A couple of weeks ago I had an appointment downtown at an upscale hotel with a touring companion. I got there a couple of minutes early, but didn't go inside because I have always been paranoid about hanging around in the lobby. Not that anyone has ever given me weird looks or anything, I just don't do that as a rule.

Between the DHS and local LE is a renewed campaign of "see something say something". They are going into businesses with posters on what to do in the event of a shooter. This is what is happening and causing more people to be on "alert" for suspicious activity.  

Could you tell if it was security or someone else?

Oh, and that escort put you in a really awkward position giving you the green light and then switching back to yellow just as you were about to knock on her door. I would think hanging out on a room floor would arouse more suspicion than hanging out in the lobby. As to "watching that floor," I assume there are cameras and eyes watching everything in the hotel, so I wouldn't automatically assume that the floor you were on was getting extra attention.

I never go to an appointment at a hotel without taking in a briefcase. That way they think you're there to do business, which you are.

I am always surprised how many guys arrive at incall location & either use atm in hotel lobby or count their money in front of incall location, such as apartment or hotel parking lot.  

That happened on your very first appointment? Wow, my heart would have been ready to explode if that happened on my first time!

Seriously? Wow! That is a special kind of stupid. A provider I see on a regular basis said she had a client walking through the lobby carrying flowers and an envelope. I thought that was dumb, but using the hotel ATM and counting your money in plain view? Wow! . I always count mine before I leave my apartment and keep it in an envelope inside my jacket pocket. I thought that type of thing was just common sense.

+1.     Eom

Very first time. And yea, I was sweating bullets for a few minutes there. I walked out to my car and was so distracted that I proceeded to drive the wrong way down a one-way street for a block. Good times.

Unfortunately, common sense is not so common.

"You never count your money, when you're sitting at the table."

I throw in an extra change of clothes in case the ones I'm wearing get smoke or perfume smell. If you are wheeling luggage no one ever thinks you're anything but a guest. I text provider in advance and tell her I'm bringing a bag with extra clothes and happily open it for her if we are new to each other.

I ask guys to please not call or text me through the lobby, and give them thorough directions before they even get there so they feel less anxious with knowing where the elevators are. Try to be ready 15 minutes beforehand if I'm on my game so - if they come early they're not apt to sit in the lobby.

That or they are SERIOUS thrill seekers lmao

At higher grade hotels the staff know who is a paying guest, and who is not. It's not unusual for the staff at 5 star hotels to greet guests in the hallway by name. It's a higher level of service, and for the safety and comfort of the guests. Its has nothing to do with the hobby. This person didn't recognize you, and was simply doing his/her job.

I love, love, love taking direction from you.

Hilarious! and quite clever.

A more serious question that has not yet been addressed: what if security asked WHO he  was visiting. By the time a provider is giving out her the room number, should she give the name she is registered under?  and if not , what should his response be?!  He really cannot say to the house dick, "non of your business".

If we're talking Beach Boys songs.

I brought a beautiful young Filipina lady I met in a bar up to my room at a very upscale hotel in Manila.  As we settled in, my phone rang. It was the front desk. They told me if I wanted to have an extra visitor in my room, I had to pay the house $40. I told them she was just leaving, and the front desk said OK this time, but next time remember it's $40 extra.  (Yes, I'm sure it was the front desk).

And I act like I do own the place. I will even walk up and talk to the front desk and ask if there is a public washroom near the lobby. I have never had a problem. Often I will bring my briefcase as well. Stay cool, man.

I frequent hotels in the suburbs where parking lots sometimes wrap around the sides or even the back of the hotel, so by leaving via a stairwell, I'm not only getting some exercise, but also could be exiting towards the parking lot where I'm parked.  Nothing suspicious about that IMO.  Maybe in a DT Chicago hotel where all traffic pretty much flows in and out of the lobby and only hotel employees use the stairwells and side entrances it may attract attention.

I had something like that happen, only not in a hotel lobby, but in a 7-11.  (Important: I had the donation envelope in my pocket.)  As I pulled into their parking lot to buy a bottle of water, I was an LE car in the parking lot.  "OK, somebody wants a donut," I thought.  When I was checking out, I felt a tap on my shoulder.  I turned around and saw an LE guy!  He was holding my envelope in his hand, and said: "Sir, you just dropped this."  I took it from him, said "thank you", paid for the water, and walked out.  But that was one of the scariest moments in my hobby career.  Enough that I couldn't relax during the session; but I explained to her what happened, and she understood.

What about carrying a small bag of groceries?  A bunch of non-perishables that you can leave in the room with the provider, to help you blend in.  Smart or not smart?

In most cases, unless it's a set up, nobody gets busted if everyone is respectful, discreet, and bringing in respectful, discreet people.

It's very very common in places where prostitution is legal. It also protects you from "trick rolling" as they normally hold the ID of the woman until she leaves, at which point in many hotels they will call upstairs to make sure you have not been robbed of a kidney before returning her ID to her and allowing her to leave.

So I act like one.  I talk to the desk, the bell table, or the concierge.  Heck, I'm helping pay for that room and if I act like a customer, then that is what they see.  I have even gotten bonuses (free deserts, etc.) at restaurants the concierge has recommended and I dropped his name.