Prostitute checked into our hotel!

[GrumpyL]

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?

Why are you so confident she was a prostitute?

How do you know she’s a prostitute? Not being goady about it, just intrigued how you knew!

YABU. it probably happens at most hotels most nights. It’s not like they’re “working” in the reception. Hope you’re not finding the rest of London as shocking 😂

How do you know it was £100? How do you know she was a prostitute?

How do you know she was a prostitute? Was she wearing a badge?

It's quite common for rooms to be rented during the day for various reasons - sleeping between flights, for example.

YANBU

She shouldn't be there!! Families too! She should go somewhere secluded and risk being murdered so you don't feel uncomfortable

🙃

Oh give over ffs 🙄You didn't KNOW any of these things. At all. And what's the 'family friendly' got to do with anything? Was she selling her goods to them at half price for under 10s?

Also prostitution related or not that hotel room will be covered in jizz regardless.

You never know what goes on behind closed doors!

unless they are doing it in the middle of reception then how does it impact on you?

I’m intrigued too. How did you know?

*sex worker

and would you prefer she worked on the street?

all of this is an assumption made on the snap shot of a situation. Let it go and enjoy your weekend, the weather’s lovely.

A lot of assuming going on here and you know what they say, when you assume you make an ass out of u and me!

YABU so much so it's ridiculous.

Firstly, check in early if there is a room available.
Secondly, £100 per night may be the walk in rate for a cheapest room type.
Third, you have proof she was a prostitute?
No one on the front desk would ever ask a person for such information.

People stay in hotels for all kinds of reasons.

I think she should probably switch off her flashing neon sign attached to her head next time, then she won't be so obviously a prostitute and you can go about your business happily.

Of all the little details here the one that made me laugh most was “£100 in cash”. Like a little kid’s idea of a lot of money. 5 notes. Barely a night in the pub these days.

Rooms by hour are very common. There's a hotel in Bradford, close to where I work, that proudly advertises their hourly rate. So YABU to be shocked.

Also instead of worrying about sex work offending your sensibilities maybe you could re position your lens to hope she's safe and uses this hotel because there an element of trust in the staff? Better than the SW having a pimp monitoring yet every move and getting into cars.

Was she dressed like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman? And not wearing panty hose?

Please explain how she was 'very obviously a prostitute'.
Unless she had a red light bulb hanging above her head and was wearing a sandwich board showing her offerings and prices, I find it hard to understand what made it so obvious.

Where did you think prostitutes worked ? I mean a fancy pants hotel is probably "safer" for her. I'm not trying to be all knowing but I don't think it's something I'd worry about or feel unsafe.

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

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.

Never mind, misread something

But you still don't know she's a sex worker

Irrelevant, but you just reminded me of when I was accused of bring a prostitute in a posh hotel. I wasn't by the way, and wasn't even dressed like one, but we'd been on a night out and my friend had gone to bed earlier than me and locked me out of our room after taking the only key. 🤣
I think you are being ott by the way.

Omg the horror of it all!

<Clutching my pearls>