Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sat, 22 Jun 91 22:28:57 CST From: Jack Winslade Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Never Sleep in Room 411 Reply-To: ivgate!drbbs!jsw@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: Organization: DRBBS Technical BBS, Omaha Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 483, Message 2 of 11 Lines: 41 In a message of <21 Jun 91 15:17:00>, Terry J. Wood writes: > On a recent vacation, I made the mistake of getting room 411 in a hotel. > I also made the mistake of being the one to sleep next to the telephone. > Around 3 AM the phone rings: { anecdote deleted } A year ago, perhaps as long as two, I recalled my experience working in a hotel in the 1970's and the ordeal of removing room 411 and renumbering the odd rooms of the '400' building ... 409 413 415 ... etc. for just this reason. If I remember correctly, my article was poo-poo'ed (I will not say by whom ). I forget the exact rebuttal, but it was along the line that what I had recalled was very unlikely to happen in the real world. I am glad to see that someone else confirmed this. The problem of room 411 has been known to hotel managers for several decades. I am surprised the problem still exists, since I am sure the manager of the hotel in which you stayed has received many complaints. As an aside for those wondering, yes, we had a room 611, but no complaints that I know of. No, we did not have a room 911, our highest was 858 or something like that. Dialing 9 gave the usual off-property CO dial tone. Good Day! JSW [Moderator's Note: Some hotels get around this problem by requiring a digit *before* the room number. One here in Chicago says dial 9 for local calls, dial 8 for long distance calls, dial 7 followed by the three or four digit room number (if first digit after the seven is 3 or greater then expect two more digits and if first digit after the seven is 1 or 2 then expect three more digits), and dial 1 through 6 for special functions such as room service, front desk, valet, etc. Dial 0 for emergencies, do not disturb requests, etc. PAT]