Why would someone swipe their room card in the middle of the night when staying in a hotel?

One is a work mistake, and the other is intentional.

Article 1 198 of the Civil Code stipulates that operators and managers of hotels and other business premises shall bear tort liability if they fail to fulfill their security obligations and cause damage to others.

If the behavior of a third party causes damage to others, the third party shall bear the tort liability; Operators, managers or organizers who fail to fulfill their security obligations shall bear corresponding supplementary responsibilities.

Operators, managers or organizers may claim compensation from a third party after assuming supplementary responsibilities. Specific to this matter, although the door has not been opened, the woman must be frightened. As the old saying goes, "the dead don't pay for their lives", but the man's behavior actually violated the woman's personal rights, and the hotel failed to fulfill its corresponding security obligations.