Beware of Room 1212

An article on Yahoo caught my attention. The gist of the article, seen here, was summarizing a book, Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir Of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality, written by Jacob Tomsky
 who worked his way up from valet to the much-valued front desk concierge. In the book, he reveals the secret tactics hotels and inns use as payback against guests. However, the article was weak on the ways that staff stick it to guests, but had an amazing tip:

                                                In New York, Beware Room 1212

It may sound like a good deal -- a high floor room can come with beautiful views -- but Tomsky said it's not.

He said some hotel guests don't know that when using the room phone, you have to dial out first, typically by pressing an 8 or a 9, to place a call outside of the hotel -- and 212 is a New York area code.

"If I put you in Room 1212, it's a beautiful room by all accounts," Tomsky said. "However, there are a bunch of idiots all through the hotel that don't dial out, and they'll type 1-212, they'll start typing any local number and it's going to ring 1212 all day, all night."

I assume the same can be true in other cities. Here is a quick list of other area codes and rooms to avoid:

Washington DC -  (202) 1202

Los Angles -  (213) - 1213

Seattle - (206) - 1206

Chicago - (312) - 1312

Orlando - (407) - 1407

Atlanta- (404) - 1404

Miami - (305) -1305