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50
countries.
Perhaps
1,000
hotels.
Nearly
40
years
of
prolific
traveling.
This
was
singularly
the
most
viciously
inhuman,
brutal,
traumatizing
customer-service
experience
I
have
ever
had.
It
verged
on
four
days
of
prison
conditions
in
a
third-world,
communist
country.
Every
single
concierge
employee
looked
inconsolably
miserable
to
work
there,
and
they
took
it
out
on
guests.
The
only
exception
was
one
of
the
managers,
by
the
name
of
Sarah,
who
was
admirable
personable,
kind,
and
tended
to
everyone's
every
need.
To
call
this
the
most
heinous
hotel
experience
my
husband
and
I
have
ever
had
would
be
the
understatement
of
the
century.
We
felt
dehumanized,
discriminated
against,
and
as
though
our
mere
presence
–
from
the
moment
of
checking
in
with
a
light,
"hello"
–
was
a
burden.
Rooftop
pool
patio
on
the
9th
floor
is
nice
and
quiet.
Problem
was,
the
steel
furniture
is
not
fixed
in
place,
and
when
hard
winds
struck,
my
husband
and
I
were
clobbered
by
metal
chairs,
umbrellas
and
tables
swept
by
gusts.
I
was
injured
and,
already
living
with
a
chronic
illness,
the
injury
has
taken
a
heavy
toll.
When
we
arrived,
the
woman
at
the
front
could
not
find
our
reservation.
She
ultimately
agreed
to
create
a
new
one.
The
room
we
had
ordered
was
not
available
to
us,
so
she
temporarily
placed
us
in
a
room
without
working
AC
for
7
hours.
At
6pm,
we
asked,
our
room
was
still
not
ready.
At
10pm
we
asked,
and
it
was
finally
available
to
us.
Considering
checkout
hours,
makes
you
wonder
what
would
change
between
2:30pm
and
10pm
that
could
not
have
changed
by
3:30.
When
we
called
downstairs
asking
for
tea,
we
were
told
there
was
none,
then
hanged
up
on.
Time
and
again.
When
at
the
lobby,
we
asked
Sarah,
the
only
sane
front-desker,
and
she
handed
myriad
teas
to
us
instantly.
Once
a
day,
we
called
downstairs
asking
for
a
refill
of
toiletries:
bodywash
and
shampoo.
I
live
with
chronic
illness
alleviated
by
showers
and
hot
running
water.
With
long
days
of
work
–
we
were
there
for
a
corporate
conference
–
and
sightseeing,
we
also
needed
to
refresh
often.
On
our
last
day,
when
calling
down,
the
worst
staff
member
of
all,
one
by
the
name
of
Kendra,
rejected
our
request
and
said,
"You
have
exceeded
your
soap
allowance,
you
have
asked
for
one
every
day.
No."
That
day,
my
husband
headed
out
for
the
entire
day
to
a
conference.
He
accidentally
took
both
room
keys
with
him.
I
called
downstairs
and
politely
queried
if
I
could
head
down
and
have
another
room
key
made.
That
same
totalitarian
Kendra
responded,
"No,
the
reservation
is
under
your
husband's
name,
so
I
can't
make
another
key
for
you."
I
told
her
I
was
calling
from
within
the
room,
and
am
already
known
by
all
staff
members,
including
that
who
checked
us
in
and
saw
my
identification,
but
coldly,
she
responded,
"No,
I
will
not."
I
asked,
"So
am
I
to
just
stay
in
my
room
like
a
cage
for
the
entire
day,
unable
to
leave?"
She
responded,
"Yes.
Stay
in
your
room
until
your
husband
comes
back
and
gets
you."
Incomprehensible.
Abominable.
When
checking
out,
I
expressed
my
vexation
to
her,
that
she
treated
us
inhumanly
and
without
care,
kindness,
professionalism
or
hospitality.
She
laughed
it
off.
She
called
security
and
asked
to
escort
me
out
because
"I
was
weird."
I
said
all
I
wanted
was
to
check
out.
She
said,
"Your
husband
can
do
that,
I
want
you
out
of
this
hotel!"
I
insisted
that
I
was
the
one
paying
and
would
not
leave
until
checked
out.
Security
sided
with
us
and
told
this
Kendra
to
subdue
her
tantrum
and
simply
check
us
out.
After
five
minutes
of
back-and-forth,
she
ultimately
reluctantly
did.
At
some
$200/night,
we
expect
better
than
injuries
without
accountability,
discrimination
based
on
sexual
orientation
and
inhuman
disregard
or
abuse.
We
will
file
a
complaint
with
corporate,
and
litigation
is
not
out
of
the
question.
A
petrifyingly
horrid
experience.
I
would
rather
sleep
on
the
street
and
shower
with
hose
water
than
ever
stay
at
this
establishment
again;
and
this
Kendra
should
work
in
something
better
fitted
for
her
social
skills.
Like
a
torture
chamber
for
POWs.
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