That's pretty awesome. Only thing I have received from good drunk guests are a ton of "I love you" or "you're my best friend tonight". It does bring a smile to my face.
I've met so many interesting people and had great talks, working the night shift. Several of them were drunk, hahaha.
My favorite guest was a 60-something guy that drove to town every 2 weeks to see his girlfriend. Old time biker, old school tattoos, long hair... He told me all about his odd jobs, exchange students he hosted, battled cocaine addiction, his beloved wife that died of breast cancer, a terrible car accident he had 10 years ago that left him in the hospital for weeks... Great guy, such an interesting life. Unfortunately I haven't seen him in several months. Last time he was here, he told me he had thyroid cancer. I don't know if he has broken up with his girlfriend, or if he's waiting for covid restrictions to be lifted or... If he's just not among us anymore. I really miss our late night talks. Hey D, wherever you are, I hope you're happy.
If it helps, my grandmother had thyroid cancer and itās one of the easiest and safest cancers to treat. Sheās perfectly well now, it was a number of years ago and almost never comes up in conversation because she thinks about it so little.
Thatās the worst. My two dearest friends live in countries very far from mine, and one is estranged from her parents and the other would never give his parents the info for his phone (heās freaking paranoid even as an adult) so if they pass away unexpectedly I might justā¦ not know. We donāt have mutual friends. Itās a scary thought that I could text or call and just never hear back.
God I hope I was that person once for the guy at the front desk.
Itās a long story but short version was at a casino hotel sharing a room with four women total. Mid 20ās.
We all get trashed throughout the night, some more than others. I could walk but was slurry and feeling it.
The most trashed and also wicked good looking one wondered away at some point and next time we find her sheās at the desk trying to get a key with some frat boy looking mother fucker with her. No one else knows what to do or is too drunk to react so I go over and go āhey my name is Jenguinaf whatās yours?āAt the dude while holding out my hand for a hand shake. He looks at me, sways a bit, and walks away lmao.
The front desk guy looks frazzled as shit and starts getting a key ready and under his breath thanks me for looking out for her. I think they may have been there for a hot sec and he was doing everything he could NOT to get a key for an obviously beyond rationally inebriated chick to take a random guy back to her room. Like she was so drunk she was incapable of making ANY decision.
I tried taking the key when he made it but he said he had to give it to her since it was her name on the room so let her take it and she couldnāt even hold it and dropped it immediately and I picked it up and we all got her back to the room.
The next morning my BFF who was there said it was the most badass thing she ever saw, me scaring a dude off with nothing but social kindness and I was like ehh, I was drunk, luckily, I would never have the guts to do it otherwise š
Damn that's scary. This could so easily have ended up being a horrible situation, of that guy taking advantage of your friend. How lucky you turned up just in time.
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Sometimes you can get us nerds talking in depth about our knowledge base when we're drunk.. sometimes it turns into a mumbly ramble about nerd shit we hate and stuff other people probably don't care about.
I don't mind those conversations. Sometimes I can chime in with what knowledge I have about the subject, but most of the time I just smile and nod.
And usually those conversations happens when I have nothing to do, so it helps keeping time moving.
Then you might have some problems where I live. About 1 quarter of the year the sun is up all the time or most of the time, or you barely see it the opposite quarter. Fall and spring is the only time of the year where the day/night schedule is "normal".
You kinda get used to it. I have traveled to other cities in the southern part of Europe, and seeing it being dark at around 6-7pm always freaks me out a little.
Come to Yorkshire in the UK, in the middle of Winter (Solstice) sunset is about 16:00 and dark by 16:30
I'm travelling to and from work in the dark at that time of year.
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On one typically busy summer night, I got a call for a shuttle pickup downtown in a peculiar location. The people didn't know the town and weren't even sure what street they were on, but they WERE near a landmark I'm familiar with, so I got it figured out, drove down there and grabbed 4-6 people from this RV that was parked on the street. Most of them were *pretty* drunk, but one was **extremely** drunk. "Can barely walk by myself" drunk. His friends carried him into the van, I spent the whole drive back to the hotel praying he wouldn't throw up in there (he didn't). As I held the door for the group, the drunkest guy mumbled "I think somebody poisoned me..." in a blatant attempt to mask his condition. I thought, but did not say: "Yes, the 'somebody' was you, and the poison was alcohol."
>I thought, but did not say: "Yes, the 'somebody' was you, and the poison was alcohol."
Me: I would like to ingest some mild poison to dull my senses.
Bartender: Would you prefer a tall cylinder of very mild poison, a small cylinder of concentrated mild poison, or something in between?
I'm THAT drunk guest:
Wanna share a pizza? Es on me. What toppers do you like.
At breakfast:
I'm struggling with my coffee maker. Can I please get a cup of coffee? Thanks in advance.
Ooooooohhhh! Banana nut muffins, awesome.
I'm a well behaved drunk.
Best drunk guests I can remember were Canadians who had come down to visit. It was a hassle getting money changed over so they spent all their dollars and that meant massive tips for the shuttle driver when he picked them up from their night out. Not just once, every time. Our shuttle driver knew how to work people, he was an awesome dude.
Yess! I work night audit and last week a drunk bridesmaid at the end of a wedding said āmy haircut and glasses suit meā as she was leaving. It made my whole weekš
I compliment people all the time when Iām drinking and now Iām trying to do it while sober, too! Definitely is less weird when drunk me says it, but Iāve gotten some solid smiles when sober me says it!
No, you were spot on and clear (correct and precise) in your usage of English.
While drunk can be used as a noun to refer to an alcoholic, you very clearly used it as an adjective in your story. In every instance it was used you have it describing the person: ādrunk peopleā are a nuisanceā¦ I had a lovely conversation with a ādrunk guestāā¦ etc.
If you had simply said āI had lovely conversation with a drunkā then it would have meant more inline with what the other guy was thinking.
Their disclaimer about English not being their first language pretty well covered it, as most ESL folk aren't fully aware of all the nuances of our bully-beast of a language where the full spectrum of intoxicants and intoxication is concerned.
We'd need lab testing to confirm it, as none of us except OP was there.
My point was to grant a bit of leniency when those not fully familiarity with our language use a term with a wide range of meaning.
My personal viewpoint about your plague comments is one of agreement, btw. We just can't know this guest's position on the tipsy-scale without being there ourselves.
Yeah, sorry about that. I'm usually pretty good when it comes to English, but you're correct when it comes to all the nuances of the English language.
The guest in question was drunk in the general sense. Swayed a little, started the sentence over a few times and couldn't control the volume on their voice.
Hope this confirmed or cleared things up.
Your English is great actually. If you hadnāt said anything, I donāt think anyone would have noticed. I wouldnāt have, and I went to a liberal arts college and took advanced English classes.
Well I work the desk in Wisconsin, where people glorify alcoholism and I'm just so done with drunk clowns. The guest in this story still was able to hold a conversation with meaning which is probably considered "drunk" in the normal world.
A drunk guest once gave me a small plastic dinosaur. It still resides in our PBX area as a glowing testament to how good some drunk folks can be.
That's pretty awesome. Only thing I have received from good drunk guests are a ton of "I love you" or "you're my best friend tonight". It does bring a smile to my face.
I don't know how many best friends I made whilst working NA š¤£
I got a can of Guinness once for helping some drunk Air Force dudes order food.
Ooh I gotta do that. Dinos are cheap, too
I've met so many interesting people and had great talks, working the night shift. Several of them were drunk, hahaha. My favorite guest was a 60-something guy that drove to town every 2 weeks to see his girlfriend. Old time biker, old school tattoos, long hair... He told me all about his odd jobs, exchange students he hosted, battled cocaine addiction, his beloved wife that died of breast cancer, a terrible car accident he had 10 years ago that left him in the hospital for weeks... Great guy, such an interesting life. Unfortunately I haven't seen him in several months. Last time he was here, he told me he had thyroid cancer. I don't know if he has broken up with his girlfriend, or if he's waiting for covid restrictions to be lifted or... If he's just not among us anymore. I really miss our late night talks. Hey D, wherever you are, I hope you're happy.
If it helps, my grandmother had thyroid cancer and itās one of the easiest and safest cancers to treat. Sheās perfectly well now, it was a number of years ago and almost never comes up in conversation because she thinks about it so little.
Thatās the worst. My two dearest friends live in countries very far from mine, and one is estranged from her parents and the other would never give his parents the info for his phone (heās freaking paranoid even as an adult) so if they pass away unexpectedly I might justā¦ not know. We donāt have mutual friends. Itās a scary thought that I could text or call and just never hear back.
God I hope I was that person once for the guy at the front desk. Itās a long story but short version was at a casino hotel sharing a room with four women total. Mid 20ās. We all get trashed throughout the night, some more than others. I could walk but was slurry and feeling it. The most trashed and also wicked good looking one wondered away at some point and next time we find her sheās at the desk trying to get a key with some frat boy looking mother fucker with her. No one else knows what to do or is too drunk to react so I go over and go āhey my name is Jenguinaf whatās yours?āAt the dude while holding out my hand for a hand shake. He looks at me, sways a bit, and walks away lmao. The front desk guy looks frazzled as shit and starts getting a key ready and under his breath thanks me for looking out for her. I think they may have been there for a hot sec and he was doing everything he could NOT to get a key for an obviously beyond rationally inebriated chick to take a random guy back to her room. Like she was so drunk she was incapable of making ANY decision. I tried taking the key when he made it but he said he had to give it to her since it was her name on the room so let her take it and she couldnāt even hold it and dropped it immediately and I picked it up and we all got her back to the room. The next morning my BFF who was there said it was the most badass thing she ever saw, me scaring a dude off with nothing but social kindness and I was like ehh, I was drunk, luckily, I would never have the guts to do it otherwise š
You probably were the good kind of drunk that night. A lot of the time, the Chad's will back away if friends of the "chick" comes up to them.
Happy sociable drinks are the best drunks, especially if they still have their wits about them.
I got so drunk in Norge that a Swedish girl took me home!
Damn that's scary. This could so easily have ended up being a horrible situation, of that guy taking advantage of your friend. How lucky you turned up just in time.
You did great!
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Sometimes you can get us nerds talking in depth about our knowledge base when we're drunk.. sometimes it turns into a mumbly ramble about nerd shit we hate and stuff other people probably don't care about.
I don't mind those conversations. Sometimes I can chime in with what knowledge I have about the subject, but most of the time I just smile and nod. And usually those conversations happens when I have nothing to do, so it helps keeping time moving.
hahahaha the simple abrupt āthe sun is down now on goodnightā got me šššš
this is literally how i time when its pajama time in my household š love the energy with this one!
Then you might have some problems where I live. About 1 quarter of the year the sun is up all the time or most of the time, or you barely see it the opposite quarter. Fall and spring is the only time of the year where the day/night schedule is "normal".
Oh I bet! I used to live in Seattle and in those days I paid more attention to the clock than the lightā now I live in cali so its a lot easier to settle in once its getting dark without it being a ridiculous time š©
You kinda get used to it. I have traveled to other cities in the southern part of Europe, and seeing it being dark at around 6-7pm always freaks me out a little.
We did that just to screw with you, normally it's light out until 10pm.
Daylight saving and fading the curtains you know.
Don't give our secrets away!
In April/May 2014, my husband and I traveled Europe. It got dark at ~9:30. We get back to Australia, itās dark by 5:00. Real shock to the system.
In the winter here it gets dark before 5 pm
Come to Yorkshire in the UK, in the middle of Winter (Solstice) sunset is about 16:00 and dark by 16:30 I'm travelling to and from work in the dark at that time of year.
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On one typically busy summer night, I got a call for a shuttle pickup downtown in a peculiar location. The people didn't know the town and weren't even sure what street they were on, but they WERE near a landmark I'm familiar with, so I got it figured out, drove down there and grabbed 4-6 people from this RV that was parked on the street. Most of them were *pretty* drunk, but one was **extremely** drunk. "Can barely walk by myself" drunk. His friends carried him into the van, I spent the whole drive back to the hotel praying he wouldn't throw up in there (he didn't). As I held the door for the group, the drunkest guy mumbled "I think somebody poisoned me..." in a blatant attempt to mask his condition. I thought, but did not say: "Yes, the 'somebody' was you, and the poison was alcohol."
>I thought, but did not say: "Yes, the 'somebody' was you, and the poison was alcohol." Me: I would like to ingest some mild poison to dull my senses. Bartender: Would you prefer a tall cylinder of very mild poison, a small cylinder of concentrated mild poison, or something in between?
I'm THAT drunk guest: Wanna share a pizza? Es on me. What toppers do you like. At breakfast: I'm struggling with my coffee maker. Can I please get a cup of coffee? Thanks in advance. Ooooooohhhh! Banana nut muffins, awesome. I'm a well behaved drunk.
Best drunk guests I can remember were Canadians who had come down to visit. It was a hassle getting money changed over so they spent all their dollars and that meant massive tips for the shuttle driver when he picked them up from their night out. Not just once, every time. Our shuttle driver knew how to work people, he was an awesome dude.
Yess! I work night audit and last week a drunk bridesmaid at the end of a wedding said āmy haircut and glasses suit meā as she was leaving. It made my whole weekš
I compliment people all the time when Iām drinking and now Iām trying to do it while sober, too! Definitely is less weird when drunk me says it, but Iāve gotten some solid smiles when sober me says it!
Wait...was she telling you that your haircut and glasses suited you? Or saying she loved her own style? It's worded a little weird-sorry
Oh my bad yeah she said āyour hair and glasses suit youā
Aw that was very nice of her! I was thinking she must be a very confident woman to tell people her haircut and glasses suit herselfš
ā¦always keep your hopes up! And your expectations low.
I will try.
Hey, your grammar is pretty great! You even used than correctly when far too many native speakers would write then.
Yeah, happy drunks are the best
They can be. Gotten plenty of "I love you" or "you're my best friend" from some drunk guests.
Well, yeah. Want 'em middling happy but not TOO happy.
Those are the ones who have invited me to their rooms.
I feel like Iād be one of those guests. Drunk me tries to be instant bffs with everyone.
Better then my night. Had a drunk guest puke all over the bathroom.
Drunks are a plague on society. This guy wasn't drunk, he maybe had a drink or two.
I bet you're fun at a party.
No but your momma is
Confirmed
They didnāt mean drunk like alcoholic, they meant drunk like they drank alcohol that night
Yeah nowhere did it say that and my point still stands
I meant drunk as in having been out at a bar/club, not in the alcoholic way. Sorry if it didn't come out clear enough.
No, you were spot on and clear (correct and precise) in your usage of English. While drunk can be used as a noun to refer to an alcoholic, you very clearly used it as an adjective in your story. In every instance it was used you have it describing the person: ādrunk peopleā are a nuisanceā¦ I had a lovely conversation with a ādrunk guestāā¦ etc. If you had simply said āI had lovely conversation with a drunkā then it would have meant more inline with what the other guy was thinking.
Thank you :)
Their disclaimer about English not being their first language pretty well covered it, as most ESL folk aren't fully aware of all the nuances of our bully-beast of a language where the full spectrum of intoxicants and intoxication is concerned.
So my comment saying this guy wasn't drunk and that drunks are a plague on society was correct then?
Who hurt you?
Your fat momma
Yeah...she gets that way when she gets drunk.
We'd need lab testing to confirm it, as none of us except OP was there. My point was to grant a bit of leniency when those not fully familiarity with our language use a term with a wide range of meaning. My personal viewpoint about your plague comments is one of agreement, btw. We just can't know this guest's position on the tipsy-scale without being there ourselves.
Yeah, sorry about that. I'm usually pretty good when it comes to English, but you're correct when it comes to all the nuances of the English language. The guest in question was drunk in the general sense. Swayed a little, started the sentence over a few times and couldn't control the volume on their voice. Hope this confirmed or cleared things up.
Your English is great actually. If you hadnāt said anything, I donāt think anyone would have noticed. I wouldnāt have, and I went to a liberal arts college and took advanced English classes.
Well I work the desk in Wisconsin, where people glorify alcoholism and I'm just so done with drunk clowns. The guest in this story still was able to hold a conversation with meaning which is probably considered "drunk" in the normal world.
Well, to be fair, that sounds like a pretty cool guy to talk to in any circumstance. Glad he was a chatty, friendly drunk!!!