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Post by agingerstokie on Jul 27, 2018 14:04:12 GMT
Remaking this thread to remove any evidence of the location and whatnot, so people can breathe a little easier when they read it, still going to carry on as I think it's a bit of a laugh and a bit of a diary for myself. To recap, this is what I've posted so far!July 22nd, 2018:It is very, very, very dated. In the lower depths of the hotel there is just junk furniture and stuff piled up in random rooms and the paint is peeling etc. Mostly people put there by the council by the looks of it on my first night! Had some woman holding a 4-pack of Carling exclaim "There's Ed Sheeran!" at me behind the reception. Always a good start that is, never heard it before she was a beacon of creativity. Random hotel guests wanting to get something from their car at 4am, a woman scurrying through the lobby clutching her bag to her chest while a woman outside demands my manager search her as she's got a bong. July 23rd, 2018:Dealt with a weird couple tonight, guests at the hotel who kept going out and coming back in up till like 4am and the guy says to me when he comes in "If anyone asks for me I'm gone" I was like okay mate  July 25th, 2018:Two guys in the bar asked me to join the conversation and they were debating health and safety in building etc. Little bit heated but all good then one guy goes off says night then comes back hes absolutely wasted asks to get his laptop from the car so i take him the back route into the car park hes talking to me about jobs etc. Nearly falls over on the way back upstairs then asks if i know where he can get a hooker from and I'm like uhh I don't live in the area tbh then he was all like you know what a concierge is you should aim to be like that if i want a service you can provide it and i was like noted ill do my best and then he was asking where i reckon he could find a hooker and i was like well i hear there's a few sometimes down the street and he said HM I'll have a wander and report back, then he must have passed out in his room. About 30 min later, ding dong the door bell rings and it's this woman who was put in here by the council who my manager kicked out 2 days ago, demanding her stuff from storage and my manager warned me beforehand she might show up and not to let her in so i was like i cant let you in you have to come back in the morning and this woman was visibly shaking because it was fucking freezing at like 3am and she was like THIS IS YOUR FAULT YOU GOT ME KICKED OUT (she was getting kicked out before I mentioned she had a guy staying in the room) and she had this water bottle and she was asking me to fill it with warm water because she was sleeping under a bus shelter so i had to fill it up so she'd fuck off from the steps. |
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Post by unaduna on Jul 27, 2018 16:25:37 GMT
*Pulls up chair, opens bag of Wotsits and swigs Top Deck shandy*
Come on then Ginger, let’s have the latest...
Think this thread could achieve legendary status to rival brown wings and ‘those two from Ilford Dave!’
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Post by agingerstokie on Jul 27, 2018 17:17:53 GMT
Working tonight and it's a Friday so let's see what that brings
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Post by mattador78 on Jul 27, 2018 21:28:35 GMT
*Pulls up chair, opens bag of Wotsits and swigs Top Deck shandy* Come on then Ginger, let’s have the latest... Think this thread could achieve legendary status to rival brown wings and ‘those two from Ilford Dave!’ Don’t forget the Kris Akabusi sex stories that was a genius thread awwwooogggaaa |
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Post by 3putts on Jul 27, 2018 22:50:38 GMT
Got the makings of a good thread but imo it’s all made up in the ops head. This woman was freezing and demanded a bottle of hot water. Fuck off it’s been 20 den every night for weeks
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Post by agingerstokie on Jul 28, 2018 2:01:15 GMT
Got the makings of a good thread but imo it’s all made up in the ops head. This woman was freezing and demanded a bottle of hot water. Fuck off it’s been 20 den every night for weeks It was fucking freezing on Wednesday morning at like 2am, I shit you not that genuinely did happen! She was shivering and begging me to put hot water in her bottle, never seen anything like it |
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Post by agingerstokie on Jul 28, 2018 2:28:08 GMT
*Pulls up chair, opens bag of Wotsits and swigs Top Deck shandy* Come on then Ginger, let’s have the latest... Think this thread could achieve legendary status to rival brown wings and ‘those two from Ilford Dave!’ Tonight has been interesting so far, 3:23am as it stands. Got here about 11, was fairly relaxed not much happening then around 12 a guy shows up he's booked on Booking.com 30 min earlier except I've got no documentation of that and all of the double rooms are supposedly booked for tomorrow (Saturday) so I'm like hm, well I can't turn him away so I'll have to give him a key and take the money. Job done. Fast forward 3hrs and another bloke appears, he's booked on Booking.com too, again I've got no paperwork or anything just their phones that say they've booked, so again double room all booked had to give him a key anyway. He comes down about 5 minutes ago and he's like can you let me into the car park I need my pajamas, I can't sleep without them they're teletubbies. I am like  okay mate and I go open the car park, then he starts yelling at his girlfriend in the car park "WHERE'S MY JAMAS?" and I'm standing there like a dickhead wondering what the fuck I've got myself into here, he walks up to me and he's like "I can't find my jamas, do you have any spare in the locker?" I'm like no?  and he looks at me and I honestly did think this guy is a fucking psycho, going to try and punch me in a minute, then his girlfriend grabs him and they walk off to the room. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2018 3:51:27 GMT
*Pulls up chair, opens bag of Wotsits and swigs Top Deck shandy* Come on then Ginger, let’s have the latest... Think this thread could achieve legendary status to rival brown wings and ‘those two from Ilford Dave!’ Tonight has been interesting so far, 3:23am as it stands. Got here about 11, was fairly relaxed not much happening then around 12 a guy shows up he's booked on Booking.com 30 min earlier except I've got no documentation of that and all of the double rooms are supposedly booked for tomorrow (Saturday) so I'm like hm, well I can't turn him away so I'll have to give him a key and take the money. Job done. Fast forward 3hrs and another bloke appears, he's booked on Booking.com too, again I've got no paperwork or anything just their phones that say they've booked, so again double room all booked had to give him a key anyway. He comes down about 5 minutes ago and he's like can you let me into the car park I need my pajamas, I can't sleep without them they're teletubbies. I am like okay mate and I go open the car park, then he starts yelling at his girlfriend in the car park "WHERE'S MY JAMAS?" and I'm standing there like a dickhead wondering what the fuck I've got myself into here, he walks up to me and he's like "I can't find my jamas, do you have any spare in the locker?" I'm like no? and he looks at me and I honestly did think this guy is a fucking psycho, going to try and punch me in a minute, then his girlfriend grabs him and they walk off to the room. Why wouldn’t you carry a spare pair of pyjamas? I think it’s a very rational question to ask any night porter. My Nan always said, never leave for work without a spare pair of pyjamas. |
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Post by bathstoke on Jul 28, 2018 5:59:47 GMT
Tonight has been interesting so far, 3:23am as it stands. Got here about 11, was fairly relaxed not much happening then around 12 a guy shows up he's booked on Booking.com 30 min earlier except I've got no documentation of that and all of the double rooms are supposedly booked for tomorrow (Saturday) so I'm like hm, well I can't turn him away so I'll have to give him a key and take the money. Job done. Fast forward 3hrs and another bloke appears, he's booked on Booking.com too, again I've got no paperwork or anything just their phones that say they've booked, so again double room all booked had to give him a key anyway. He comes down about 5 minutes ago and he's like can you let me into the car park I need my pajamas, I can't sleep without them they're teletubbies. I am like okay mate and I go open the car park, then he starts yelling at his girlfriend in the car park "WHERE'S MY JAMAS?" and I'm standing there like a dickhead wondering what the fuck I've got myself into here, he walks up to me and he's like "I can't find my jamas, do you have any spare in the locker?" I'm like no? and he looks at me and I honestly did think this guy is a fucking psycho, going to try and punch me in a minute, then his girlfriend grabs him and they walk off to the room. Why wouldn’t you carry a spare pair of pyjamas? I think it’s a very rational question to ask any night porter. My Nan always said, never leave for work without a spare pair of pyjamas. Yeah, but Teletubby pyjamas? I could understand it if they were Iggle-piggles, but Teletubbies! |
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Post by bathstoke on Jul 28, 2018 6:31:08 GMT
Oh come on void. The lads gone to a lot of work(I bet he did that in works time!) to clean his thread up. Delete
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Post by thevoid on Jul 28, 2018 6:33:41 GMT
Oh come on void. The lads gone to a lot of work(I bet he did that in works time!) to clean his thread up. Delete I'm just teasing 😉 |
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Post by 3putts on Jul 28, 2018 12:10:34 GMT
Got the makings of a good thread but imo it’s all made up in the ops head. This woman was freezing and demanded a bottle of hot water. Fuck off it’s been 20 den every night for weeks It was fucking freezing on Wednesday morning at like 2am, I shit you not that genuinely did happen! She was shivering and begging me to put hot water in her bottle, never seen anything like it I woke up at 3 am on Wednesday and I was roasting |
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Post by felonious on Jul 28, 2018 13:19:59 GMT
It was fucking freezing on Wednesday morning at like 2am, I shit you not that genuinely did happen! She was shivering and begging me to put hot water in her bottle, never seen anything like it I woke up at 3 am on Wednesday and I was roasting But were you at altitude on the top of a hill in the Mother Town? |
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Post by agingerstokie on Jul 28, 2018 18:23:13 GMT
On shift till Wednesday morning, wonder what delights await me tonight after pajama cunt
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Post by unaduna on Jul 28, 2018 18:50:20 GMT
Stay strong ginger one!
Stay strong!
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Post by elystokie on Jul 28, 2018 19:07:49 GMT
On shift till Wednesday morning, wonder what delights await me tonight after pajama cunt You're there until Wednesday? Or have I misunderstood? |
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Post by agingerstokie on Jul 28, 2018 19:53:08 GMT
On shift till Wednesday morning, wonder what delights await me tonight after pajama cunt You're there until Wednesday? Or have I misunderstood? Not stuck there till Wednesday but I'm working every night till Wednesday! |
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Post by elystokie on Jul 28, 2018 20:38:49 GMT
You're there until Wednesday? Or have I misunderstood? Not stuck there till Wednesday but I'm working every night till Wednesday! Look on the bright side, there could be a tv series in this  |
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Post by agingerstokie on Jul 28, 2018 20:40:18 GMT
Not stuck there till Wednesday but I'm working every night till Wednesday! Look on the bright side, there could be a tv series in this The hotel is definitely the kind of thing you'd see in a British TV series. I'm thinking like Skins/ Shameless mixed with Fawlty Towers |
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Post by elystokie on Jul 28, 2018 20:41:52 GMT
Look on the bright side, there could be a tv series in this The hotel is definitely the kind of thing you'd see in a British TV series. I'm thinking like Skins/ Shameless mixed with Fawlty Towers You should have plenty of time to write it while you're there, nowt like getting paid twice for the same work  |
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Post by agingerstokie on Jul 28, 2018 20:45:39 GMT
The hotel is definitely the kind of thing you'd see in a British TV series. I'm thinking like Skins/ Shameless mixed with Fawlty Towers You should have plenty of time to write it while you're there, nowt like getting paid twice for the same work I came up with some film ideas when I was working in Sainsbury's. A trilogy of movies called Trolleyman, a bit of a Shaun of the Dead style movie about an underestimated Trolleyman who saves the day and gets his girl when terrorists take control of an retail park.  |
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Post by unaduna on Jul 28, 2018 20:56:46 GMT
You’re in luck then, believe it or not but Edgar Wright really does post as Benji.
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Jul 28, 2018 21:24:45 GMT
You should have plenty of time to write it while you're there, nowt like getting paid twice for the same work I came up with some film ideas when I was working in Sainsbury's. A trilogy of movies called Trolleyman, a bit of a Shaun of the Dead style movie about an underestimated Trolleyman who saves the day and gets his girl when terrorists take control of an retail park. I hate to piss on your chips but.....  |
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Post by unaduna on Jul 28, 2018 21:44:05 GMT
Think he’d prefer Tom Hiddlestone’s The Night Manager!
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Post by agingerstokie on Jul 28, 2018 22:33:34 GMT
I came up with some film ideas when I was working in Sainsbury's. A trilogy of movies called Trolleyman, a bit of a Shaun of the Dead style movie about an underestimated Trolleyman who saves the day and gets his girl when terrorists take control of an retail park. I hate to piss on your chips but..... Observe and Report is a better one but those are strictly Americanized, Trolleyman is something else entirely. A work of genius I promise you! I'll get around to writing my ideas for them eventually haha I even made posters when I was bored. |
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Post by agingerstokie on Jul 28, 2018 22:46:29 GMT
Tonight's started off well only been here 45 minutes.
Had 2 irish guys come in and try and con me into giving them a room, I couldn't understand this one guy he was just rambling on at me and they are like our friend phoned up 30 min ago and booked a room for us and im like well ive only got 4 here expected to be checked in and im like is this you and showed them one and they are like ye ye and im like well i need some ID or something to know its you and they were just tryin to get me to give them the room
Then I've had two elderly men come to me and one says i work for a company that sells razors and wondered if i wanted one because of my beard and then one is like i think its more hygienic to be clean shaven and im like i like my beard tbh and the other guy asks me if its part of my religion as if I'm fucking muslim.
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Post by bathstoke on Jul 28, 2018 23:39:24 GMT
Now I don’t know the rules of these games, but I’ve just been to my cousins wedding in ‘Castle & at last orders I asked the barmaid if residents could keep on drinking & she said, there will be no staff to serve you, but you can take drinks to your room, “What would you like...”
Should I read anything into this...
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Post by agingerstokie on Jul 29, 2018 0:13:33 GMT
Now I don’t know the rules of these games, but I’ve just been to my cousins wedding in ‘Castle & at last orders I asked the barmaid if residents could keep on drinking & she said, there will be no staff to serve you, but you can take drinks to your room, “What would you like...” Should I read anything into this... I would imagine there's surely someone there overnight? Here I am in charge of that, but when I got in tonight boss told me the bar was closed. Still need to work on pint pulling so it's a blessing for me! |
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Post by unaduna on Jul 29, 2018 20:48:53 GMT
Got a pile of old Viz annuals by the bog and in one classic sketch the legend that is Sidney Smutt is told to ask the concierge for an extra pillow if he’s in need of ‘adult company’.
Might be a nice revenue stream for you Ginger! Not that I’m suggesting you become a pimp mind!
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Post by agingerstokie on Jul 29, 2018 22:03:16 GMT
Got a pile of old Viz annuals by the bog and in one classic sketch the legend that is Sidney Smutt is told to ask the concierge for an extra pillow if he’s in need of ‘adult company’. Might be a nice revenue stream for you Ginger! Not that I’m suggesting you become a pimp mind! I'll make a note another day ends and another shift begins. |
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and he looks at me and I honestly did think this guy is a fucking psycho, going to try and punch me in a minute, then his girlfriend grabs him and they walk off to the room.
