in the ass when they tell them
no.
Parents, control yourself and your kids. Hotel staff can care less
how you raise them and have no desire to raise them for you. All