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Major hotels giving panic buttons to staff nationwide
Associated Press ^ | Sept. 6, 2018

Posted on 09/07/2018 7:22:07 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Tens of thousands of employees at more than 18,000 U.S. hotels will soon carry panic buttons to help protect them from harassment and assault in an era of heightened awareness around the #MeToo movement.

More than a dozen big hotel chains — including Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG and Wyndham — said Thursday that they will provide personal safety devices by 2020 to all employees who deal one-on-one with guests. The companies will also train staff to identify and report harassment and publish anti-sexual harassment policies in multiple languages.

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: hotels; metoo; panicbuttons

1 posted on 09/07/2018 7:22:07 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

But you can earn better tips sometimes! What about those after hours room service guys? (I chose to remain in the hotel kitchen but my coworker, a gay male, was often propositioned when he brought up the food on graveyard shift.)


2 posted on 09/07/2018 7:25:41 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

just hand out the guns at the start of the shift


3 posted on 09/07/2018 7:26:22 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

So if I dont tip the bellboy when he brings my luggage, it’s press the button time?


4 posted on 09/07/2018 7:30:16 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Even just tasers would do.


5 posted on 09/07/2018 7:36:14 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: ConservativeStatement

My Kimber .45 ACP comes with a panic button.


6 posted on 09/07/2018 8:06:46 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Yaelle

It says any 1:1 staff - I think room service people and butlers should have them, too. If you think about it, often guests are gone when housekeeping is there, but always present when room service comes.


7 posted on 09/07/2018 9:07:22 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: GnuThere

Be good to have some advance warning when Al Gore (he invented the internet) checks in.


8 posted on 09/07/2018 9:22:25 PM PDT by taxpayerfatigue (Taxpayer Fatigue)
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To: ConservativeStatement

These are all SEIU members, right?

Prominent conservative stays at hotel. SEIU member pushes panic button. Headlines ensue.


9 posted on 09/08/2018 3:20:21 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Awful lot of trouble to protect them from Al Gore.


10 posted on 09/08/2018 3:28:54 AM PDT by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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