“Imagine the night desk staff going through the registration, twittering & texting “guess who’s staying here tonight”.”
You may be right about this being commonplace for VIPs, but FWIW, the police report clearly shows the desk staff WERE aflutter with Mr. Gore’s presence, so the alias apparently didn’t do him a whole lot of good.
Yes, imagine the NIGHT desk staff’s reaction if the day staff was acting like teeneyboppers!
Maybe you haven’t encountered a lot of night desk staff. If not, lucky you.