Speak "Friend" and Enter

[mikailborg]

This morning I found a hotel cardkey from a 2007 con in my stuff. I'd feel guilty, except I know they churn these keys out by the millions, and since the whole thing is computer-controlled, they've already invalidated the darn thing. So now it's a memento.

What got me thinking, though, is the memory of when hotels actually handed out metal keys, usually on large plastic keychains with the room number embossed on them. Yes, those were simpler times.

[Poll #1128647]

Oh, when I say "enter hotel rooms," I mean one that you or a roommate have paid for. Room parties, rooms that you're only responsible for as an event organizer, etc. don't count.

(Yes, I know. "Auhorized" is a Space Rogues in-joke.)

Comments

[jdunson.livejournal.com]

You left off "asked a nearby fan with enough lockpicking that it was faster to get them to open a door than to go check out a legit key", although the only case I clearly remember myself would have fallen under "rooms responsible for as an event organizer". Plus, as others have mentioned, mechanical or electro-mechanical keycards.