Is That Code?
Mother, overreacting to her daughter having spilled some juice: Agh, you giraffe!!
Duluth, Edgewater Hotel
Overheard by Dare I wonder what she calls her other children?
Mother, overreacting to her daughter having spilled some juice: Agh, you giraffe!!
Duluth, Edgewater Hotel
Overheard by Dare I wonder what she calls her other children?
Man checking in to upscale hotel to female front desk attendant: Checking in under Jane Johnson, she had to go take a leak.
Front desk attendant: I don’t see a reservation under Johnson. Is there a different last name it could be under?
Man: No, we just made it online.
Front desk attendant: Do you have your confirmation number?
Man (vaguely): 5, 6, 9, dah dah dah dah dah…
Front desk attendant: You can use the computer in the business center to check the reservation if you’d like.
Man, a minute later after checking at business center: Check under Smith. John Smith.
Front desk attendant: Yes sir, we do have that reservation.
Man: I didn’t think it would be under my name.
The Westin Minneapolis
Overheard by Even when she asked if there was another last name it could have been under?
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Incredibly angry young woman: You wrote right here that my room number is 149! I walked all the way down the hall and back and you ain’t got no 149!
Incredibly patient front desk man: Ma’am, that’s your rate, your room number is right below your key.
Depot Minneapolis
Overheard by and when was the last time you went to a hotel?
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Girl #1: Whenever I drink, my kidney hurts the next day.
Girl #2: Um, maybe you shouldn’t drink so much.
In the Sheraton lobby during Convergence
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Young Lady #1: You know, there are a bunch of blind people staying in the hotel.
Young Lady #2: Yeah, well that explains why my TV had closed captions on it.
Lobby of the Four points Sheraton
Overheard by The boy your mom warned you about.
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Elderly woman looking for her cell phone: Did you put it on vibrate?
Woman’s husband: What do you want? The vibrator?
The Westin Hotel - Downtown
Overheard by a couple employees who thought we’d heard it all.
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Elderly woman entering wedding reception: I’ve found since I’ve gotten older I can hold my liquor better. So I’ll drive home.

WBL Country Inn
Overheard by Hope she wasn’t parked next to me.
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Teenaged girl discussing with her friends where to get alcohol for the night: We got a homeless person to buy us alcohol in Seattle. It’s not easy to do. I mean, they’ll do it, but it’s not easy to get them to to pay attention for long enough to tell them what to do.

Hyatt downtown
Overheard by fics.
Very “non-judgemental” person: Those religious people are the judgemental ones!

Holiday Inn Burnsville
Overheard by Pam.
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Several business men sitting at a hotel banquet breakfast.
Businessman #1: I need to go home and work on my marriage.
Businessman #2: I stay at work to work on my marriage!

hotel, downtown St. Paul
Overheard by banquet server.
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