MINI toiletries, all-you-can-eat breakfast buffets and someone to make your bed means hotel stays are the stuff dreams are made of, unless you work there of course.
Hotel staff have been sharing their creepiest experiences of working in the industry, and the tales are truly horrifying, according to The Sun.
From a room service waitress busting a masturbating guest to a group of friendly swingers, the stories shared on the online forum Reddit range from crude to deeply disturbing.
Read on to see some of the best — and by the end you’ll have an added respect for hotel staff on your next holiday.
A FRIENDLY SWINGER
A user called TheFlyingTosher said: “When I delivered a late arriving bag to a suite, the door opens and the stench of sweat/must wafts out.
“I take one step inside and just off to the right in the main parlour is seven or eight men and women, naked and sweaty, all probably between 50-70 years old.
“The woman thanks me and asks ‘How would you like your tip?’”
THE SNEAKY GRANNY
A user called NicCagelovr said: “I work front desk at a hotel and there is a 75-year-old creepy lady who comes to the hotel about once a month.
“She sneaks in the side doors then will try to sneak into rooms/force her way into rooms.”
THE DEAD TRUCKER
A user called XKappinKaosX said: “I had a company call me around 10am and ask whether or not their truck driver had checked out or not.
“I went to his room, knocked on his door. No response, so ran back to the lobby to retrieve a tool to release the swing latch.
“Upon unlocking the door. I immediately recognised a lifeless, white and blue body face down on the bed.”
THE MASTURBATING HOTEL GUEST
A user called SatanMakesABlogPost said: “One day I was doing room service and got called up to deliver a pasta dinner for two.
“The guy yelled ‘ya come in’ and I used the master key to open the door.
“Once I walked in a saw the very large, very naked guy sitting on the end of the bed j***ing off and just staring at me.
“I had to walk over to him, hand him my pen, and get him to sign the receipt before I [got] the hell out of there.”
THE GUEST WITH TWO ROOMS
A user called Zpeitz said: “We had one particular guest who had two rooms at our hotel — one was smoking and one was non-smoking.
He would sleep in the non-smoking room and it was immaculate the entire time he stayed here.
“The smoking room was trashed. garbage everywhere and piles and piles of papers.
“When he finally checked out we found about eight different irons in the smoking room with all of the hangers missing.”
THE GUEST WHO LOVED BAKED GOODS
A user called AvoidableBoat67 said: “We had a guest we ended up calling ‘Pie Guy’ — he would come into the hotel without a reservation, pay in cash + the $100 cash deposit and the next day we would find his bathroom and bathtub full of the remains of several expensive pies.
“The pie was not confined to the bathtub exclusively, it was all over the bathroom — walls, floor, towels….
“We added his name to our ‘do not rent’ list but he kept coming back and using different names.
“One time we found a torn up list in his room with the words ‘pie’ and ‘pants’ scribbled over and over again.”
THE GUEST WHO USED THE STAFF ROOM AS A BATHROOM
A user called Cosmicdustbunnies said: “Last night I caught a guest in our staffroom using one of our coffee mugs to soak his dentures in.”
THE LONELY TRAVELLER
A user called Jaketh said: “I work at a hotel bar, every few months or so a lady who gets on coach tours by herself will arrive.
“She will sit alone in the bar and set up a series of soft toys across from her and spend the evening just talking to them.”
This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission.