This is Not a Happy Story

The Stratosphere hotel has a pretty good security system. We've seen them check ID's, escort out "escorts", and monitor the elevators. We even watched five guys being arrested for jumping up & down in the elevator.

We left our room one evening to meet our friends. I rounded the corner, slightly behind Kevin who was (of course) on the phone. There was a very attractive woman, dressed for clubbing, walking. down the hallway. I watched her stop then throw something, I didn't see what. She turned & began to walk back toward me.

A guy (someone I would describe as a dude) stepped out of a room, strolled down the hall to her, palmed her head & shoved her to the ground. She crumpled to the floor then stayed there. He took a few more steps & picked up what she threw then returned to the room.

The girl stood while he had his back to her and returned to the room. I made sure that I made eye contact with her so that she knew someone saw her. The bad guy didn't say a word.

Kevin only saw part of it so I explained as we went down the elevator. When we got downstairs our friends weren't there so I wandered off to find a pit boss. I explained what happened and he sent me to the security booth.

There was a stocky man in a suit speaking with a cocktail waitress and another suit. I approached him and saw that his tag said "Security Manager". I interrupted their conversation. At first he looked at me like WTF then repeated what I said "A guy shoved a girl down?" I didn't hardly finish what I am saying when he looked at his partner & said "We're going. Now." They were gone in seconds.

My brother-in-law said that when he came down a few minutes after us the girl was huddled by the elevators but didn't go down. (smart girl, my b-i-l is 6'2" and 250 lbs and rarely looks pleasant)

I don't know what happened from there but my hope is that the security guy found the douchebag. I am sure if they did, he was escorted from the premises. Hopefully the girl went home & never saw him again. She didn't seem like the kind of girl that would put up with that sh*t.

While it marred the evening, I am glad that I saw it. I am glad I was able to tattle. I am glad for hotel security.