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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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greyonwhitesky · 13/04/2024 15:32

If she was checking in at that time it’s because the hotel rents out day use room for people who want to meet to have sex.

If you don’t like this, you need to make sure your hotel does not offer day use. Though all those people wil be using their room whilst you are out.

bengalcat · 13/04/2024 15:31

thanks for making me smile - who knows or cares what was going on , check in times can vary as one can request an early one , she couldv’e been dolled up / handing over cash for any number of reasons - yes you’re a prude enjoy your weekend as it’s a nice sunny one in London

EvenStillIWantTo · 13/04/2024 15:31

My friend sometimes books a hotel room for a lunchtime shag with her partner. Maybe it was her!

Andnowshesatoddler · 13/04/2024 15:31

Wtf?!!
Sometimes people might like to dress differently?
And are you telling me.... People have sex?! In a MORNING.
BRB just off to clutch my pearls at the thought of it.

NearJohnLewis · 13/04/2024 15:30

She may well have been a prostitute. But does it really matter who is having sex in the rooms I guess? There are all sorts of ‘respectable’ people doing dodgy things in hotel rooms. Try and let it go. She may have an extremely wealthy politician in there. Does that make it better?

MississippiAF · 13/04/2024 15:30

needsomewarmsunshine · 13/04/2024 15:21

I'm also interested to know what marked her out as a prostitute.

She said - fifty bucks grandpa, for seventy-five, the wife can watch.

And breathed all over the glass counter.

Frazzledmummy123 · 13/04/2024 15:30

There are lots of reasons she might be hiring a room for the day. She might have just wanted to work or sleep in peace because she gets no peace at home, or meeting someone for an intimate 'date'.

I highly doubt a prostitute would choose a 4 star family friendly hotel to do their business anyway. Even if you are right, unless there were loud sex moaning from next door to a young family (which can sometimes happen anyway with there not being a sex worker next door), I wouldn't bother.

wizzywig · 13/04/2024 15:30

I'm still laughing at plasterers radio

ASighMadeOfStone · 13/04/2024 15:30

@GrumpyL
A) Vivienne in Pretty Woman
B) Cynthia Payne
C) a 14 year old trafficked child.

Which one did she look like?

And how come you and your husband have the experience to know that she was one?

HelloMiss · 13/04/2024 15:29

Finlesswonder · 13/04/2024 15:24

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

They are called 'sex workers' these days.....not prostitutes....maybe it's you who is quite sheltered using such an old fashioned term?

fieldsofbutterflies · 13/04/2024 15:29

NeedToChangeName · 13/04/2024 15:28

MN is unpredictable. Another day, responses would agree with OP

I judge the customers more than the sex worker. And I wouldn't want to stay in a hotel that supports sex work

Then you probably shouldn't stay in any of them - because it happens everywhere.

NigelHarmansNewWife · 13/04/2024 15:28

£100 sounds like the early check in fee for some hotels. Whatever this woman looked like it's not a given she was a sex worker by a long chalk.

fieldsofbutterflies · 13/04/2024 15:28

OP should watch Hotel Babylon if she wants to be truly shocked Grin

It was based on true stories.

NeedToChangeName · 13/04/2024 15:28

MN is unpredictable. Another day, responses would agree with OP

I judge the customers more than the sex worker. And I wouldn't want to stay in a hotel that supports sex work

Littlebitpsycho · 13/04/2024 15:27

Poppyseed14 · 13/04/2024 15:27

Did she have a face like a plasterer's radio OP? 😳

@Poppyseed14 🤣🤣🤣🤣

TokyoSushi · 13/04/2024 15:27

Gosh OP, you're very sheltered! 😄

I used to be a front desk manager at various 5* hotels, I know 5 star and it happens ALL.THE.TIME

Poppyseed14 · 13/04/2024 15:27

Did she have a face like a plasterer's radio OP? 😳

TotalDramarama24 · 13/04/2024 15:26

You must lead a very sheltered life if you think that prostitutes in London dress in a stereotypical way or wear some sort of uniform that makes their profession immediately obvious to bystanders.

More likely that she was re-enacting Pretty Woman with her long term partner to spice up her relationship on their Easter break.

TheHappyBear · 13/04/2024 15:25

I don't mind the noise, except when her head starts banging against the wall.

fieldsofbutterflies · 13/04/2024 15:25

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.

Not daytime sex 😱

DirtyDensDog · 13/04/2024 15:25

What did you say on Tripadvisor?

BodyKeepingScore · 13/04/2024 15:25

How do you know she was a prostitute? And even if she was how is that any different than the people in other rooms potentially having sex?

AGodawfulsmallaffair · 13/04/2024 15:25

You have no idea why she was booking in. This is the most judgemental shit I’ve seen here, and that’s saying something. Shame on you, whether she was a sex worker or not. Don’t you know the word prostitute is horrible?

EveryoneJapan · 13/04/2024 15:25

Geebray · 13/04/2024 15:24

Are you saying that people have sex in hotels? Oh my god!!!!

I once let a man kiss me on the face in a hotel room. He also consensually touched my knee over breakfast.

Boomer55 · 13/04/2024 15:25

My ex worked as a London taxi driver. He took many higher class “workers” to the best of the hotels.

Hotel class is no indicator.🙄