Jul 19 2005
Someone In My Hotel Room!
Well, that didn’t happen to me, it happened to my colleague a couple of weeks ago.
He took a late night flight and arrived at the hotel (5 star) past midnight. After checking-in, he walked to the room himself with just 1 small luggage. When he opened the door, he found there was another lady guest sleeping on the bed.
She was sleeping so deeply, and didn’t even know someone has entered the room!
He quietly closed the door and went to the reception made a fuss. They replaced his room, and apologized with a basket of 1 PIECE OF BANANA AND APPLE! Of course nothing to the lady because she didn’t even know.
So, lesson learnt: Always lock your door from inside when you stay in hotel room. Anything can happen to you.
Actually I always lock my door, but sometimes we (including my boss and other colleagues) do forget. This usually happens when we order room service. After the staff delivers the food, HE closes the door – so that is when we forget to lock it from inside!
I must remember this story, so it doesn’t happen to me…
Scary stuff! My mother always made us double lock the door and wedge a chair under the door knob in hotel rooms.
Yah, she’s kind of paranoid, still she’s very well travelled, so there’s probably some basis to her doing it.
ohh…lucky he only saw a lady sleep inside lah..hehe..
I used to locked hotel rooms too..alawys feel unsafe in hotel lah..
Well, if it ain’t in Malaysia then not too much to fear. Not that many crazy rapists who roam hotels.
Cheers.
Spooky. Better be safe than sorry.
unbelievable! how can the hotel cause such blunder?
i will keep this story as a reminder to lock and ledge the door when i’m travelling alone.
IB: Guess your mom is right, but to the extent of having a chair there… probably too much lah hor?
msau: actually he was lucky the lady was asleep, otherwise he might be treated like someone who break-in ler…
dannyfoo: Hmm… I can’t remember whether it was in East Malaysia or BKK or Singapore liao, because he travels to these 3 places frequently. But you just can’t tell where and when crazy rapists appear, right?
jason: you are absolutely right. Just need to remind myself everytime.
domesticgoddess: this hotel is 5 star some more. so, can’t depend on the hotel grade in terms of their security level, hor? Just be careful loh.
ai yoh…this is scary man…will keep this in mind.
We always lock door b4 sleep not just at outside but in our house also, cause 1+2dad said if thief come in he still need time to unlock the door so it safe to lock the door b4 sleep even though at home.