“Do you need one room key or two room key?” the worker asks in the footage, which has already racked up over two million views since being uploaded on Saturday.
The customer answers without hesitation: “Two, just in case I lose one.”
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“More American jobs outsourced overseas. At some point this should just become illegal. If you make money in America, you should hire Americans,” one person wrote on X, echoing the frustration of others.
Another user was more blunt, writing: “What hotel, so I can be sure to avoid it?”
In response to the growing uproar, a spokesperson for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts — the parent company of La Quinta Inn — told The Post they had just been made aware of the situation and were actively looking into it.
“Further, our brand standards require hotels to have a team member physically stationed at the front desk at all times.”
The brand currently operates several La Quinta locations in and around the Miami area, though it did not specify whether any others use similar technology.
Adding to the conversation, a YouTube video posted back in February appeared to show the same kind of oversized tablet screen being used by a remote worker at a Wyndham hotel located in Bonita Springs, Florida.
Another traveler also shared that they had run into a similar setup when staying at a hotel in Dublin, where their check-in was handled entirely by a virtual front-desk worker.
“Honestly, it was a lot quicker than dealing with front desk staff, and it prints out your keycard,” they recalled in their post.
According to their post on X, visitors there fill out a form on an iPad, pick up a key card from a stack, and then tap it on a reader to activate it before heading to their room.
“There’s really no reason for these jobs at all in today’s age,” the user concluded, pointing out how the entire process removed the need for any front desk staff.
