– Although she surely had some emotional suffering, I have no doubt she financially gained from this…
She got a series of TV commercials, moved to another network with a salary bump, and is active on the dinner lecture circuit. None of those things would have happened if the stalker’s actions hadn’t pulled her out of ESPN’s interchangeable pack of sideline “reporters”. That being said, I have no problem with anyone – woman or not – successfully playing the hand dealt them by fate.
That doesn’t mean she shouldn’t receive some compensation, but in comparison to other crimes where loss of income occurs, the payout should be lower.
As I explained earlier, she won’t be getting anything near the $55 million awarded her.
They should be responsible for repairing damage, but negligence in that regard would not have contributed to the crime committed against Andrews…
Actually, their negligence did contribute and that’s because…
So to me, the only argument would be that the hotel should have been keeping records of hotel damage and who possibly could have caused the damage, identified the individual and either reported him to police (without evidence), put him on a blacklist, or figured out his target and blocked him from taking the room next to Andrews.
… that’s precisely what hotels already do. Believe me, they were using “big data” back when the data was stored on 3×5 cards.
They knew the damage occurred because they repaired it. They knew who caused the damaged because they inspect rooms before and after use. They even knew there was a pattern because they had to repair the same damage again after the same guest stayed in the rooms.
That seems like a lot to expect from a hotel to me…
It seems like a lot to you because you’ve never traveled for a living or lived in hotels. It’s a fascinating business and you as a guest only see a fraction of the real hotel. There’s an entire world on the other side of the “Employees Only” doors with staircases, elevators, kitchens, dorms, laundries, offices, and security suites. The last is especially important, as you’ll see.
… I’d be surprised if something like that was something the hotel agreed to do for ESPN and it’s employees…
Prepare to be surprised. The chain in question would have an agreement in place with ESPN – like any other large corporate customer and especially like any large media customer – which would address security issues. Among other things, the hotel would not confirm the presence of an ESPN employees, give out their room numbers, and provide “soft” security in the hotel’s hallways, bars, and restaurants.
… what the law says a hotel must provide.
Not a law, more like good customer service for good corporate customers.
IMO, it seems to me that we are going too far in blaming guns, people, and organizations for not preventing someone else from committing a crime.
That’s an opinion I happen to share. I also don’t think it applies in this case.
The chain in question had plenty of clues as to what was going on and, while we don’t know the details of whatever contract the chain had with ESPN, we can say the chain failed to live up to the contract.
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Puffin Stuff 3 years, 11 months ago.
