You can find another hotel lobby to wait for your friend in.

[Mr Hero]

Brief one from yesterday. Guy comes in asks if he could sit in our lobby for his friend to pick him up. He didn't give me a timeframe of how long it would take.

Me: Sure, I'll give you ten minutes.
SC: That's it?

I'm thinking, take it or leave it. You don't like it? You can leave.

[earl colby pottinger]

Weather

If the weather is very bad, I can see someone wanting to stay in the lobby for as long as it takes to wait for their friend.

Otherwise, even if it is hot outside and they want to use the air-conditioning to cool down, any limits you set are the limit.

[taxguykarl]

SC: That's it?

Would you prefer an immediate call to the police for trespassing?

[Mr Hero]

If the weather is very bad, I can see someone wanting to stay in the lobby for as long as it takes to wait for their friend.

Otherwise, even if it is hot outside and they want to use the air-conditioning to cool down, any limits you set are the limit.

Nope, just some cool summer nights. No precipitation that night.

[Deserted]

On the one hand, I can understand the not-your-customer. 10 minutes isn't very long.

On the other hand, it's a hotel. You know, a place where people PAY to stay at?

[Argabarga]

"That's it?"

"Nine minutes, 55 seconds"