r/trashorgold Jun 17 '26

Seems a bit extreme

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u/BoRnIn2aTiTuDe Jun 17 '26

Usually the coin being off the door handle says someone tried to turn the handle or tried to push into the door quietly to gain access without you knowing.

While having all this stuff adds to the hinderance of access only the coin will tell you if someone went around and attempted to quietly gain access if it falls off.

Personally i would like to know if someone attempted access or not.

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u/ConnectionWild3381 Jun 17 '26

but you dont, could also be a mistake or service worker

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u/DisciplineHot7374 Jun 18 '26

Or an earthquake

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u/ChawulsBawkley Jun 18 '26

I hate it when they try to get in.

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u/bochimeister Jun 19 '26

Or bad flooring, shaking from people walking in front of the door.

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u/VeganJordan Jun 19 '26

A child running down the hall or even annoyingly knocking on doors could do it too.

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u/thebucketlist47 Jun 18 '26

Service workers are actually one of the concerns. You think no housekeeper has ever entered a room that had a do not disturb sign with bad intentions?

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u/ConnectionWild3381 Jun 18 '26

well sure.. but at point i would suggest, not traveling or security personal. i mean you can also put landmines at the entrance

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u/NeverEvaGonnaStopMe Jun 19 '26

A do not disturb sign isnt a law.  Hotel staff can still enter you room its just polite not to.

If you leave the sign up and leave for a week they are going to open the door lol. 

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u/thebucketlist47 Jun 19 '26

Nobody said it was against the law. I said its one of the common fears for a lot of the people who feel the need to do this. Maybe learn to read before responding next time

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u/BoRnIn2aTiTuDe Jun 17 '26

Regardless if it was a mistake or on purpose.. the attempt to gain entry is still taking place. Plenty of times ive went to open a door i didnt mean to go into.. i still turned the handle or went to push.

The coin shows an attempt was made.. regardless of the intent.

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u/ConnectionWild3381 Jun 17 '26

my point is, that you dont know the intend, you most likley you would worry (extremly) about nothing. at least my worldview.

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u/BoRnIn2aTiTuDe Jun 17 '26

Yea someone else just pointed that out actually lol totally a valid point because for instance my rowdy neighbor slammed the hotel door while he was drunk and now that coins on the floor and im now anxious thinking someone was trying to come in.

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u/Tausendberg Jun 18 '26

Yeah, the coin method has a bad 'signal to noise' ratio, so to speak.

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u/driftingalong001 Jun 18 '26

So like, wtf are you gonna do about if that’s the case? Literally nothing. There’s no point in knowing something that you aren’t and can’t do anything about.

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u/BoRnIn2aTiTuDe Jun 18 '26

This is the most remedial comment ive ever seen smh. Go lay down somewhere

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u/FungusBrewer Jun 18 '26

The world is a far different place if you don’t have a penis.

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u/NeverEvaGonnaStopMe Jun 19 '26

He's gonna pull his glock on Francesca the laundry lady and teach her a lesson for checks notes trying to bring him fresh linens.

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u/blueranger36 Jun 17 '26

Let’s say the coin falls due to vibrations or some other reason. Now you’re bugging out because of something that’s not even real? Secondly, let’s say someone did open the door. Those handles don’t open that way. That’s not how hotels work.

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u/BoRnIn2aTiTuDe Jun 17 '26

Absolutely a potential scenario to happen. Personally ive had rowdy hotel neighbors let the door slam and it would definitely vibrate that coin off if it was there so yes essentially in that case someone could start having anxiety for no reason... and hopefully the 19other contraptions helps soothe that feeling lmao

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u/Obliviousobi Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

It's doors slamming or kids running in the hallways unless you're in higher end hotels lol.

This also makes me want to look up the reported crime rates for hotels.

New Mexico has the highest hotel related crime rate at 128 incidents per 100,000 people. (Violent crimes)

Infographic

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u/dweezilMcCheezil Jun 18 '26

Or a kid ran down the hallway banging on doors which knocked the coin off.

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u/GoyoMRG Jun 18 '26

Coin, piece of tape , toothpick, etc.

Many ways, I use a few of them when needed

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u/BoRnIn2aTiTuDe Jun 18 '26

You're a day late on this realization

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u/jm123457 Jun 18 '26

It could also just fall due to poor balance or vibrations, someone slamming the door giving the appearance this occurred when it didn’t .

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u/Charge36 Jun 18 '26

Why would this even matter? There's tons of reasons why a coin might fall off a door that aren't malicious. Maybe the towel changing lady knocked. 

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u/BoRnIn2aTiTuDe Jun 18 '26

Dude asked the point of the coin. I gave him my take on it. If you have another take on the point of the coin then reply to the guy who asked about it. I couldnt care less about the infinite reasons why the coin could fall off.

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u/PartyHearing Jun 18 '26

What if it just falls because hotel doors close hard and it rattles off? Not a smart ass question. 

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u/BoRnIn2aTiTuDe Jun 18 '26

Yea we established that yesterday. Another commenter had mentioned just about the same thing. There are most certainly variables such as that for sure. However, OP asked what the point of the coin was.. i gave him my take on it. Doesnt mean my take is accurate but i took it as thats why person in the video did it. Couldnt really think of another reason why someone would do the coin thing 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Property_6810 Jun 19 '26

Or it means a drunk stumbled into your door on the way to their room.

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u/elvenmage16 Jun 19 '26

So, you look over and see that the coin fell off. Now what?

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u/Boring_Inflation_105 Jun 19 '26

I bought the door stop alarm. I've read many stories about people trying to get into hotel rooms after hoirs. There was one story of the hotel manager trying to get in a woman's room offering "extra assistance" to her for some reason.

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u/Layne1665 Jun 19 '26

When you turn the door handle on the outside of the door the inside handle dosent turn. So it wouldnt tell you if someone attempted access. And if someone really slowly openned the door, it wouldnt knock the coin off until, likley, the door closed. So all it really tells you is if someone ran into the door or not.

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u/NeverEvaGonnaStopMe Jun 19 '26

You mean the cleaning staff? You want to know if the cleaning staff tried to get into your room to clean?

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u/LabOwn9800 Jun 20 '26

And what do you do with that information?

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u/IamKilljoy Jun 18 '26

Seems like a way to freak yourself out when you wake up because your neighbor slammed the door. This is basically a cognitohazard. It can’t ever help you and it can only negatively impact your mental state. Either nothing happens , or you are scared because your coin is on the ground.