At some hotels, there are times when reservations are made for the hotel that exceed available inventory of rooms, resulting in an "oversold" situation. The night auditor is usually the hotel employee that must deal with this if the hotel is still oversold by the time of the night audit shift. If a guest arrives who has an oversold reservation, the auditor ends up having to calm the guest and find them suitable alternate accommodations, preferably nearby, then process the transfer accordingly as per the hotel's standards. This can be a lengthy process depending on the number of affected guests and length of time necessary to find alternate accommodations; having to deal with oversold situations can affect the time it normally takes a night auditor to do the audit, manager reports, and change of day in the hotel's computer system.