I have known many ladies to do this when the elevators require a key card. It's stressful enough for the ladies who find themselves in a similar hotel situation without dealing with asshole behavior :-/

I guess she should have came down and held your hand, I'm sure the hotel wouldn't have found that strange either lol

yeah she should have done that shit

on APRIL 1 . but its funny as hell...lol  
 

About the location of the key card and leave it away from the front desk.. Typically under a phone book, under a phone etc.. And within a short period of time you are meeting the gentleman so I doesn't get moved.. Many years ago, another trick was to use scotch tape and "tape it" to the soda machine.. Worst case scenario if the key can't be found, she can always meet you downstairs away from the front desk..so discretion is not violated for any of you..

I got a real chuckle out of that one.  I can just imagine Mr. Bean prowling the lobby looking for a card.... in all sorts of places.  

When the hotel employee asked - you should have politely declined his/her offer of assistance, sat down on the nearest couch and called her and asked her where the key was.  You would have had a really great chuckle with her and possibly a great session.  

Instead..... you got zip, zero, nada and a hooker who is now pissed at you and may blacklist you.....

That is just priceless..

Top provider. She gave me good directions to find it. Felt kind of "007sly".  Unfortunately that was the last time we met. SIGH.

The place was under renovation and everyone had to park in back, but the nearest door required a key card.  As a result, I didn't have to walk around the hotel and through the lobby.  A bit unusual but I rolled with it and had a good time.
Surprised no one has mentioned that gals should stay away from hotels whose elevators require key cards.  It's a pain in the ass for everyone.

Didn't she tell you the rules of the game?

Wait...if you're legally blind how'd you find the hotel?  How'd you find the phone to yell at her?  How'd you even fucking find her ad to call her?  And don't tell me you did this by email...that's like the woman who went on "The Price is Right" claiming to be injured and getting worker's comp for her shoulder problem...but had NO problem spinning that wheel  LOL

This should not be a guessing game.  She should have given clear instructions so you could find the card smoothly without drawing attention.  Did she do that?  You don't think so.  Or did you drop the ball & not remember exactly where she said (not having been in this place before).  I've not encountered this myself & I would have been flustered, to have this presented without warning. You are visually impaired & others might have other disabilities that would make it difficult to find.  In fact mine would be one.  So her clever plan blew up in both your faces.  Maybe it wasn't so great a plan.  
I don't think you should have "Yelled" at her (your term).  Nor she you.   I think this can be a learning experience...  drop the hostility.   I don't imagine it can be easy to leave keys inside the lobby...  inconspicuously...  for her either.  But directions should be clear...  unmistakable

Some have suggested that she hid it but you don't say. Regardless, FTS! As much coin as they get paid, they can come up with a better system. I don't see any reason they can't come down and meet you.

On the other side of the coin. Was the key left with staff? You were moronic enough to tell her your real name?

I've never been on a key hunt but I've had many meet me in the lounge/lobby

She obviously is using this as a safety measure instead of taxiing up her dates from the lobby one after the other.  I've had ladies leave me room keys in the lobby, and its never been much of an issue following simple instructions.  I'm not tooting my own horn, my point is that this practice doesn't seem that uncommon.  The OP doesn't seem too concerned or even aware of the issues that come from hosting in an upscale hotel.  

On another issue, in what city did this occur in?  He has no reviews, so its impossible to ascertain his area of operation.  It's somewhat disturbing that an angry old blind dude with little understanding or concern for safety is out on the streets driving around whilst yelling on his cell phone.  I'd like to know what areas of the road I should avoid.

It seems deceptively simple, but...

Instead of calling her afterwards to yell at her, you coulda just called her while you there and asked where the key was.  

WTF??

highly rated provider I know does this whenever she has incall in a particular hotel which requires a key to all the elevator floors except the lobby and mezzanine. Kind of 007-ish, as someone else on here replied, but she is so great, I put up with it.

And it's usually to protect you from standing in the hallway knocking. Especially when support staff is in the halls cleaning.

You definitely could have texted or called her to get directions to the exact key location.  

It's a sensitive and scary thing I'm sure for any man to go to a hotel and risk being questioned. You getting flustered and leaving is understandable. You calling and yelling, well, you need to work on that, lol. Maybe take a breather, listen to some classical music, (or heavy metal,) then call her. - or call her to ask where exactly the key is.  

Think the best. She was probably doing it to make YOU look more normal and invisible in the environment. It didn't work out. Shit happens.

Generally for normal people when some tells you they left a key in the lobby doesn’t mean they hid it under potted plant in the lobby or under the cushion of a chair in the lobby. It means they left key at the front desk and the expectation is for you to walk to the front desk and ask for the key.

Why didn’t ask her under what name she left the key? She could have left the key in an envelope or she is fucking with you.

Suppose you don’t travel much or stay in hotels much, do you?

What am I missing here?

...is the drama about?  

I think the OP used "yelled" as a figure of speech & that he didn't actually yell.  Complained, probably more accurate.  
He left after being confronted by hotel staff, so as to not cause a further scene.  I don't think he was wrong & don't think he owes her for the appointment IF he didn't know of this plan in advance.  I really think stashing a card INSIDE the lobby where he would be observed is really a bad plan.  Maybe there are other lobby styles where this would work, but it still seems risky.
It would have been better for her to ride the elevator down, the door opens & he gets in & go up.  

Let's think for a second... say a lady has the client #1 pick up the card & come up.  They have their session & the client leaves.  How does the card get placed for the next client?  Does the leaving client #1 place the card for client #2?   What if #1 doesn't get it just right?  What if this scene draws the attention of Hotel Staff & they investigate & remove the card?   This just seems a complicated plan with lots of potential pit falls.

look alike? Please don't tell me she wrote the room # on the envelope with the key card in it? Who knows who might find it and go visit her room to possibly do her harm.

First of all the blind jokes…not cool. Second of all everyone involved made assumptions.
He assumed that it would be a two call system because he wasn't told otherwise so I'm on OP's team.

She assumed this client was confident enough to play hide and seek with a 3x2 piece of plastic, she also assumed he wasn't skittish or the nervous type. She assumed it would be ok to spring this on him when he was already on location. He could have had a number of dispositions. What if he was an older man who moved at an old ass pace, how does that look? An 80year old shuffling from one couch cushion to the next. Despite what someone said hotel employees have a shit ton of time on their hand and part of the job description for some of them is to keep an eye out for people suspicious AND those who need help.

Hell haven't we all stayed at hotels where the guy holding the door open wants to chat, the bellhop wants to make friendly and get on name basis so you feel that much more inclined to tip well, gone to the front desk to ask for something and the guys like "room 817 right?" and you think fuck he remembers my damn room number?  

Providing shouldn't just refer to pussy. It's my job to provide you with any pertinent information regarding location and that includes key access elevators and a plan to get around that. It's my job to make sure you're comfortable with said plan or come up with something different…ummm like getting off my ass and meeting you a block away at a store or coffee shop or anywhere, handing you a key and telling you I'll see you in ten. Even in a two call system I give directions to the elevator because nothing looks dumber than making wrong turns and having to backtrack in front of front desk. Enough people doing this before heading to your room puts YOU on radar and at higher risk.

Give the guy a fucking break. That said…marc…no yelling. EVER. It's scary and if you knew her room number you probably gave her a serious scare of being narced on by an angry disgruntled asshole. So you guys are more than even.  

Sometimes it's just bad luck but if the name suites is in the title that's an elevator key place for shizzle.
Once you've handed over your often non refundable chips they THEN tell you the elevators need a key. Go ahead…say "aw hell no". Cause that's inconspicuous as well.

Google is everyones friend. Most hotels have fact sheets, I like to know if where I'll be has 80 rooms or 500. Google the name and elevator key and it'll usually pop up under someone's reviews. Effort goes a long way in comfort and safety.

Edit: How many of you ladies would be jazzed to get to an outcall and have the guy notify you that the key is hidden in the fuckin lobby???? That shit cray, and I would be like I wish you and your key all the best.

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It sounds like OP was caught off guard and got flustered or even panicked.  It happens.  He yelled at her and now maybe she's angry at him.  She didn't warn him; he might have overreacted.  I'd call it even. I mean I think they should call it even.  

I've never done the hidden key thing and I don't like the sound of it. Too many unknowns.  Imagine TWO indies in the same hotel and TWO hidden keys in almost the same place: I think I have a movie script in there someplace.

I don't like the "key in envelope at the front desk" suggestion because you never know what might happen: ask for ID, wonder about all that traffic to that room (although OP said this was a specially arranged incall and not someone running a train station). If some smart ass college kid thinks he knows what's going on, he can really rattle your nerves with annoying Qs or hoops to jump through.  

But here's another method to get to secure elevators.  She was waiting in the lobby and I called from outside so we were coordinated.  She knew who to look for (grey jacket, baby orangutan on a leash - not) and I knew who to look for from her pics and phone final specs (green dress; pink feathered boa trailing behind - not).  I kept my phone to my face pretending to talk to someone and paced myself. She paced her self and intersected my path to the elevator, pretending to be oblivious to each other, and we both entered the elevator (with some other people, too, as it happens).  Up, up and away