Journals of a Hotel Manager

It is not unusual for us at luxury hotels to host the head of a state. All employees must submit their social security number and go through thorough background checks. Floors were blocked off to accommodate just a few guests. The other rooms were kept empty by providing a protective layer above and below the room that was intended for the VIP. SWAT team and bomb squad were stationed at the hotel weeks prior to the arrival. Secret service dudes with their government issued black suit and earpieces paraded the area. Helicopters hovered above just to make sure no one was planting anything suspicious on the roof. And kids were getting arrested.

Come again?

The prelude to the big arrival was to have two children, 10 and 12, arrested. They were excited to see so many choppers circling around our property and pointed laser pens at the pilots. The pilots took the laser beams as laser guns and called in more choppers. The kids went wild as up to 5 choppers now circled their window. The SWAT and local police were notified. A couple of rooms were quickly isolated from the pilot’s observation and doors were banged down only to reveal two giggling boys playing laser pens by the window. Their father was on business in the city and the mother was later found out to be in the spa. There was no joking with the SWAT and the two boys were handcuffed and brought down to the police station.

This state visit certainly did not start well with us.