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No... it could be false positives, it could also be that almost no one (~1%) of smokers were caught before and this is actually a miracle technology that detect
by gpm 1y ago
No... it could be false positives, it could also be that almost no one (~1%) of smokers were caught before and this is actually a miracle technology that detects smoking.
Frankly it tracks that almost no one was caught before.
- vkou 1y agoThe hotels don't ever catch people in the act, they just let housekeeping report that the room smells like smoke and they take the fine out of your deposit. That's why they demand a deposit (or a card), by the way.
- SoftTalker 1y agoLeave a $20 for the housekeeper and you won't get reported.
- cowsandmilk 1y agoWhy wouldn’t they report you? It isn’t like you know who your housekeeper is or that they have any reason to believe you’ll be a repeat guest that will continue to tip them.
- vkou 1y agoThey'll happily take the $20 and then report you, because it's their job on the line when the next guest complains that the room smells like shit. There's no way to conceal cigarette smoke indoors. It's painfully obvious that a room's been smoked in. Vapes are way lower-key, and as a non-smoker/vaper/etc, unlike cigarettes, someone vaping in a space really doesn't bother me.
- const_cast 1y ago> Frankly it tracks that almost no one was caught before. How? How does this track? Cigarette smoking is very conspicuous. I know, I used to smoke. It's not easy to hide! If you smoke inside, it will smell like smoke. Fabric and even plaster in walls will hold onto smoke for a long time. Not to mention the smoke smell goes under doors, too, so someone outside the room could smell it. If someone smokes in a room and you walk in any time in the next 12 hours, you will be able to tell. That means the cleaning staff should be able to detect smoke very well. Keep in mind, this is assuming you don't set off the smoke alarms, which is ALSO very easy to do in a hotel room because the ceilings are very low! The only way around this is smoking outside, like on a balcony. Which, I'm sure, is against the rules too - but it doesn't harm anyone if you can't even detect it, so I'm not sure it's a problem.
- aerostable_slug 1y agoThey might be trying to indirectly generate revenue from legal marijuana. Places like Vegas have a huge amount of recreational sales to tourists. They're clearly smoking the product somewhere, and it's not on the casino floor. One might bet they are engaging in some amount of activity with the potential to generate revenue for the hotel.
- dreamcompiler 1y agoThis. I've noticed a lot more smoke smell in hotel rooms in the last five years but it's always cannabis -- not tobacco -- in states that have legalized it for purchase but still disallow its use in public spaces.
- gpm 1y agoEh, just because most people don't report most rule violations... And on the flip side most organizations don't really encourage their employees to report rule violations. Hotel cleaning staff could be an exception, I don't know, it would strike me as a mildly but not hugely surprising one.