Do hotel door keys usually open more than just your own room?

I came back to my room after a night out with my friends, too drunk to realise I’d got the wrong room, swiped my key card and walked on some old guy working on a laptop. I realised and ran away feeling embarrassed to my actual room/

Surely I shouldn’t have got through the door with my room card?

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Zaphod42 · 51-55, M

In mid to good hotels the keys only open a specific door. In poor hotels with cheap key systems the keys will sometimes be programmed to open multiple doors because of poor systems design. It’s also possible the desk clerk completely screwed up and made you a maids key. I’ve fired desk clerks for doing that.