I was led here by a link and I just felt compelled to thank you for your articulate comments and to say, hell yes (heh, not an articulate response but a gut reaction one). I'm in Hawaii which is a very tourist oriented place and so I have a lot of friends who work in different areas of the hotel industry and my brother used to be a bellboy/room service waiter at a Sheraton for several years. So I'm trained (well, and hopefully general human courtesy just makes this automatic although I realize sometimes it does not) to tip well and be thankful and appreciative of the kindness and professionalism of hotel staff.

But I have never thought about the scary aspect of being a woman at night in a hotel. I think because I've always had the mindset that there are big burly security guards waiting in the wings to be your minions/protectors. And, wow, yes it sounds scary as hell if this is not the case; having to go into unknown situations with no back up.

All I can say is, again, thank you for articulating your thoughts and sharing.