> But because she was not checking into the hotel and not going anywhere
>> but the lobby, she did not count on having to produce a
>> government-issued photo ID just to have a clerk phone a guest room
>> from the front desk.
That's ridiculous. In that case, I would have pulled out my mobile phone, called the hotel, and asked to speak to the guest.
Of course, any ID check where they aren't checking the ID against a list of known good or bad people is completely pointless anyway. And as we've seen with the TSA no-fly list, even if they do have a list, that often doesn't help.
R's,
John