There is an emergency keycard — kept in a sealed envelope in a very secure, undisclosed location, because it can open any room in the hotel — that someone at the management level (or an employee acting under telephoned instructions by management) can bring up to that room and use to pop that deadbolt open, electronically.
(Yes, that electronic mechanism can operate the deadbolt, too. At least, with my keycard, it can. Yours can't open it, and neither can the master keycards issued to housekeepers or other employees. This one's what they call a 'grandmaster' key. My button is bigger.)
If I bring it up, or give the order that it be taken out and brought up, you might want to be dressed and ready to move quickly, because I'm also bringing (or sending) along a couple of cops and maybe some EMTs, depending on what I've been told the situation is. Bringing up the rear of the group will be a maintenance guy with a pair of bolt cutters, in case a fastened door chain or safety latch is also a problem: I'd rather suck the $10.95 cost of replacing that than to leave the mess or repair the damage that kicking in the door can do.
(Yes, that electronic mechanism can operate the deadbolt, too. At least, with my keycard, it can. Yours can't open it, and neither can the master keycards issued to housekeepers or other employees. This one's what they call a 'grandmaster' key. My button is bigger.)
If I bring it up, or give the order that it be taken out and brought up, you might want to be dressed and ready to move quickly, because I'm also bringing (or sending) along a couple of cops and maybe some EMTs, depending on what I've been told the situation is. Bringing up the rear of the group will be a maintenance guy with a pair of bolt cutters, in case a fastened door chain or safety latch is also a problem: I'd rather suck the $10.95 cost of replacing that than to leave the mess or repair the damage that kicking in the door can do.
