First of all, it's very illegal to lock a marked exit: the stairwell is there for fire safety and must be accessible any time the building is occupied - which for a hotel, is pretty much 24-7.
I assume you mean, they're locked from the inside, so you cannot enter a floor from the stairwell.
It's a security issue. Some people lock access to upper floors from the stairwell (you can exit the stairwell at the first floor or ground level) to control traffic, to prevent people from transiting from upper floor to upper floor via the stairwells or to prevent people (particularly undesirables) from occupying the stairwell (it's not unheard-of in some places to find a wino or street person, or worse, sleeping or loitering in one).
I've seen a few hotels in locations where I would do that. Going into a stairwell to sneak a smoke in a 'tobacco-free' building is one thing - I do it myself sometimes - but all I need to see is a couple knuckleheads in a stairwell smoking weed, and that's it . . . new door hardware goes on order the next day.
Hotel managers believe in the boogeyman, and don't want him hanging around their hotel. The single most frequent cause of catastrophic litigation against hotels is rapes and sexual assaults. (Other, more accidental forms of personal injury are more common, but do not tend to be catastrophic, and don't really stand to put the hotel out of business; unless it's a bad fire, or a structural failure, or a bad batch of food served out of the kitchen, something resulting in a mass casualty incident.)
Criminals like hotels because the hotel's occupants generally make good victims. They're . . .
It's a serious disgrace for a hotel manager to let something happen to one of his or her guests. Most of us take security pretty seriously. I personally take it very seriously (as in, I don't compromise, back off or take chances because it might lose a little revenue . . .).
In any hotel, I'd prefer my traffic use the elevators, so they stay in sight of the security cameras as they move about the building and their movements can be tracked.
Except when there's a convention in the hotel and it's going to happen - you've got a bunch of guests from out of town who all know each other - there's rarely a good reason for guests in most hotels to be moving about from room to room and anytime you see it happening, someone's up to no good.
I understand about obesity - I like to eat, and could do to spend more time in the fitness room, or climbing stairs, and trying to take off a few pounds myself - but it's really for your own safety and that of your fellow guests.
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I assume you mean, they're locked from the inside, so you cannot enter a floor from the stairwell.
It's a security issue. Some people lock access to upper floors from the stairwell (you can exit the stairwell at the first floor or ground level) to control traffic, to prevent people from transiting from upper floor to upper floor via the stairwells or to prevent people (particularly undesirables) from occupying the stairwell (it's not unheard-of in some places to find a wino or street person, or worse, sleeping or loitering in one).
I've seen a few hotels in locations where I would do that. Going into a stairwell to sneak a smoke in a 'tobacco-free' building is one thing - I do it myself sometimes - but all I need to see is a couple knuckleheads in a stairwell smoking weed, and that's it . . . new door hardware goes on order the next day.
Hotel managers believe in the boogeyman, and don't want him hanging around their hotel. The single most frequent cause of catastrophic litigation against hotels is rapes and sexual assaults. (Other, more accidental forms of personal injury are more common, but do not tend to be catastrophic, and don't really stand to put the hotel out of business; unless it's a bad fire, or a structural failure, or a bad batch of food served out of the kitchen, something resulting in a mass casualty incident.)
Criminals like hotels because the hotel's occupants generally make good victims. They're . . .
- vulnerable, often in bed sleeping;
- preoccupied with their trip and not really anticipating an assault, robbery or something bad happening to them, so they're easily caught by surprise;
- carrying cash or credit cards or other valuables with them; and
- from out of town.
It's a serious disgrace for a hotel manager to let something happen to one of his or her guests. Most of us take security pretty seriously. I personally take it very seriously (as in, I don't compromise, back off or take chances because it might lose a little revenue . . .).
In any hotel, I'd prefer my traffic use the elevators, so they stay in sight of the security cameras as they move about the building and their movements can be tracked.
Except when there's a convention in the hotel and it's going to happen - you've got a bunch of guests from out of town who all know each other - there's rarely a good reason for guests in most hotels to be moving about from room to room and anytime you see it happening, someone's up to no good.
I understand about obesity - I like to eat, and could do to spend more time in the fitness room, or climbing stairs, and trying to take off a few pounds myself - but it's really for your own safety and that of your fellow guests.
Originally appeared on Quora
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