Nightclub Owner Gone Wild: The Legendary Hotel DNR Story Reddit Can't Stop Talking About
It’s not every day that the most notorious troublemaker at your hotel is the guy who owns the club next door. But for one unlucky front desk agent, opening night at the new nightclub wasn’t just a headache—it became the stuff of Reddit legend. If you think you’ve seen entitled guests, buckle up: this is the cautionary tale of how a self-important club owner got himself banned from his own property’s hotel, and how the internet cheered every minute of it.
The Nightclub Opens—and the Chaos Begins
Our story kicks off on what should have been a glitzy, glamorous inaugural night for the new nightclub sharing a compound with a well-trafficked hotel. Instead, the front desk quickly learns what a nightmare their new neighbors will be.
From the start, the hotel’s staff is forced to play crowd control: club patrons try to sneak into hotel restrooms, invade parking spots, and generally treat the place like their personal afterparty. But things really spiral when the club owner himself—described by the original poster (u/TheNiteOwl38) as the “bootleg version of the principal from Back to the Future if you ordered him off Temu”—checks in with two much-younger women. One’s steaming mad; the other, too drunk to stand.
If you’re thinking “red flags,” you’re not alone. Several Redditors, like u/7832507840, voiced concern for the young woman’s safety, with one comment noting, “My stomach was churning during the story because it sounds like the drunk girl could have gotten [assaulted] up there.” Another, u/AllegraO, speculated that’s exactly why the woman later locked the owner out of the room.
“Like a Horror Movie Upstairs”
The drama escalates. Within minutes, frantic calls pour in from hotel guests: someone is screaming bloody murder upstairs. When the front desk agent arrives, the scene is straight out of a B-movie: the drunk woman is on all fours, shrieking at club owner “Strickland” and the bartender. The air is thick with accusations, curses, and the kind of awkward energy you only get when someone shouts, “Don’t make me call your wife!”
As the OP relays, “It sounded like a horror movie! This [woman] was screaming like Michael Myers was stabbing her to death.” The bartender’s reaction is telling: she apologizes to the agent and laments, “I should’ve known better than to come work for him again,” hinting this isn’t the first time the owner has stirred up drama.
Redditors found the incident both disturbing and darkly hilarious. “What a wild ride!” said u/Excellent_Prior6503, capturing the collective disbelief. Meanwhile, u/liveswithcats1 raised a pointed question about the welfare of the young woman, a concern the OP addressed by explaining that, in hindsight, worry eased only after confirming she was safe—if understandably furious and regretful.
The Nightclub Owner’s Downfall: Locked Out and Billed Up
The night goes from bad to worse. The club owner, now locked out of his own room by his inebriated, vengeful companion (who, perhaps wisely, also had a dog and a smoking habit in tow), tries to wrangle a discount from the front desk—a move met with well-deserved denial. Reddit loved the poetic justice: “It’s all the more impressive when you realize that it happened over like two hours,” the OP commented, marveling at the condensed chaos.
Soon, police are called by concerned guests (one of whom later scored a sympathy discount, as the OP revealed: “Normally I’m not a fan of giving discounts, but I felt she earned that one”). The authorities confirm there’s no emergency; the woman just wants nothing to do with the club owner, and peace—sort of—returns.
But the receipts are coming due. Between the extra room, pet fee, smoking charges, and parking violations, the club owner’s bill balloons from $350 to over $1,000. The front desk agent, savoring the moment, logs every infraction and promptly puts “Strickland” on the DNR (Do Not Rent) list. When the owner tries to bluff with legal threats and bribes (including, hilariously, “no cover at his club”), the hotel stands firm. As u/SkwrlTail quipped, everyone hopes the guy’s side piece dumped him and told his wife.
Community Cheers and Aftermath
Reddit’s r/TalesFromTheFrontDesk community couldn’t get enough. Commenters like u/MazdaValiant and the OP themselves discussed the tangled property ownership: unfortunately, the hotel can’t evict the nightclub, but there’s hope—the landowners have considered shutting the club down due to ongoing issues.
Others shared their own tales of entitled bar and club patrons, like u/HerfDog58’s classic story of ejecting a would-be beer thief who tried to bribe his way back in with a Blooming Onion. The consensus? Hospitality workers are all too familiar with entitled guests who think rules don’t apply to them, but karma has a way of catching up.
And as the OP noted, the hotel still deals with the club’s “overflow” (bathroom invaders, illegal parkers), but they stand ready with tow trucks and a zero-tolerance policy.
The Moral: Don’t Mess with the Front Desk
If there’s a takeaway here, it’s that hotel staff have seen it all—and they’re not afraid to stand their ground when entitled guests (even ones with local clout) cross the line. As this saga proves, a little patience, a lot of documentation, and the support of the internet’s finest armchair bouncers can turn even the wildest night into a small victory for hospitality workers everywhere.
Have you survived a hotel horror story or dealt with a guest who pushed every button? Share your tales in the comments below—or just let us know which part of this wild ride had you rooting for the front desk the loudest!
Original Reddit Post: The Nightclub Owner's Story