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Navy SEAL Joel Lambert reveals hotel room security checklist
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A Navy SEAL has revealed his unusual checklist upon entering any hotel room.
Spoiler alert: it isn’t running a lovely hot bath.
Navy SEAL reveals hotel room must-dos
Yes, while most of us might stick on the bath and loll around on the bed, thankful that we don’t have to clear up after ourselves for one night at least, this ex-Armed Forces guy is never off the clock.
That means that he’s prepared for all eventualities, all of the time.
His name is Joel Lambert and you might recognise him from Manhunt on Discovery.
He’s a valuable resource if you want to be aware of all of the potential horrors that wait for you around literally every corner.
Even in the hotel room, you aren’t safe - as he’s very keen to remind us.
In his brief explanatory video, he unfurls his slightly bizarre over-prepared approach to living in his home from home.
He asks: “You just walked into your hotel room, what’s the first thing you do?”
It’s none of your business sir, but OK.
He continues: “Most people grab the remote and lay on the bed - not me.
“I check four things before I sit down.”
First up, he places a rubber door stopper underneath the door from the inside, so - as he explains - 'no-one is getting in, keycard or not’.
Next steps upon entering the room
Then, immediately after having secured the door - for some reason - he immediately then leaves the room to do a recon mission around the hotel.
To be fair, there is some sense to this.
“Then I walk to the nearest exit,” he elaborates.
“I count the doors all the way down along the wall, that way if the hallway is full of smoke at 3:00am I don’t have to see the exit sign, I can feel my way down the wall and find out when I am at the exit.”
Sure, fire safety and awareness is very important - no arguments here.
What’s next?
“Keys, shoes and phone go right by the bed.
“If the alarm goes off you’re out in 10 seconds.
“You’re not looking under your towel for a keycard.”
Last, and by some distance the strangest, is a quirk about his room number.
Lambert says: “If the guy at the front desk says my room number out loud in the lobby, I ask him for a different room.
“Nobody needs to know where I’m sleeping…”
Reaction has been… mixed
Online, those who have seen his video are somewhat perplexed - largely down to one thing we’ve already mentioned.
One person commented: "So to clarify, you block the door, then immediately unblock it to go wander down the corridor?”
Another said: "Guess what you'll forget when you're trying to escape? That you put that door stopper under the door.”
"If the building is on fire why tf would you care about your key card?” asked a third.
Honestly, great question.
Still, the important message to take here is that you should always be aware of your surroundings, especially if they are unfamiliar or you are vulnerable - which is to say, sleeping.
Perhaps not THIS aware though - this is Navy SEAL stuff, that’s why most of us never make it past the basic training.