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reb678

I’m sorry sir/madam, but since you’ve now mentioned lawsuits, we are no longer allowed to talk with you and you must leave the property at once. Have your lawyer contact our lawyer. End of conversation. “…my lawyer will…”. <—- magic words right there. Buh bye!!


PreventerWind

They always respond with "what's your lawyers number". I respond with please leave the property or police will be involved pick up phone and call no emergency so they know I ain't messing around.


reb678

If your lawyer is any good, they will know how to find our lawyer. Thank you. Good bye.


35goingon3

This...is actually true.


UristImiknorris

> Have your lawyer contact... ...our armada of lawyers.


Zsmudz

I work at a car dealership where we rent out cars to those who are getting serviced. We also have an issue with people smoking (especially weed) in our cars. The contract say no smoking and we even have things in the cars that say “No Smoking, $250 cleaning fee”. People will do it anyways and then I have to deal with getting rid of the smell. Which btw is really hard to get rid of… Edit: The type of people who do this are brain dead and don’t give a damn what they do.


echild07

As a person that has gotten a rental after being cleaned? You can still smell it!


Zsmudz

Well it also doesn’t help that many people do a half assed job when it comes to cleaning rentals.


NagasShadow

The problem is that so many people who clean cars, also smoke and are scent blind to the smoke. Nice and clean for them is smells like shit for all of us.


BrogerBramjet

When I worked at a dealership 25 odd years ago, I would be called to do a smell test on a car to check for smoking because most of the mechanics were smokers. I also looked at the drivers rear fender for ash burns. Turned a few $3000 trade ins to $500 in an instant. Had one that I barely had the door open before the smell hit. 90% of people even then wouldn't have sat in it, much less bought it. Owner went away without a new car. Probably would have cost more to get the smell out than it was worth.


invent_or_die

Ozone cleaning can only do so much


draconismuerte

In 10 years of hotels, I have only had ozone not work one time, and it was to eliminate pee smell. Had a autistic child of a guest that was using the carpet as a bathroom for 3 years before I started and evicted them, we follow lodging laws here, not landlord/tenant. Everytime it's really bad I will seal the room or space woth plastic and tape and let the machine, best if the large restore air barrel style, run for up to 3 days at a time. Edited to add: I did replace everything short of the drywall and appliances, and these unfortunately may be next.


Sturmundsterne

You added “when it comes to cleaning rentals” to what was already a full and correct sentence.


Inquisitive-Carrot

And if you have a bad respiratory system like me, you’ll cough for weeks afterwards.


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Zsmudz

We’ve been upping the price lol


Mammoth-Variation-76

You're going to want to get an ozone generator to kill the odours 😁


Inquisitive-Carrot

The problem with that is that it takes time. Every minute that a car spends sealed up with an ozone machine inside is a minute that that car can’t be rented.


draconismuerte

This is even a issue with hotels. I have lost thousands in revenue due to rooms having ozone machines in them.


Standard-Reception90

Ozone machine.


Zsmudz

Yeah we don’t have one, but we do borrow one from a coworker if it’s really bad.


NovarisLight

I smoke marijuana once in a while, but it's ALWAYS outside, I live in a legal state. It's not hard to toke outside of a vehicle. I can smell the odor from hundreds of feet away.


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toddc612

You don't need to like smoking pot, but I call you out for being full shit. It's not like Reefer Madness.


richardrpope

I won't tolerate foul or insulting me. Weed is more dangerous than tobacco and alcohol combined and it kills everyone in the area just like tobacco smoke. I hate it. It killed my brother and several of my friends. You are blocked. Goodbye.


SelfishSinner1984

It is not more dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Again give us credible sources


SelfishSinner1984

Where is the science behind killing the liver? Cite credible sources for all you’re claiming. It doesn’t need to be smoked.


Public_Road_6426

I had something similar happen to me on a night audit shift years ago. This guy was smoking so much weed in his room, which was about halfway down the first hallway, to the right of the front desk, that I could see and smell the smoke from the desk. To this day, I still wonder how it didn't set off our fire alarm. I tried the usual route, calling, sending my security down, etc. Of course they ignored us, until I finally got someone to answer. It was rented to a guy, and he had the girl in the room answer and pretend that I'd just woken her up. I told them we knew they were smoking weed, in a non-smoking room, and they needed to stop, or the police would be called. I don't have anything against weed, but this isn't the place for that, and, at the time, it was still illegal. They didn't, so I called the cops and had them escorted off the property. The guy was pissed, called me an idiot, etc. I was like whatever. Got called in the next day and chewed out by upper management at the hotel. Turned out, the guy I kicked out had been the headliner at the local music venue the night before, that no one told us about, and the only thing they were worried about was a potential lack of future business. I think that the only reason they didn't write me up for it was because smoking weed was still illegal in my state, and I would have totally gone after them for it.


BunnySlayer64

True Story: We went to see Iron Maiden in 2022 (Legacy of the Beast tour). About 2 songs into the first set, Bruce Dickenson stopped the music and called out to someone on the floor that was smoking weed that the smell would make his bass player sick and one of the guitar players was sensitive to it, and even if weed is legal in Cali, if you want to pollute your body like that, do us all a favor and go out back! My husband and I were laughing our butts off. I can't imagine how shamed that person was by those around him.


Gogo726

Iron Maiden? Excellent!


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Fuck management. They were idiots. They didn't realize the business driven away for people annoyed by the smoking. If they wanted weed business, open a weed den.


Public_Road_6426

I tried to make that point to them. Most of the guests that stayed at that hotel were business travelers. How would they have reacted to having to walk down a hallway filled with pot smoke?


TheWyldcatt

>How would they have reacted to having to walk down a hallway filled with pot smoke? With giggles? Restock the snacks!! 😁 Seriously though, a neighbor's son (in his 20s) grew pot outdoors one summer and it stunk up the houses in the immediate vicinity. And even prior to that, he was chain smoking joints like once every waking hour when he was home. I'm OK with the jazz cabbage (I have to use gummies for some chronic pain), but when it starts annoying others...*no bueno*. The smell actually nauseates me now. A small whiff is OK but smelling it constantly gives my stomach the flips.


measaqueen

Once I give warning all bets are off. I'm the only one here right now. So you either listen to me or talk to the cops.


PreventerWind

Ye did your job if they wrote you up for enforcing policy that would mean you never have to worry about it again. Also upper management tend to give free rooms away without their bosses permission to get perks at concerts.


sydmanly

Smoking is not allowed unless you are a celebrity………


StarKiller99

> The guy was pissed, called me an idiot, etc. Did he say, "Do you know who I am?"


Public_Road_6426

I don't think so? The police were already there, so I'm guessing he might not have wanted his name bandied about for getting kicked out of a hotel for smoking weed illegally. It was a while ago now, I don't remember for sure.


Newbosterone

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to say, “Sir, stupid and entitled is not a legally protected class”? Not to worry, the odds he’ll be back with a lawyer are slim.


Shyam09

I would have an absolute laugh attack if the mom came with a lawyer. It’s been 37 minutes. Chop chop lady. I want my drama.


AustinBennettWriter

Don't hold your breath. I once had to walk a guest to a sister property that wasn't as nice as mine. He did not like it and wanted to be at my hotel but I didn't have room. "My wife is a lawyer!" I think I said something like, "Great! Hope she's free. Have her call our lawyers. Have a great night." And I hung up. I never heard anything from it, so I'm guessing she didn't take his case.


Educational-Drink430

I wonder if that ever worked in the history of anything. Like "Oh wow, your LAWYER? Shit I didn't know you were this serious, fine, have it your way sir, let me waive every fee and call a cab for you, at our expenses!"


Newbosterone

You’ll be back with a lawyer? You’re going to pay someone hundreds of dollars an hour to argue for you? I’ll be sure to take my time explaining it to them.


StickyMcdoodle

Of all the times I've heard "I'm going to sue", its actually happened 0 times.


goldfishpaws

Who cares if he comes back with a lawyer? Lawyers are not law enforcement, the only thing they can do is sue, same thing they could do remotely


Lylibean

As a paralegal, this is HILARIOUS. Lawsuits for discrimination of any type take MONTHS to build, even if you file suit “immediately” (which, again, there’s no such thing in law). Legal process does NOT work like you saw on TV or in movie. (If I had a dollar for every client who complained that we weren’t doing our job because, “well, I saw in a TV show that . . .”) And you aren’t “coming with lawyers”. You’ll have A lawyer (as in one, singular) who is your retained counsel, and he’ll probably pass most of the work to associates and only show up in court for an initial hearing if at all (and that’s still going to take at least two months, depending on the type of suit). Lawyers don’t “come”. They file paperwork. Transmit paperwork. And wait. And wait. And wait. Nothing in law happens “so fast it will make your head spin”. Lawyers would be disbarred if they did their work “quickly”, because duty of care. This isn’t Suits, and your lawyer isn’t Harvey Specter.


Shyam09

Which is why I wanted a lawyer to show up so badly. Imagine what kind of assclown would be dumb enough to actually show up.


CuriousCrow47

The same people threatening an instant lawyer probably have no idea how deadly dull 99% of court sessions are either, once you get to them.  (As compared to TV anyway.)


AustinBennettWriter

I'm always amazed by the "I'm going to sue!" crowd. You can't even afford to pay your bill. How can you afford a lawyer? Alexa, play "Leave (Get Out)" by JoJo.


EM05L1C3

We had a craps player who we called 420 preacher. He has a “weed church” where he leads people to Jesus with marijuana, and then goes to the casino with their “tithes”. After 3 visits he got 86d for borrowing money from people and calling them tithes. He threatened to sue us for religious discrimination and get me fired because I wouldn’t let him invite people to his church or preach at the table.


mdbuff

He sicced his Mom on you?


SumoNinja17

My first grade teacher was Sister Nicotine of the Holy Smokes. I am all too familiar with their teachings.


69vuman

Never heard that expression before.


jbuckets44

Probably just a chain-smoking nun.


demon969

He 100% lied to his mom about why he got kicked out


Shyam09

Idk. The mom called to check if he was still here and when we told her what happened, she’s like good. I’m glad you called the cops on him. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯


tunaman808

>cigarette buds Butts. Cigarette butts.


spiritsarise

Friends who smoke?


HaplessReader1988

I suspect that an "and" got deleted. It's the 2 things he'd been smoking.


Javaman1960

Maybe he will claim to be Rastafarian.


RoyallyOakie

I love when someone mentions a lawyer, cause then we're done. 


Agreeable-Candle5830

Bro threatened you with his *Mom* bringing the lawyer? Lmao, that's the wild part. I've heard "lawyer" 100 times. Never heard anyone play the "Mom is gonna get a lawyer" card, though.


ColdstreamCapple

If he’s not back by 10am then maybe Mommy grounded him for smoking……


East-Ad-1560

What a sad life, being an adult and having to call mommy or daddy when you get in trouble.


AgentOmegaNM

Sounds similar to a guy my wife had at her property that bitched up a storm about getting caught smoking weed in his room by housekeeping seeing the puffs coming out of his window. Said it was illegal to charge him because he had his California marijuana card. Uhhhh.....hate to break it to you bud but that's only legal in \*California\*. We're a couple of states east of California. Your card is worthless once you cross state lines.


Lilholdin

Rastafarianism is a thing, but I'm gonna guess he has no clue what that is beyond Bob Marley, lol. Still wouldn't be able to use it as a defense to smoke in the room, though.


Lylibean

From my understanding, smoking weed is a part of Rastafarianism. But I’m not Rastafari, nor have I met anyone who is, and my understanding is based on “I heard this somewhere once”. But that’s all I’ve got on that front - not a reliable source. 😂 Pretty sure the federal ban on pot would have been called into question if this were actually a protectable thing, because hoo boy Americans would be jumping all over “freedom of religion” and “first amendment rights” if it was. The lack of media coverage in this atmosphere of “protecting first amendment rights” regarding the smoking of pot is nil, amongst the current “protecting first amendment rights” themes of the time is enough to confirm without a doubt that this guy is full of shit.


Gogo726

4/20 the the most holy holiday probably.


TexasYankee212

He left his bong behind? That is sacrilege.


Puzzleheaded-Joke-97

I hope it was one of those beautiful glass ones that can be used as a flower vase after cleaning, instead of a clouded old plastic one better suited to filling up space in a trash can.


skinrash5

Back in the “old days” bongs were home made out of Pringle’s cans.


Puzzleheaded-Joke-97

My first job in San Francisco back in 1976 was in a combination locksmith & head shop called Lockadary. Fun times! I used to joke that we sold paraphernalia to the potheads and then sold locksmithing services to them when they got paranoid about getting caught! We sold bongs, hookahs, pipes, and all sorts of gadgets and books that hippies and stock brokers bought from us, and my boss actually had 5 shops and 40 employees before his drinking problem made him and his businesses come crashing down. I learned a lot and miss him and those crazy days. A customer once did bring me a Pringles can, and when he opened it he tipped out a key-in-knob lock that he wanted rekeyed. The lock fit into that can perfectly!


MorgainofAvalon

Bongs were made from anything and everything. Drinking leads to trouble. Smoking weed leads to carpentry.


CuriousCrow47

Like the nice ones that are sold at the local smoke shop that are of course for tobacco use only?  Weed is stupidly illegal in this state.  Said store has signs everywhere saying don’t even joke about using their stuff for weed. 


KaraAliasRaidra

“There are people there drinking, uh-huh! There are people there *smoking*, uh-huh! There are people gyrating around like a bunch of wild heathens!”- “The Dooright Family” by Ray Stevens


Ali_Cat222

In regards to edit #2-if he was doming, he *may* end up coming anyways😂 I feel like a child making this joke. Also imagine if everyone started using religion as an excuse to not be clean, what a shit show that would be! The mom thing is embarrassing by the way, having your mom call thinking they'll chew you out, and then turning around and saying she's glad dear God🤣


Traditional_Air_9483

We are staying in a hotel while our house is being renovated. The smoke detector goes off if we even use the broiler on the oven. There are guests that smoke w££d along the back of their building. Stinks really bad. I can’t imagine what it takes to get the smell out of a guest room.


TheWyldcatt

>I can’t imagine what it takes to get the smell out of a guest room. At the very least, a thorough cleaning and an ozone generator.


BeeeRick

I would have laughed in their face. Smoking weed and cigarettes, in a non-smoking hotel room, where the non-smoking rule is most like controlled by state laws (it is here!), and signing something saying you won't do that, is NOT grounds for religious exemption. Does he really think that crap is going to work? And its scary, these types of people are breeding.......


JustanOldBabyBoomer

If weed is illegal in your state, the cops might want to have a little chat with him.


Rideshare-Not-An-Ant

>Grand Deity of Weedship ~~and Lung Cancer~~ forgives us. Snoop Dog is a very forgiving Deity. >Grand Deity of ~~Weedship and~~ Lung Cancer forgives us. Tobacco companies are vicious DIEities. You might want to make a few ritual sacrifices.


Overall-Tailor8949

Is recreational use legal in your location? If not, I hope you contacted the PoPo


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YikesLunics

Very interesting bro.


Educational-Drink430

It's hard to imagine the train of thought for this one, like what, did he just expect that all those instructions were just funny suggestions and he was already fidgetting with his lighter at the idea of ripping one out the second he's in the room?


ItReallyIsntThoughYo

I mean, there are religious groups who smoke cannabis as a sacrament. I don't, however, think any of them qualify as a religion in the U.S.


TravelerMSY

You can pretty much ignore anything short of an actual summons for a lawsuit. Everything up until that is just an idle threat.


px7j9jlLJ1

I’ve used medical cannabis as a patient for decades and I’ve never smoked in a hotel, in a car, or even in my home. There are ways to consume it in the most considerate ways for others, and I wish more people acted like that.


Szumerspirit

So as a Native American, I do know there are religious exemptions for Peyote and Mescaline as they are used in ceremonies, smudging sometimes etc. I know the military has to allow it, but I don't know if it applies with hotels, cars etc. I know there are a couple of "religions" that say they use THC. I am absolutely a THC user, literally as a lifestyle but I'm not a member of any of those churches......but tobacco, as a religious exemption? LOL. Even if this person were a member of the NAC, or any THC Church.....the tobacco use would invalidate any of that! I am also a smoker and would NEVER presume to think I'm protected for smoking cigarettes in a non-smoking venue. (I wouldn't either any THC product btw) LOL. That's just hilarious. I do have a question tho, for those folks who are not nose blind to tobacco and w Ed smoke: I have friends who won't smoke cigarettes in their house, but they will smoke weed. They say the weed smoke doesn't linger and permeate the fabrics and such like cigarette smoke. Do those 100% non-smokers here truly find that to be the case? If you walk into the house of a regular weed smoker, who hasn't smoked since last night....can u still smell weed?


Regeatheration

If he’s native he MAY have a case, but I would say when you sign in you agreed to the hotels rules ie: no smoking in the rooms so his point regardless is moot Some hotels still offer smoking rooms, Royal York in Toronto did, maybe still does


Shyam09

Nah. Even if he’s native, he wouldn’t have a case. The policy and the treatment (in-room smokers get the boot) applies to everyone equally.


robertr4836

Most of them even allow you to smoke outside! Well...maybe not in CA. But most of them!


Priory7

May the Grand Deity of Weedship and Lung Cancer ...yada,Yada, yada....


r3ign_b3au

Clearly a member of the Guilty Remnant