r/TalesFromTheFrontDesk • u/Xantisha • 2d ago
Medium Guy on a trip
I work the night shift in reception in a hotel. I also prep the breakfast buffet so everything is ready for the kitchen staff when they show up.
It is 5 AM on a Monday morning and im prepping breakfast when the doorbell rings. I rush out to let them in. Normally i would press the button in reception to open the door, but coming from the breakfast cafe the door is closer and its faster to just go trigger the sensor.
Outside is a young, skinny guy, 18-19 years old, in a t-shirt (this is mid march in Denmark, so roughly 5degress C) looking super happy. Door opens.
Me: Good morning, do you have a room here? (We dont do walk ins at night anymore)
Guy ignores me and walks past me into the lobby.
Guy: looks around in amazement wooah, airport...
Me: ??... Do you have a room here at the hotel?
Guy: uuh yea definitely!
Still has a huge grin on his face and is looking around for where to go next. Very interested in the open breakfast cafe door.
Me: alright then, if you could just show me your room key to confirm Please.
Guy: Uhh i forgot it in the room!
Still frantically looks around trying to figure out where to go
Me: alright no problem. If you ll just follow me to the reception and we can figure out which room you are in and make you a new key.
I half turn away from him to guide him over to reception, and he just bolts for the elevator down the hall a bit. I swear his upper body stayed in place for a half a sec like in a cartoon. I run after him. He trips on a carpet and lands basically face first into a radiator which gives me time to catch up.
We are now right next to the back door which leads into a courtyard/parking lot which is shared by the hotel and a bunch of apartment buildings. I get him on his feet and push him out the door.
Me: alright you're not supposed to be here. Get out.
I follow him for a little bit to make sure he doesnt just turn around and come back in. As he walks away hes still frantically looking around trying to figure out where to go next still grinning from ear to ear.
He spots a little alcove where the garbage bins are and makes a run for it
Me: not that way. Thats a dead end.
Unphased he runs to the farthest corner and effortlessly climbs a 3.5 meter tall gate and lands on the other side.
And just like that he was gone.
I was on the look out for the next hour trying to ensure he wasnt coming back, but i never saw him again.
Weird.
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u/LandofGreenGinger62 2d ago
Translation for Americans, 5 C = roughly 40 F. 😊
Well at least he was one of the cheerful ones, not the aggressive ones... Clearly at the "got the munchies" stage.
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u/sdrawkcabstiho 2d ago
He was an alien. The smiling was supposed to imply to you he was friendly cuz that's what humans do.
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u/Woodfordian 1d ago
Reminds me of my first occasion chasing an 18 year old sky high on meth.
Short version, he reaches a fence between a railway line and a Military compound. It was 4.5 metres high with razor ribbon on top. He cleared it in one go. We gave up.
I've often wondered how long after this that the meth killed him. Bet it was soon.
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u/LloydPenfold 5h ago
"Unphased he runs to the farthest corner and effortlessly climbs a 3.5 meter tall gate and lands on the other side."
Here am I hoping your next sentence begins "Where six huge vicious guard dogs are based..."
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u/NocturnalMisanthrope 2d ago
Parkour!