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Prostitute checked into our hotel!

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GrumpyL · 13/04/2024 15:13

Ok, so away in London for a couple of days with DH and DD (10). We were staying in a 4* Hotel which is part of a large chain of hotels, not a small independent. We went to reception about 10.30 on the 2nd morning and was met with a lady (who was very obviously a prostitute) being told her room would be ready in 5 mins and her handing over £100 in cash to the receptionist. The hotel is £250+ a night and check in is 3pm!

AIBU to this this made the hotel feel a bit icky and sleazy after I saw that? Husband and I spoke briefly when DD wasn’t listening and he said “well they have to work somewhere!”. Not sure if I’m turning into a prude in my old age, but I really didn’t feel comfortable in the hotel after I saw that. I’m sure for her, it was a safe and comfortable place to work and I know this goes on in hotels, I suppose just seeing it in broad daylight shocked me a bit. We knew what she was there for, the receptionist knew what she was there for, the man behind us in the queue knew what she was there for, maybe I thought she and the hotel should have been a bit more discreet if they allow this to go on in their hotel, especially when it’s a family friendly hotel and there were a lot of children around?

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SocksAndTheCity · 13/04/2024 16:39

GrumpyL · 13/04/2024 15:21

She paid £100 as she counted it out in £10 notes as she gave it to the receptionist. I don’t want to get into a discussion about you shouldn’t judge a women by what she was wearing etc, let’s just say it was very obvious that she was a prostitute hiring room for the day. This was 10.30am in the morning, not the night.

It still isn't 'very obvious' to me, sorry. Please explain in more detail what prostitutes wear and look like, and maybe also how you know this?

FKAT · 13/04/2024 16:36

I used to live in the red light district of a big city. The prostitutes there wore jeans and tshirts.

I don't understand why the prostitute would be paying for the room - it would be the john.

Also £250 for a family room in central London is super cheap. A friend recently paid that for Kings X Premier inn double room.

BoneshakerBike · 13/04/2024 16:33

It is very rare to go into any bar in any 5 star hotel in London and there not be sex workers there. Not sure why it would be a surprise

(lots of hotels do have day rooms- all the Hyatts and Hiltons for example)

Simonjt · 13/04/2024 16:33

FoleyHuck · 13/04/2024 16:30

@twilightcafe Yep! The duty manager called him. He obviously realised he'd been found out, panicked and told them to take as much as they wanted off the credit card on file before hanging up. They replaced the whole sofa.

But the ‘method’ surely wouldn’t even achieve much, surely unless the hole was very narrow, I was going to suggest shagging a pillow, but then I got brain vomit and I don’t like this at all anymore.

FoleyHuck · 13/04/2024 16:30

@twilightcafe Yep! The duty manager called him. He obviously realised he'd been found out, panicked and told them to take as much as they wanted off the credit card on file before hanging up. They replaced the whole sofa.

twilightcafe · 13/04/2024 16:28

FoleyHuck · 13/04/2024 16:01

I used to work in a naice hotel and one Male guest dug a hole in one of the sofa seat cushions, filled it with shower gel and fucked it.

On balance everyone (housekeeping particularly) would rather he'd employed the services of a sex worker. The concierge could have pointed him in the right direction had he enquired.

It goes on OP. Everywhere and all the time. Although I'm intrigued as to how you were so certain based on the Woman's style of dress.

(As an aside, hotel day lets are common and booked for all sorts of reasons).

I used to work in a naice hotel and one Male guest dug a hole in one of the sofa seat cushions, filled it with shower gel and fucked it.

@FoleyHuck 😳😳

peakygold · 13/04/2024 16:27

Thirty years ago when I was having an affair, we would book into a hotel at 3pm and check out at 5pm the same day. Maybe that was her reason too.

Hecate01 · 13/04/2024 16:23

Finlesswonder · 13/04/2024 15:24

Some of you sound quite sheltered. It's obvious prostitutes are prostitutes.

How? They don't have a sign flashing over their heads. The ones I know blend into the background and you wouldn't look twice at them. They are normal women dressed appropriately to fit into the environment they are in.

greyonwhitesky · 13/04/2024 16:19

HelloMiss · 13/04/2024 15:48

@greyonwhitesky don't be daft! 😂

The term 'sex worker' is used as it covers both men and women

Clutching pearls and objecting, how very mumsnet 😂

Actually it’s using the term ‘clutching pearls’ to insult someone who objects to exploitation and abuse that is terribly Mumsnet.

It’s fantastically naïve to think the reason you have given is the reason why there has been a move to normalize the use of sex worker over prostitute. If the reason you have given were correct, there would also not have been the drive to sneer at people who use prostitute as being ‘old fashioned’ or ‘archaic’. Think about it. Why the need for the contempt and demonization, if the reason was the one you gave?

Men can be prostitutes too, btw.

ASighMadeOfStone · 13/04/2024 16:11

TotHappy · 13/04/2024 15:36

Why is prostitute offensive and sex worker isn't? Seriously?

Because the etymology of the word "prostitute" means to be publicly exposed and sold.

Simonjt · 13/04/2024 16:08

I had sex in a hotel this morning, the room, not the reception. You’ll be hard pushed to find a sex free or a sex worker free hotel. Its just sex, its not like theres a Dexter style murder going on next door.

Hotels also offer safety, some sex workers will pick the same/a small number of hotels, this forms a relationship with the staff who can assist them where needed etc.

Day and hourly rates are also very common now, when our office was shut during covid and rentable work places were all full I sometimes rented a local hotel for a few hours to get some work done.

Comingupriver · 13/04/2024 16:05

I’m sure she’d be equally as uncomfortable with the hotel renting rooms to judgemental people like you. You didn’t make good choices, OP. You had good choices. Be careful up there.

changeofusername · 13/04/2024 16:04

Describe what she was wearing so we can all judge her?

Honestly, it's pretty hot in London today and I've seen plenty of women walking around with revealing clothes just in the park ... I couldn't tell if any were working

London is the place that anyone can wear anything and it's not that unusual... a small village perhaps you'd have a clearer picture by dress of what someone is up to but London ... fuck knows how you'd tell

Hecate01 · 13/04/2024 16:04

I think you need to check out dayuse.com. It's very popular for sex workers to book a room out for the day, I work in housekeeping and we have regular girls come in that we watch out for to make sure they are safe. You wouldn't even know if they are sex workers just by looking at them, they don't come in dressed in suspenders and knee high boots 🙄

Another reason which MN won't like is people use these rooms when they are having affairs, we can spot them a mile off because they act so shifty.

WildFlowerBees · 13/04/2024 16:04

Sex workers operate in many many 'nice' hotels. It happens a lot.

FoleyHuck · 13/04/2024 16:04

SilverBranchGoldenPears · 13/04/2024 15:50

I booked into a hotel with my DH for a night of fun- we had family over babysitting so it was an opportunity- picked a relatively expensive but definitely dodgy looking hotel in a seedy part of the city- next morning at breakfast there was family with a teen and a young child sat with them- all with a thousand yard stare.
i felt so bad for them. What were those parents thinking???

Anyway. YABU. DH is right they have to work somewhere and while I hate the sex industry is rather these women can work in a hotel which is clean and safe.

What? Why the stare? Why did you feel bad?

You've missed some info here. Were they in the next room and were you banging up against the connecting door all night? Did you ride him into the breakfast room? Did you both come down naked and smeared in sweat and other... fluids?

Otherwise what are you on about?

Marghogeth · 13/04/2024 16:03

'Fifty bucks, grandpa. For seventy-five the wife can watch.'

FoleyHuck · 13/04/2024 16:01

I used to work in a naice hotel and one Male guest dug a hole in one of the sofa seat cushions, filled it with shower gel and fucked it.

On balance everyone (housekeeping particularly) would rather he'd employed the services of a sex worker. The concierge could have pointed him in the right direction had he enquired.

It goes on OP. Everywhere and all the time. Although I'm intrigued as to how you were so certain based on the Woman's style of dress.

(As an aside, hotel day lets are common and booked for all sorts of reasons).

HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend · 13/04/2024 16:00

its a hotel, sex is going to come in all forms!

Wishitsnows · 13/04/2024 16:00

Op are you sure you are not just annoyed she got a better rate than you if she only had to pay 100

DojaPhat · 13/04/2024 15:59

This is a perfect example to use to teach your daughter the best life lesson: Minding your own business. So what to do with all your worry, concern and judgement?? Nothing. How do you move on in life having experienced this moment?? Nothing.

See, it's such a refreshing realisation when you understand that others in the world have their own lives which has absolutely nothing to do with yours.

NigelHarmansNewWife · 13/04/2024 15:59

The woman may have had a big night out and decided she needed sleep rather than to try and get home. In which case she may have already done a drunken walk of shame from wherever she had been and had the courage to walk up to the hotel reception. Sounds sensible.

Commonsenseisnotsocommon · 13/04/2024 15:59

Calm down pearl clutcher! Is she bothering you? No. She may be looking at you with her own thoughts...

GoodAfternoonGoodEveningAndGoodnight · 13/04/2024 15:57

She then exclaimed " well colour me happy, there's a sofa in here for two!" when the lift arrived.
Totally classless.

Babachew · 13/04/2024 15:57

Do you know what 5 star London hotels keep near reception?

Even Harrods has a basement full of sex toys.