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Default humans consider a tidied fresh room part of the package.

You not wanting it makes you weird. So it's on you to move the little "Do Not Disturb" thing from inside door knob to outside.

Telling reception won't work. Reception can't be bothered to communicate to house keeping who can't be bothered to figure out which house keeper will hit up your room and give them special instructions to not do their training.

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> So it's on you to move the little "Do Not Disturb" thing from inside door knob to outside.

What if I wanted to leave my room and still leave my stuff in there without being moved/touched by hotel personel? A sign that says "do not disturb" makes no sense in that case.

It literally makes perfect sense. Do not disturb (me, my room, my stuff).

Only if "do not disturb" meant "do not enter", which is what I want the sign to mean.

If you're really this anal about the verbiage, Amazon will sell you a solution:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09GDBLYHM/

For most normal people, "Do not disturb" and "Do not enter" on a door sign mean the same thing.

You ever been to an hotel before?

Yes, many times and I generally hate the experience, even in the more expensive ones.

What? It makes perfect sense.

  - Do not disturb : me the person in the room.
  - Do not disturb : the room and things within it.

I've travelled -extensively- for my job. Usually 6 days at a time. I dislike daily housekeeping, so I just put the little DND sign on the door and from countless hotels have never had room service enter when they shouldn't have.

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