A guest showed up at the front desk of their hotel at 4 a.m. outraged that they were being told to keep the noise down. Their TV was too loud, and it was bothering the guest in the next room – who called for help, trying to sleep.
- He’s angry, saying he should have been called at 4 a.m. because he was trying to sleep. And this means he couldn’t have been cusing too much noise.
- If he’s too lounge at 4 a.m., he was too loud earlier, and should have been called sooner, “where were they at 2? … at 1?”
- The conflict just goes on. And he insists he’s being mistreated because he’s a “Diamond” member – and therefore not “a guest just like anybody else.”
- The clerk tells him the person who called is also a Diamond – not good. It’s telling him he’s not the most important. That makes things worse.
‘i’M a dIaMOnD mEmBEr’
Bro, no one cares about your ‘status’, they just want to sleep! pic.twitter.com/4S1nmOkGL0
— Coffee and Grit (@CoffeeNGrit) December 23, 2025
I don’t recognize the hotel, and “Diamond” is such a generic level. It’s used across Hilton, Choice, IHG, Wyndham, Best Western Rewards and even Accor. I can rule a few of those out but can’t get granular on specific hotel.
Regardless, the idea that yelling “Diamond member” overrides basic norms like letting people sleep is a problem. It’s “main character syndrome” on steroids. The programs tell us we’re important, and some of us believe it too much. He’s fighting for ‘respect’ while being the least respectable person on property.
A Diamond may spend a lot, or drive value with their hotel co-brand card. Of course that spending is across the chain and maybe not at this property or others with the same owner. Elite tiers are designed to influence behavior. This isn’t the behavior they’re meant to engender. Elite benefits don’t include “permission to disturb other rooms at 4 AM.”
When the guest declared “I’m Diamond,” the clerks answer should simply be:
Understood. The quiet hours policy applies to everyone. We need the TV volume lowered so the adjacent room can sleep. If it continues, we’ll have to escalate.
What the incident reminds me of is the classic “Hotel Check-In, Diamond Member” clip where a cartoon guest weaponizes “Diamond member” to demand the best suite and a helicopter pad for their giraffe. It’s such a classic.
No self respecting diamond member would walk around dressed like that in public.
“cusing”… nice, Gary.
I am had it happen to me. Called the room direct and told them they are disturbing guests and it is beyond quiet hours. He turned it down
If not call front desk
“Understood. The quiet hours policy applies to everyone. We need the TV volume lowered so the adjacent room can sleep. If it continues, we’ll have to escalate.”
Here’s the problem with the above quote. Most hotels do not have a formal quiet hour policy.
Why does that matter? It such cases as above, if you say something about a quiet hour policy, guaranteed, the response to that will be a demand to show them where that policy/verbiage exists in writing on the website/app/front desk/in room/etc. and chances are, it doesn’t exist which is why you can’t say that unless it’s clearly delineated somewhere. If you can’t back it up with something formal, congratulations, you’ve just escalated the situation because it makes you look like you’re just making crap up and, in most cases, the hotel is just making crap up where it’ll be 100% subjective to the desk agent/manager taking the call/complaint.
The only real answer is just to give them a warning and let them know that if you have to revisit this issue, the police will be called and you will be evicted. In an extreme case, that person can be banned from the property or you could possibly reach out the parent brand and have their loyalty card/status terminated.