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ok, I was reading on a thread about late check out. we had the opposite problem.. our housekeeper wanted us to check out early!
here's how it happened:
at Carribbean Beach, the resort airline check in is at the custom house. and you are not allowed luggage on the internal shuttle, so, unless you are staying in Barbados, you really have to have the luggage dept. pick up you and your luggage in the van and drive you over. so we needed to pick a time.
Magical Depress was picking us up at 11:55. I figured let's go over at 9am. check in the luggage, get our boarding passes, make sure there are no "glitches". there weren't, so we checked our carry ons (or, as hubby calls them, carrions) with baggage, and grabbed the internal shuttle to the food court for breakfast. ate, about 10, hubby says, he is going back to the room for some quality "reading" time,
before we get on the airplane.. I say I'll meet him there.
I go in to use the restroom at the food court, then grab some snacks with out leftover credits (even tho we pore over the confirmed snacks thread, and talk about all the yummy snacks we can get, we always end up with tons leftover
)
I go to the room, and there is a "in service'sign on the door. I go to open it and it's bolted. I knock and hear "no come in, room clean!" well I say, "no, let me in" after we repaet this scenario a few times, she does and I say we need the room.. she says no... I go over to the bathroom to look for hubby, (which makes no sense, why would she bolt herself in then) ask where is my husband. "he go, you go, room clean now."
now, I understand she thought we had left. when we drive, we do leave at 6AM, and it's good if they can clean the room early.. makes for pixie dust for someone else.. to get their room early! but, we didn't leave yet.
all she had to do was say, "oh, sorry, thought you had left" and go away. but she wouldn't. now check out is 11AM.
ok, I have to find hubby (no , he doesn't have a cell phone). I go back to outside the food court, by table we were sitting at, and there he was, looking around. "I can't believe you passed me by".. me"no honey, I went in to get snacks, etc. we must have missed each other" "she wouldn't let me in!"
I know, come with me!"
I brought him back.. door bolted again, I knock, pull on it, etc etc, she opens it. I explain that we have the room until 11 am and we still need it. she says no, and "I call manager" now, note, I did NOT call anyone, she did.. I didn't want to get her in trouble, I just wanted our room for the last hour (well, not an hour anymore NOW)
she has the phone on speaker and I can hear someone asking what the problem is, I pick it up and explain, we are not quite finished with out room yet.. we just want her to leave. no need to send anyone, just tell her to leave. she still won't. I take her vaccuum and cleaning suplies and put them out finally she leaves.
hubby goes into the restroom... (have you seen those washrooms on the plane? and the ones near the food court are dark, no reading there! besides, sometimes you just need a little privacy, and we paid for the room until 11 am.
knock on door. a nice woman CM asks if everything is ok. I answer "yes, now that she left. and I explained. she apologized. and left.. now the maids cart is in front of a room down the hall, and a few minutes later I see a guy who looks like security pass by, and go talk to her. I stay out of it.
I feel bad, cause I didn't want her to get in trouble, but I didn't tattle!! I didn't call! all she had to do was say, "I'll come back later" and leave. (oh, she took the tip I left, though)
yes, I understand, since we were packed up, itlooked like we were gone, but when she found out we weren't, that should have been it.
no I did not write to guest services or anything, don't want her in anymore trouble, don't want anything for free. just wanted to use our room
here's how it happened:
at Carribbean Beach, the resort airline check in is at the custom house. and you are not allowed luggage on the internal shuttle, so, unless you are staying in Barbados, you really have to have the luggage dept. pick up you and your luggage in the van and drive you over. so we needed to pick a time.
Magical Depress was picking us up at 11:55. I figured let's go over at 9am. check in the luggage, get our boarding passes, make sure there are no "glitches". there weren't, so we checked our carry ons (or, as hubby calls them, carrions) with baggage, and grabbed the internal shuttle to the food court for breakfast. ate, about 10, hubby says, he is going back to the room for some quality "reading" time,
before we get on the airplane.. I say I'll meet him there. I go in to use the restroom at the food court, then grab some snacks with out leftover credits (even tho we pore over the confirmed snacks thread, and talk about all the yummy snacks we can get, we always end up with tons leftover
)I go to the room, and there is a "in service'sign on the door. I go to open it and it's bolted. I knock and hear "no come in, room clean!" well I say, "no, let me in" after we repaet this scenario a few times, she does and I say we need the room.. she says no... I go over to the bathroom to look for hubby, (which makes no sense, why would she bolt herself in then) ask where is my husband. "he go, you go, room clean now."
now, I understand she thought we had left. when we drive, we do leave at 6AM, and it's good if they can clean the room early.. makes for pixie dust for someone else.. to get their room early! but, we didn't leave yet.
all she had to do was say, "oh, sorry, thought you had left" and go away. but she wouldn't. now check out is 11AM.
ok, I have to find hubby (no , he doesn't have a cell phone). I go back to outside the food court, by table we were sitting at, and there he was, looking around. "I can't believe you passed me by".. me"no honey, I went in to get snacks, etc. we must have missed each other" "she wouldn't let me in!"
I know, come with me!"
I brought him back.. door bolted again, I knock, pull on it, etc etc, she opens it. I explain that we have the room until 11 am and we still need it. she says no, and "I call manager" now, note, I did NOT call anyone, she did.. I didn't want to get her in trouble, I just wanted our room for the last hour (well, not an hour anymore NOW)
she has the phone on speaker and I can hear someone asking what the problem is, I pick it up and explain, we are not quite finished with out room yet.. we just want her to leave. no need to send anyone, just tell her to leave. she still won't. I take her vaccuum and cleaning suplies and put them out finally she leaves.
hubby goes into the restroom... (have you seen those washrooms on the plane? and the ones near the food court are dark, no reading there! besides, sometimes you just need a little privacy, and we paid for the room until 11 am.
knock on door. a nice woman CM asks if everything is ok. I answer "yes, now that she left. and I explained. she apologized. and left.. now the maids cart is in front of a room down the hall, and a few minutes later I see a guy who looks like security pass by, and go talk to her. I stay out of it.
I feel bad, cause I didn't want her to get in trouble, but I didn't tattle!! I didn't call! all she had to do was say, "I'll come back later" and leave. (oh, she took the tip I left, though
)yes, I understand, since we were packed up, itlooked like we were gone, but when she found out we weren't, that should have been it.
no I did not write to guest services or anything, don't want her in anymore trouble, don't want anything for free. just wanted to use our room
that was just HILARIOUS!!! thanks for posting that.. wow a very young Jim Carrey, never saw that before.
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