As a hotel lifeguard, what's the best way to tackle slumber parties (SP) and sleepovers (SO)?

Question

I understand that some hotels would be ok with them, but they've been a headache for me and my hotel's staff & management especially when it's located around an inner-city setting. On weekends, I can tell by judgement of character that all SP/SO are local, inner-city kids. An adult or two would check out a room and bring in about a dozen kids. My guess is they then split the cost of the $100+ room among the kids' parents. I think they're just mooching. When they step on pool premises, it tends to scare away some genuine hotel guests already swimming.

Recently, my front desk manager suggested I only allow those with their room cards access to the pool. I thought why not use my instincts and judgements more sharply, trying to turn away those SP/SO people on justification that such events aren't allowed, period. When I first tried to enforce it on such group earlier today, the lady in charge of them mentioned they were on some kind of field trip.

It was pretty hard to argue or prove against it especially when I saw one of them in a school uniform. I can tell they smell and sound like any typical SP/SO after exposure to so many of them for so long, and also because I sort of coexisted with those kind of inner-city people my whole life, me being a local as well (perhaps I would be one of the most civilized and educated ones in the neighborhood). Locals tend to act like it's their pool when it's the hotels; genuine guests act more behaved and civilized.

If any of you out there is or was also in that kind of a situation, do you have any advice on how to bring the hammer down on such kinds of SP/SO?

Answer 1

Normally, I would say this is not your Job.
But, there can be no more guests in the hotel room than those registered to the room, and as Guests aren't allowed after a certain time, that is when something can be done legally.

If you have knowledge of excess capacity happening in a room, bring your concerns to the manager. Please have correct room number.

Answer 2

As a hotel lifeguard - it is not within your job description to determine "the best way to tackle slumber parties and sleepovers."

What is within your job description is to carry out the policies of hotel management - which you are not a part of.

If I were the front desk manager and I made a suggestion which you did not follow you would be looking for a new job tomorrow.

By the way, was it even within the front desk manager's authority to make policy? Think about it.