Awesome hotel desk clerk

[Danmel]

So my husband and I stayed at an unnamed hotel in an unnamed City this weekend- don't want to get anyone in trouble.
The available TV stations included CNN and Fox but no MSNBC.
Our reception of CNN was very poor.
As we were checking out, I mentioned to the desk clerk that CNN was almost impossible to watch and there was no way I would watch Fox.
He said "I think I just fell in love with you and said I'm taking $50 off your bill. Because of your political views, I mean the broken TV 😉"

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. How nice of that man.

[wryter2000]

2. K and R

Great story

[renate]

3. maybe mention the pro-Fox no-MSNBC reception on Yelp or TripAdvisor

And it's not as though the desk clerk did anything his manager shouldn't have approved of. Your TV was broken, after all.

[brush]

4. That's my kind of clerk, and your OP is my kind of OP.

[calimary]

5. Feedback like this actually gives me a little hope.

Thanks for the report, Danmel!

Btw - don’t EVER be reluctant to speak up and lodge a complaint about the nauseating proliferation of Pox Noise. I got that damnable channel taken off the TV monitors in my local bank branch that way. I’m a regular customer. And I complained several times. One fine day I strolled in to do some business and guess what I saw? All the TV monitors in the place were now tuned to CNN!

DO NOT feel reluctant to complain! It might actually produce results. Either that, or, you then can be sure they don’t deserve your patronage any longer. It can serve as a “Sorting Hat” to help you “cull the herd” of businesses you no longer have to patronize as a result, now that you know where they stand. I learned that in the post-Watergate era - with the “don’t buy books by crooks” movement. Knowledge is power.

[Upthevibe]

6. That's great! n/t

[BlancheSplanchnik]

25. 👏🏾👏🏾That is how you do it!

I got a biiiig lobby tv at my University changed off fux, years ago. FELT GOOD!!!!

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. Awesome, and he's not alone.

Quite a few years ago a bartender waived my bar tab (four drinks for two people). A television behind the bar was on Fox and I politely asked, "If you don't mind, would you please change that television to a news channel?"

He told me the owner insisted it be set to Fox each day, but if a customer complained or asked to have it changed he could put it on CNN or ESPN. Told me he'd been comping drinks to the first customer to ask every day for six months.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

26. ❤️👍🏾☺️. n/t

[safeinOhio]

8. A few years ago I stayed at a

Marriott near Boston. Filed out the comment card before leaving and gave high grades on all questions. In the comments sections I wrote, almost everything was perfect but I’ll never stay at one of your hotels again as Fox was the only news channel.

[lpbk2713]

13. Marriott is like that.

All over the USA.

[kimbutgar]

9. Used to stay at La Quinta motels and in the breakfast room, Fox was on

I complained and the manager shrugged and said it was company policy. When I got the review email I stated my dissatisfaction with how the matter was handled. They wrote me back saying it was company policy. Never stayed at the chain again.

Now when I travel i stay at Best westerns no fox on in any breakfast room ever.

[Jane Austin]

11. There is a gizmo that looks like a clunky black key fob.

that you can carry in your pocket and surreptitiously change the channel when you are subjected to Fox (Not) News.

Oh, I found it! http://www.tvbgone.com

[kimbutgar]

12. I brought one but never could get it to work!

[Jane Austin]

16. Mine worked

when I remembered to bring it with me!

[kimbutgar]

20. Are you a fan of pemberley?

[wishstar]

18. LaQuinta in Colorado Springs tried to put me in a bedbug infested room

I always check out the room before bringing in the luggage. Room smelled funky and sure enough when I pulled back the bed covers, bedbugs scurried away. Of course, I went to office, canceled and stayed elsewhere so at least I didn't have to suffer through any Fox news!

[Jane Austin]

10. I complained at a hotel in Memphis because they didn't have MSNBC.

When I came back through there, they had added it.

Same for a friend of mine who traveled from Texas to Ohio several times a year. She complained when there was no MSNBC, and found it added the next time she was at that hotel.

Just speak up!

[Cha]

14. That must have felt so good, Danmel!

What's with all these damn hotel owners and their shoving Fake news down their guests?

[Danmel]

15. They weren't quite shoving it down our throats

They had CNN. Our reception just sucked. They didn't, however, have MSNBC.

[Ken Burch]

17. I stayed at a hotel in Baton Rouge one time

Tried to pull up DU on the wifi, and found out it was blocked by the management for "offensive comment" or something like that.

[Pepsidog]

19. Wont be staying at shitholes like Marriott or La Quinta

[calimary]

27. Theres a restaurant at the Camarillo airport in SoCal.

here in So Cal. Otherwise nice, but the big flatscreen TV right in front where people gathered to wait for a table was tuned to Pox Noise. I did my usual. Approached the young woman at the reception podium and politely asked if she couldn’t change the station. She said no. I politely asked why. She replied that the owner of the restaurant insisted it stay tuned to Pox Noise. I expressed my disappointment and she smiled weakly and said “yeah. The owner.” I remained polite throughout, and went back to my seat, gently suggesting she tell her boss he’d just lost a customer for that reason.

They’re known for their tri-tip. But that owner will never get a nickel from me, ever again.

[oftheforest]

21. I, too, am a front desk clerk.

I have noticed, over the 10 years I have been in this business, that republicans are very vocal about their views and assume everyone else agrees with them. I no longer even attempt to smile while they spew their crap. I just check them in and get them to their rooms. Some have even asked before walking all the way into the lobby if we have fox and are prepared to shut the door and go elsewhere if we didn't. We do offer fox, CNN, MSNBC, as well as others. It is so refreshing to check in someone who is liberal and with whom I can chat with. I find a way to give some kind of extra discount for that. Never hesitate to let a desk clerk know you are liberal (by mentioning your preferred news choice) - we appreciate it!

[pstokely]

22. Choice hotels does status matching with other chains

but since most hotels are franchised, it may just be the individual locations policy or the corp that owns it, not the chain itself

[mopinko]

23. even cnn is hard to take. trapped in a madison wi room

as the whole "fire and fury" story broke. (how long ago was that now? oh, a week ago)
no msnbc. just cnn, w "fair and balanced" coverage, that is, equal time to lying liars.
below zero outside. not feeling well.
spending money i really shouldnt have to get my daughter's dog a new hip at the uw madison vet clinic.

yeah, small hell for 4 days.

[niyad]

24. k and r--thanks, I needed that.