I must have kicked karma's dog in my last life

[LillFilly]

I just remembered when one kids group stayed at our hotel, the chaperones had a clever way to get them to stay in their rooms. They put masking tape across the outside of each door and had a list of who was in what room, so the kids couldn't sneak out after bedtime. For security, they marked their doors with red crosses, and let us know that if we heard or saw any funny business from their kids to knock on any door with a cross. Didn't hear a peep from any of those kids!

I'm also reminded of when we had a mom & dad rent a room for their college kids because the dorms weren't open yet; the holiday wasn't over for another day. Those kids caused over $2000 worth of damage to the room (soiled carpet, smashed walls, broken boxsprings, etc.) and were kicked out at about 2AM by the police; actually several were arrested for underaged drinking too. Luckily, when they called about the charges, the parents were more pissed at their kids than the hotel.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

The master-criminal in training....I'm just gobsmacked. Evicted from the hotel, fines, fees, cops, fire dept...Good god, what's next, the state troopers and the FBI? And the idiot parents just say "we can't control him." I just....what the FFFF!

I'm expecting him to be voted by his senior class Most Likely To Be on The FBI's Ten Most Wanted List.

If Junior were the sneaky, quiet type he could be voted "Most Likely To Take Over A Third World Country" but in this day and time I wouldn't be surprised if he started videoing his antics and posting them on YouTube.

[MoonCat]

Wow. Just wow. If I had a barrel of the finest rum ever made, I would send it to you...and even that would probably not be enough compensation for putting up with this crap.

The master-criminal in training....I'm just gobsmacked. Evicted from the hotel, fines, fees, cops, fire dept...Good god, what's next, the state troopers and the FBI? And the idiot parents just say "we can't control him." I just....what the FFFF!

[DGoddessChardonnay]

If I ever caused that much to be charged to my parents, not only would I not be able to sit down for the rest of my life, but it would be YEARS before I stopped paying them back for that.

I wouldn't be sitting here replying to this thread had I acted out like that unholy brat. My mom would have killed me and told the cops it was a postnatal abortion!

But then the times I grew up in were a lot different than today.

[eltf177]

You're funny!

Yeah, we can hope...

I'll tell you, if I or my brother had pulled a stunt like this my father would make us reimburse him every single dime, even if it took decades!

[Deserted]

Well, $1,500 from KhirasHY's hotel + the fire marshall's fine (figure $500 easily) + whatever the other hotel charged (and you have to figure a few comps there as well) and this could easily run to $3,000 or more.

I would hope a bill this large means Mommy and Daddy Dearest finally get junior some help, or at least some discipline.

You're funny!

[eltf177]

And the parents still don't comprehend that they need to rein their brat in...

Well, $1,500 from KhirasHY's hotel + the fire marshall's fine (figure $500 easily) + whatever the other hotel charged (and you have to figure a few comps there as well) and this could easily run to $3,000 or more.

I would hope a bill this large means Mommy and Daddy Dearest finally get junior some help, or at least some discipline.

[RealUnimportant]

LA4 strikes me as the kind of future asshole that people excuse by repeating that dreaded mantra "boys will be boys!"

[Android Kaeli]

Over $1500 from us alone, don't know how much the FD charged them. And they got charged extra from the other hotel that evicted them.

If I ever caused that much to be charged to my parents, not only would I not be able to sit down for the rest of my life, but it would be YEARS before I stopped paying them back for that.

[XCashier]

LA #4 is going to end up either murdered or in jail, you can just see it coming...

Boy - the fire department, a lot of comped rooms and a eviction - that _has_ to be a serious chunk of change!

And the parents still don't comprehend that they need to rein their brat in...

Children do not know the rules. They need to be taught the rules. A talking-to works with some, sterner measures need to be taken with others. This kid is headed towards nothing but trouble and his laissez-faire parents are greasing the skids. Shame on them!

The other kids were not much better. I think a strongly-worded letter to their school is in order. And that twit who kept dumping the popcorn on the floor should have been made to kneel down and pick up every single kernel.

[eltf177]

Normally they'd have a chance, but this one is accompanied by a police report and fine from the Fire Department, plus the reg card they signed has a nice bit of legalese about holding people responsible for any rooms comped as a result of their actions. "Their" meaning anyone in the room they paid for. So they're probably farked.

That's good to hear. Of course, all that can be lost with one spineless manager or corporate bigwig...

[TonyDonuts]

"Well, we really can't control him, he's just a free spirit."

Me: "You are his parents, it's your JOB to control, discipline, and PARENT him. He needs to remain here in the room with you; if he leaves, you need to be with him. Period."


"No ma'am, free spirits create things, free spirits look for the joy in life. What you got there is what we grown-ups call a tiresome little shit, and at some point, sooner rather that later, you're going to discover the joys of the 4 am call from the cops, telling you to come bail your little 'free spirit' out of jail for the latest outrage he's committed against the decent folk of wherever you're from."

Against my irritation, I actually feel sorry for LA4 at some dim level. His parents are going to set him loose on the world, and he will not be ready for it in any way. Shame on them. Remember shame? When people would do stupid or bad things and then feel bad for it?

[KhirasHY]

Of course, what are the chances the parents are going to be disputing the charges on their credit card? Will your hotel take the time to fight it? It was always hard to make extra charges stick at my hotel, management usually caved.

Normally they'd have a chance, but this one is accompanied by a police report and fine from the Fire Department, plus the reg card they signed has a nice bit of legalese about holding people responsible for any rooms comped as a result of their actions. "Their" meaning anyone in the room they paid for. So they're probably farked.

[otakuneko]

Free spirit my ass. That boy needs a whoopin'.

[raudf]

*shoves a whole bar's worth of booze in Khiras' direction*

Honestly, it's the parents that don't balls up and parent that piss me off the most. Or group leaders who don't lay down the law with the kids (and their parents.. especially the parents) and let them run wild. I learned to loathe parents like this when dealing with the boys only organization. My most hated phrase was, "Don't do that, it'll irk the leaders," uttered in the most faint of tones... Lady, get up, grab your offspring and DEAL WITH HIM. If I have to get up out of my chair to deal with him, by whatever deity that made me stupid enough to take this role, he (and you) will regret it!

I had power to tell/make parents take the really unruly boys home.. usually they didn't come back. I mean, I had the gall to tell them to parent, after all! They'll teach me by not bringing their precious angel back! Huh, maybe that's why they failed at parenting...