creepy smelly old man!

[HotelMinion]

There's this regular that's been staying with us for months now, I'll call him Mr. Creepy. He never shaves nor takes a bath, so he's got a loooooong wild beard and always stinks of BO. Instead of going to his room he stays in the lobby and watches the lobby TV 24/7. He always wears the same clothes. We get complaints from other guests thinking that he's homeless, and can't believe otherwise. I don't blame them. While on the lobby couch, apparently he forgot to go to use the bathroom and he URINATED on it and sat there for hours, then walked around with wet pants, not to his room or the bathroom, but to the business center CHAIR and sat there, rubbing his scent in that room too. The stench was unbelievable. We had to throw everything away. At breakfast, he samples everything by sticking his finger and touching all the selection before deciding. DISGUSTING! He's about 70 and just doesn't care I guess. People stay as far away from him and his stench as possible. He doesn't get the hint, he goes and harrasses everyone, peppering then with personal questions. He does this EVERYDAY!
The thing I hate about long termers is soon they start thinking of our hotel as their own place, and acting like it. Another long term guest, not as bad but still not good, came down in his UNDERWEAR, no shirt or shoes, with a can in hand and sauntering around. Some in only a towel (a teeny hand towel, not a bath one) and they swim naked in our pool. THe families with young children were not impressed. What are these people thinking?! So Fricking Nasty!
My manager, OMS (Old Mr. Smelly) seems to get along very well with Mr. Creepy, I've seen them talking like old friends. Figures, two creepy old men. Birds of a feather, flock together.

[Dreamstalker]

Eeeeeeeew is all I have to say about Mr. Creepy Can you get him evicted (health concern at the very least, especially with touching all the food), or does OMS need to be the one to make that call? (you could probably do it anonymously, or one of the other guests might be willing to)

[blas]

Bf and I stayed at a hotel last weekend. There were people that thought it WAS home.

We had a real door slammer for a neighbor that night

And what's worse, for some reason, despite having multiple floors and different types of rooms, they put the whirlpool suites on the same damn floor as the double bed rooms (aka, family type or like school/sport outing rooms). There were too many kids on that floor, and you almost felt....dirty getting jiggy in the tub knowing there were kids just a few doors down.

[starsinthesky]

Been there.

Only we were....and I may have yelled something that one never says in front of kids...and not two seconds later kids ran down the hallway yelling.

[XCashier]

Eeeeeeeew is all I have to say about Mr. Creepy Can you get him evicted (health concern at the very least, especially with touching all the food), or does OMS need to be the one to make that call? (you could probably do it anonymously, or one of the other guests might be willing to)

If OMS is buddy-buddy with Mr. Creepy, it may be nigh-impossible to get him evicted.

[taxguykarl]

If OMS is buddy-buddy with Mr. Creepy, it may be nigh-impossible to get him evicted.

XC is right, you'll have an easier time getting him arrested.

[bhskittykatt]

Ew.

Sounds like many long-term guests we've had in the past. However, they were all too paranoid to leave their rooms much to bother anyone.

Unfortunately, it can very hard to kick them out if they're considered a permanent guest. Usually you just have to grin and bear it and hope they just go away.

[wagegoth]

Would Adult Protective Services do anything?

It would have to be an anonymous call, I suppose.

[raudf]

I'd go with the anonymous call to Adult Protective Services myself. He should meet the criteria for inspection by a councilor. Maybe they'll get him placed elsewhere.. preferably where he gets the treatments he needs.

[EricKei]

On the food thing - that IS a health code violation -- technically you have to throw out the entire pan of whatever he poked (besides, it doesn't sound like he washes his hands...period). A case could easily be made for keeping him away from the food on the basis on how much money it would cost the hotel to dump a pan of each thing he's poked *every single day* (print up the relevant law before actually tossing anything, but make sure the boss sees the food being tossed (after all, it's best to have a manager witness such things to make sure it's all on the up and up ) AND knows why it's happening...).

Also, maybe consider surreptitiously encouraging other guests to complain about him, en masse, in writing -- especially with regards to the food thing. It's obvious the boss doesn't care if El Creepo Magnifico disgusts/worries you guys...Maybe he'll listen to paying customers.

As for the people swimming in their birthday suits -- check the hotel policy on it. If it is not specifically allowed, ask guests to formally complain so you can call the cops on their behalf. Private property means that they may not be chargeable with Public Indecency (unless the pool is somewhere that people on the sidewalk could see them in all their glory), BUT local laws probably do say something about doing that with kids in the vicinity, private property or no. Check your local laws on this.

All of these misbehaving people are the same bottom 5% of SC's that hurt every other business. Losing their patronage will likely make the other 95% happier and more willing to stay longer, spend money, and come back in the future.

[PepperElf]

Only we were....and I may have yelled something that one never says in front of kids...and not two seconds later kids ran down the hallway yelling.

Were they repeating what you said?

BUT local laws probably do say something about doing that with kids* in the vicinity, private property or no.

*fixed it for ya

but seriously that is a good point. i know in virginia exposing children to sexual material can get you on the offender list so... that could be stretched to indecent exposure, just perhaps not public etc.

[wagegoth]

As for the people swimming in their birthday suits -- check the hotel policy on it. If it is not specifically allowed, ask guests to formally complain so you can call the cops on their behalf. Private property means that they may not be chargeable with Public Indecency (unless the pool is somewhere that people on the sidewalk could see them in all their glory), BUT local laws probably do say something about doing that with kids in the vicinity, private property or no. Check your local laws on this.

You can be drunk in public on private property that is accessible to the public, meaning bars and restaurants, so it should not make a difference that the pool is on private property. Businesses normally have the right to refuse service to anyone as long as the reason for it has nothing to do with the person's membership in a protected class.

[EricKei]

wg - good point. However, I was referring to the nudity, not the drunkenness.

[wagegoth]

wg - good point. However, I was referring to the nudity, not the drunkenness.

As was I. If it's illegal to be nude in public, then being nude on private property that is accessible to the public should still be illegal.

[EricKei]

If it's illegal to be nude in public, then being nude on private property that is accessible to the public should still be illegal.

Agreed

Some people will try to make that distinction, however. Ultimately, it's up to the hotel owners in this case...Tho I suspect that passers-by would not care if they saw drunk, clothed people at the pool, nekkid ones might provoke a different reaction entirely