Snore Patrols --- Really???

[aceplace57]

I thought this was a joke at first. I guess it isn't.

British Hotel Employees walking the halls and searching out snorers.

My first thought is the general embarrassment to a paying customer. A lot of single people aren't aware that they snore. Secondly, the cure seems worse than the problem. Can you imagine someone loudly knocking on the door of the room next to yours? Then the vocal arguments as half-asleep hotel customers stumble to the door and react to this intrusion in their lives? There's going to be some very loud cursing as a result of this.

I don't recall ever hearing anyone snoring in an adjacent room. Loud tv's, laughter & raised voices, and even some moans from sex yes! I've called the hotel desk a few times about parties in a room next to mine. I leave the horny couples alone. I know they'll be done in 20 minutes or less. Actually, the noisy part lasts about 5 minutes.

This seems like a very intrusive action for an involuntary problem. There's a big difference in deliberately playing a loud tv and a medical problem.

Whats next? Gas patrols for guests that fart?
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[Rachellelogram]

They're only doing patrols in the "quiet zones" (which are an optional feature for extra-light sleepers). Someone should not be sleeping in a quiet zone if they're incapable of sleeping quietly. If it's loud enough to hear through the door, then it's loud enough to go through the wall.

The quiet rooms might cost extra, too. They're doing it to to better service the bulk of their quiet-room clientele, and personally I have no problem with this.

[aruvqan]

I'll have to remember this whenever I make reservations, mrAru and I sound like a chainsaw competition ... I have actually woken myself up with snoring.

[aceplace57]

I snore too.

IMHO the majority of men over 30 snore occasionally. It's part of aging. Hopefully not too loudly.
Most of the gf I've had snored. Brings reality to a relationship very quickly.