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!!!SAFETY
AND
SECURITY
WARNING!!!
First
time
trying
out
a
Courtyard
by
Marriott
and
this
experience
left
much
to
be
desired.
I
would
not
recommend
risking
your
personal
safety
and
security.
Timothy
Moulton
(front
desk
service
manager
on
duty)
checked
me
in.
I
was
relaxing
in
my
room
when
suddenly
and
unexpectedly
another
guest
was
able
to
access
and
make
entry
into
my
room.
This
was
extremely
alarming
and
a
completely
unacceptable
invasion
of
my
privacy.
The
other
guest
was
issued
a
key
card
that
unlocked
the
door
to
my
room.
The
other
guest
and
I
went
to
the
lobby
to
ask
the
front
desk
staff
along
with
the
supervisor,
and
manager
about
this
problem.
Hotel
staff
could
not
account
for
the
error
that
led
up
to
this
safety
and
security
failure.
The
other
guest
was
issued
new
keys
to
a
different
room.
I
requested
reassurance
that
no
other
keys
and
no
other
guests
could
gain
entry
into
my
room;
however,
the
hotel
staff
could
not
guarantee
this
to
me.
Other
than
handing
over
a
different
set
of
keys
to
the
other
guest,
nothing
further
was
done
to
rectify
the
issue;
for
example,
taking
the
other
keys
back.
The
front
desk
couldn't
check
if
any
other
keys
had
access
and
they
couldn't
switch
me
to
another
room.
Instead,
the
other
guest
booked
just
a
few
doors
away
from
me
on
the
same
floor.
Basically,
what
I
got
left
with
was
worry
that
someone
else
could
walk
into
my
room
at
any
moment
unannounced,
or
access
my
room
while
I
was
not
there
and
take
my
property
and
belongings.
I
asked
whether
or
not
the
other
guest
still
had
access
to
my
room
but
the
staff
person
was
not
sure
about
this
either.
Unfortunately,
my
concern
about
safety
and
security
was
left
unresolved.
In
addition,
this
was
apparently
not
the
first
time
the
mistake
had
been
made
that
night
because
my
colleague,
who
was
also
staying
at
the
same
hotel
at
the
same
time,
also
experienced
this
exact
same
problem!
So,
it
wasn't
bad
enough
to
make
the
mistake
once
but
there
is
so
little
attention
to
detail
that
it
happened
twice
on
the
same
night.
As
if
that
wasn't
a
bad
enough
experience,
I
was
trapped
in
the
hotel
elevator
for
a
significant
period
of
time
because
of
the
inexcusable
failures
of
the
hotel
staff
and
its
management.
I
used
the
call
button
several
times
but,
the
front
desk
staff
hung
up
on
all
of
my
[numerous]
attempts
to
reach
out
for
assistance.
I
had
to
call
friends
who
were
waiting
in
the
lobby
for
me
to
help
alert
the
front
desk.
The
front
desk
staff
also
apparently
did
not
understand
the
meaning
of
the
alarm
bell
that
I
was
ringing
to
signal
that
there
was
a
problem.
The
elevator
emergency
phone
was
later
found
to
be
broken
which
is
why
the
front
desk
was
hanging
up
the
phone
calls
from
the
elevator.
When
I
asked
for
an
explanation,
the
hotel
staff
did
not
understand
why
the
phone
was
ringing
so
frequently
and
thought
these
were
prank
calls
and
they
thought
the
elevator
alarm
bell
would
simply
stop
on
its
own.
Another
staff
member
explained
that
the
equipment
failures
were
apparently
a
known
problem
for
quite
some
time.
Safety
and
emergency
equipment
in
disrepair
does
not
inspire
confidence
despite
being
a
relatively
newer
property.
Altogether,
this
experience
was
by
far
the
worst
I
have
ever
had
across
all
Marriott
properties
and
across
all
hotel
brands
I've
stayed.
The
hotel
offered
15,000
points
as
an
apology.
Overall,
the
response
to
my
concerns
was
extremely
inappropriate
and
inadequate.
The
hotel
could
have
done
more:
(1)
keep
up
maintenance
on
the
hotel
and
fix
safety
and
emergency
equipment;
(2)
don't
give
room
access
to
unauthorized
guests
and
reset
all
keys
to
a
room
when
mix
ups
happen;
(3)
don't
respond
with
apathetic
indifference
to
concerns
that
are
brought
up
and
actively
diminish
customer
concerns
argumentatively.
tldr:
got
walked
in
on
by
another
guest
because
hotel
gave
out
keys
to
another
guest;
got
trapped
in
the
elevator
with
broken
phone
and
hotel
didn't
respond
to
the
alarm
bells
-
got
out
because
I
had
to
call
friends
who
were
waiting
for
me
in
the
lobby.
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