people who work there give you a look like, hmm dude no matter what you wear, we know who you are. Been going to the place on gerrard and I saw a worker there whom I remember and thinks he remembers me too. I guess it's my fault since I go there at odd late times or early mornings when I sit in the lobby looking at my phone. I always try not act conspicuously but it seems like the more you blend in you stick out like a sore thumb. I avoid condos since I had a bad experience one time of getting lost and security came to ask me what I was doing and told him I was trying to find my friend and ask who and I froze cause the sp was named candy, it was horrible. Are there sp that work from their home or is it just mainly hotels?
So I've been to the hotel a few times, it gets odd when..
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I never issues with a hotel. What are you doing spending time in the lobby? Shouldn't do that. Call the SP from your car or anywhere outside the hotel, then walk straight through the lobby to the elevators. In larger lobbies no one know you're even there. Is this a small, boutique type motel where one person passes by the front desk every hour or so, lol, then yes you'll be remembered if you do this frequently. In smaller motels, the lady can usually go down a stairwell and open a rear door. Don't know your set up but I've never had any issues.
How can you get lost in a condo building? lol
How can you get lost in a condo building? lol
for some strange reason the sp I've been contacting ask me to wait in lobby before I get the room number and the condo thing was the sp giving me address that didn't match it was like two condo buildings and I had to go to both to check the numbers and out pop security when I was looking numbers on the building. it was a weird moment.
sounds like a stingfor some strange reason the sp I've been contacting ask me to wait in lobby before I get the room number and the condo thing was the sp giving me address that didn't match it was like two condo buildings and I had to go to both to check the numbers and out pop security when I was looking numbers on the building. it was a weird moment.
Hanging out in the lobby is just asking for trouble. On Gerrard there are about half a dozen bars all within 2 minute walk that you can hang out in and have a drink. No need to draw unwarranted attention to yourself or 'friend'
It all depends how SP friendly the place is...
Back in the EE heyday, I was visiting one of the smaller motel/hotel in the NW end of the city almost weekly (ahh, memories). The guy running the place became quite friendly, and would often give me preferential treatment or the better of the rooms that were available. Some SP's working smaller hotels I have spoken to are considered preferential clients by the hotel due to the steady business they provide to the place and are apparently treated very well by the staff. One even told me that hotel staff would send her a complimentary fruit basket or room service.
Other hotels, particularly the larger ones, seem to discourage the hobby, and are quite hostile about it. As I recall there was a lot of hassles being discussed about the Chelsea (I think?) a while back where guys were denied entry unless the lady came down to meet him. No way to possibly be discreet in that situation.
Regarding condos, what I don't understand is why some of the popular agencies that happen to be advertisers on this board (hello: Toronto's Finest) would choose a building that requires "guests" to sign in and out at the security desk and give a vehicle licence plate number. I was at one such place recently, and the clip board list had a full page of guests with short visit times to a few select suites. Would not be too hard for the security guard to figure out what was going on there.
What was worse, one time when I was leaving their place, there was a LE officer standing at the desk, chatting with the security guy! No fucking way was I going up to the desk to sign-out after an hour visit that time, and fortunately the desk guy did not notice me. Given the history of the municipal region this location was in, I was especially concerned.
I also wonder if condo security has the right to ask for ID like they do when you book yourself into a hotel or motel? I was asked once to show ID by condo security, and I had to flash my driver's licence, but nothing was recorded, sort of like when getting into a bar. I figured I had no choice since it could be considered suspicious if I did not comply, or suddenly decided to leave, so I played it cool and did as asked. Never went back there again.
If I can, i always park off-site at a condo so they have no reason to ask for my plate number, and if they ask me to sign in, I rarely will ever go back to that location. Oh, and to the OP: do everything you can to avoid calling or hanging around the lobby of any type of place...call from a remote location and walk straight in with the access info as if you own the place.
Back in the EE heyday, I was visiting one of the smaller motel/hotel in the NW end of the city almost weekly (ahh, memories). The guy running the place became quite friendly, and would often give me preferential treatment or the better of the rooms that were available. Some SP's working smaller hotels I have spoken to are considered preferential clients by the hotel due to the steady business they provide to the place and are apparently treated very well by the staff. One even told me that hotel staff would send her a complimentary fruit basket or room service.
Other hotels, particularly the larger ones, seem to discourage the hobby, and are quite hostile about it. As I recall there was a lot of hassles being discussed about the Chelsea (I think?) a while back where guys were denied entry unless the lady came down to meet him. No way to possibly be discreet in that situation.
Regarding condos, what I don't understand is why some of the popular agencies that happen to be advertisers on this board (hello: Toronto's Finest) would choose a building that requires "guests" to sign in and out at the security desk and give a vehicle licence plate number. I was at one such place recently, and the clip board list had a full page of guests with short visit times to a few select suites. Would not be too hard for the security guard to figure out what was going on there.
What was worse, one time when I was leaving their place, there was a LE officer standing at the desk, chatting with the security guy! No fucking way was I going up to the desk to sign-out after an hour visit that time, and fortunately the desk guy did not notice me. Given the history of the municipal region this location was in, I was especially concerned.
I also wonder if condo security has the right to ask for ID like they do when you book yourself into a hotel or motel? I was asked once to show ID by condo security, and I had to flash my driver's licence, but nothing was recorded, sort of like when getting into a bar. I figured I had no choice since it could be considered suspicious if I did not comply, or suddenly decided to leave, so I played it cool and did as asked. Never went back there again.
If I can, i always park off-site at a condo so they have no reason to ask for my plate number, and if they ask me to sign in, I rarely will ever go back to that location. Oh, and to the OP: do everything you can to avoid calling or hanging around the lobby of any type of place...call from a remote location and walk straight in with the access info as if you own the place.
