A few years ago, I was visiting a small Burnaby hotel, talking to the hotel front desk clerk, and a security guard it was a Friday night around 1am, young lady walks in to the lobby, and is looking for the elevator so the clerk noticed and asks, what room are you going to? She responds, the clerk calls the room, asks if they are expecting someone, then the clerk, tells the lady how to get to the elevator then, he warns the lady, careful the guy in room XXX is drunk, he has been drinking all night, if you have any problems with him, pick up the hotel phone press 0, I will send security.
She thanked the clerk, and goes up. When she came back down, 30-40 minutes later thanked the clerk again, and said something like he was no trouble.
I was a little surprised by the clerk. (in his 60's), and when I talked to the clerk some more, he explained that he has worked in hotels for the past 20+ years in Vancouver and 5-6 years at that hotel, that he had "regulars" Guys that booked rooms, to bring "girlfriends" every week. He went on to say he is not paid to be a police, as long as there is no problem, he could care less, he even had a little black book of ladies, if someone asked.