Man Runs Out Of Money At Four Seasons: Sleeps On Couch

Intro

Hello from the Four Seasons Hampshire in England, and boy, do I have a story to tell you. I've seen a lot over the years at luxury hotels, but this might take the cake. There's a lot to unpack here, but I wonder if the Four Seasons could have handled this better.

Drunk? Boujee? What's Going On?

Last night, as I was having dinner, a man waltzed into the bar dressed in a full suit, sunglasses, and a hat. My mum mentioned to me, I wonder who that is, as he looks well put together, but I knew something was off about him. His suit was cheap and stretched, while simultaneously wearing a hat at a restaurant in the UK is a big no-no.

Well, throughout the next hour, he kept flirting with all of the staff here and proceeded to buy a cigar to smoke as he was heading to the wedding upstairs. An expensive cigar at that.

Eventually, and thankfully, as he was being somewhat loud right next to our table, he ran up the stairs to the wedding (I mean, really, where is the courtesy running inside).

Four Seasons Hampshire

Heading to bed, I didn't think much of it until the next morning when I woke up bright and early (3 am) to get going on work. Knowing that there is a library close by to the lobby, and not wanting to work in a business center, I headed over there to find this man passed out on the couch, sitting up.

I inquired with the staff what happened, who mentioned to me that: "he came for the wedding and now has no more money to get home". Interesting for someone who came in here buying expensive cigars and eating extravagant food at the Wild Carrot.

As I sit here now at breakfast writing this, he is still here in the dining room in his suit, enjoying breakfast. So he has run out of money, but is eating a 42 GBP breakfast? I am mightily confused.

How Could Four Seasons Have Handled This?

In all honesty, this didn't really affect me very much, but it's a funny story to tell. Obviously, it is annoying when a non-guest takes up space where I could have been working, but it's not a big deal at all.

However, I am personally a fan of luxury hotels that don't let exterior guests come in and sit in the lobby. Think about certain hotels in Paris that won't let people come in for reasons like this. When someone is spending upwards of 1000 Pounds a night, you expect not to have people running around hallways and sleeping on couches.

But could the Four Seasons have handled it better? I mean, on the one hand, what were they realistically supposed to do? Kick him out in the middle of the night? But on the other hand, is this really acceptable behaviour at a Four Seasons hotel? I'm not entirely sure of the exact policy of the hotel, but I am curious about others' thoughts surrounding this situation. It's a fine line.

Final Thoughts

Last night, a man walked into the Four Seasons in Hampshire for a wedding and ended up spending big. This man passed out on the couch in the library after supposedly running out of money to get home. I have so many questions, especially as he ended up eating a 42 GBP breakfast.