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Do you take little shampoos from hotels?

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  • #102
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    ElleEm wrote: »
    I always take the little sewing kits and shoe shiners. They are so handy.

    I take these and the shower caps. I do actually use the sewing kits and I use the shoe shiners to valet the car - they bring up a great shine on the dashboard!

    I find the soaps/shampoos/conditioners etc to be rubbish in most hotels so I don't even use them let alone take them.


  • #103
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,025 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Poochie05 wrote: »
    Sofitel in Brussels, they even had a pillow menu to choose from!

    http://eu.soboutique.com/category.aspx?THE-ART-OF-BED

    It used to be that when a hotel patron called down for ' an extra cushion' it was a call for an escort. or it that an urban myth, I get my myths mythxed up ;)


  • #104
    [Deleted User]
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    Drumoland Castle, used to give out beautiful bathroom kits, included Hermes scents. I took them.


  • #105
    oldyouth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    grenache wrote: »
    People who steal anything from hotels, be it shampoo, towels or whatever, are fcuking sad individuals. Not to mention thieves.
    I think you need to distinguish the consumables from the fixtures & fittings in a hotel room. Do you really think a housekeeper is going to to re-package a half used bar of hotel soap for the next occupant?? When you pay for a room, the shampoos & soaps are factored in


  • #106
    Poochie05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,261 ✭✭✭Poochie05


    Jake1 wrote: »
    It used to be that when a hotel patron called down for ' an extra cushion' it was a call for an escort. or it that an urban myth, I get my myths mythxed up ;)

    So maybe that's why I got a funny look when I rang down for an extra hard pillow!:D


  • #107
    BabysCoffee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,713 ✭✭✭BabysCoffee


    El Spearo wrote: »
    Everyone is always quick to come up with the alternative.

    What I'm saying is I'm going to be there, so I'll probably take it. Does anyone do the same.

    Did I ask where I can get shampoo? :P

    They have been left in the room for you. Use them or take them home.


  • #108
    grenache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,477 ✭✭✭grenache


    oldyouth wrote: »
    I think you need to distinguish the consumables from the fixtures & fittings in a hotel room. Do you really think a housekeeper is going to to re-package a half used bar of hotel soap for the next occupant?? When you pay for a room, the shampoos & soaps are factored in

    I'm not referring to half used bottles of shampoo or bars of soap. I mean proper stuff like cushions, towels, pillows, etc. it's a scabby thing to do.


  • #109
    true
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭true


    Sir montygom wrote: »
    I always take the batteries out of the remote for the tv when leaving hotels, you could always do with a few spare AAA's at home....have taken the odd toilet seat from time to time from hotel.;)

    thats scabby stealing


  • #110
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    BabysCoffee wrote: »
    They have been left in the room for you. Use them or take them home.

    or if you leave your hotel room around 11ish (that's when they're normally cleaning the rooms) you'll find that there's an abundance of them in their trollies they leave outside the hotel room.
    Grab as many as you can and run :D


  • #111
    true
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭true


    SV wrote: »
    or if you leave your hotel room around 11ish (that's when they're normally cleaning the rooms) you'll find that there's an abundance of them in their trollies they leave outside the hotel room.
    Grab as many as you can and run :D

    thats stealing and the cost of that is passed on to others


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  • #112
    Sir montygom
    Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭Sir montygom


    true wrote: »
    thats scabby stealing


    oh bless me father for i have sinned, its been three weeks since my last confession...................:eek:


  • #113
    Juniorhurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭Juniorhurler


    ya. Into the gearbag for training. Saves bringing a full bottle training for other scabby hoors to steal.


  • #114
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    true wrote: »
    thats stealing and the cost of that is passed on to others


    sure if you're choosing to stay in a hotel then it's all the same
    it's not like you have to or anything. Good luck to ya!


  • #115
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    A lot of people from Cavan on this thread, oh wait they'd be too stingy to stay in a Hotel.


  • #116
    godwin
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭godwin


    I wouldn't take it , it gives me dandruff something fierce.


  • #117
    marshbaboon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭marshbaboon


    Last time I stayed in a hotel I took two towels.

    But only because it was an emergency. I needed them as stuffing to form the arms and legs of a young boy mannequin for a Halloween costume.


  • #118
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    I do myself from time to time... But I'd always ask the manager first


  • #119
    123654789
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,020 ✭✭✭123654789


    I always find it amusing to read about people swiping bedspreads, pillows and sheets and the like. From a quick google, "Bedspreads and comforters are magnets for food, blood and other human and pet body fluid stains yet, they are rarely washed by housekeeping."

    Mmmmmmm.......noice.......


  • #120
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,277 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    sure if you're choosing to stay in a hotel then it's all the same it's not like you have to or anything
    So do you suggest that we sleep on the airplane or just in the airport building ?? Of course we HAVE to stay in hotels.

    smurfjed


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  • #121
    Catphish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 378 ✭✭Catphish


    I'd say anyone in hospitality that has read this thread has been busy nailing everything down..

    I'm not being all high and mighty about this, but I've never stolen anything from a hotel. I just don't see the point. I actually bring my own stuff to wash with because you don't know what the quality of stuff they have will be like.







    I might also make the bed before I leave    .


  • #122
    Afollower
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭Afollower


    Catphish wrote: »

    I might also make the bed before I leave.

    WTF..... like someone is actually going to sleep in it after you!!!


  • #123
    Catphish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 378 ✭✭Catphish


    Afollower wrote: »
    WTF.. like someone is actually going to sleep in it after you!!!
    WTF... I didn't know that!!!11!!

    I'm not talking about it being to the precision that house-keeping would have the bed, I'm talking about throwing the bed more or less back the same way it was, as opposed to a load of bed clothes on the floor. Towels get left over the side of the bath too rather than on the floor. I'm sure its nice for house keeping to find the room in at least a semi-decent state.


  • #124
    Afollower
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭Afollower


    Catphish wrote: »
    WTF... I didn't know that!!!11!!

    I'm not talking about it being to the precision that house-keeping would have the bed, I'm talking about throwing the bed more or less back the same way it was, as opposed to a load of bed clothes on the floor. Towels get left over the side of the bath too rather than on the floor. I'm sure its nice for house keeping to find the room in at least a semi-decent state.

    I'm sure 'housekeeping' really appreciate your thoughtfulness. So much easier to take away the soiled linen and towels when they are nicely tucked up on the bed and hung over the side of the bath!! :eek: I'm sure they would far more appreciate a fiver left on the locker as a tip.


  • #125
    LizzieJones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭LizzieJones


    I've taken the shampoos and soaps that I've partially used. My past hotel stays were never longer then 2 nights. I also had to get a toothbrush from the front desk as I had forgotten mine (brought my own toothpaste but forgot my toothbrush at home). I took that with me too.


  • #126
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Think I took towels once.


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  • #127
    [Deleted User]
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    I take nothing and I never use the provided toiletries. You just don't know what they're like and I don't want a face roaring with an allergic reaction from them.


  • #128
    Mariasofia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Mariasofia


    I personally love those little sewing kits....... :/


  • #129
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Wonder what the pilfer rate for the Gideon's Bibles are like.


  • #130
    mel.b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭mel.b


    I always take them and I have a huge collection of them :) My best score though was when flying first class with Swiss and stopping over in Zurich. I had a shower in the FC lounge and they had Bulgari toiletries in a little toilet bag. I used some of the body wash and then had a real debate with myself as to if I could take them all...I finally did :D Figured they wouldn't want the half used bottle back and probably had them already made up in sets anyway.


  • #131
    [Deleted User]
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    Mariasofia wrote: »
    I personally love those little sewing kits....... :/

    I forgot about them. :)

    And the shoehorns, never used one in my life but they look so attractive when you're packing to leave an hotel.


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  • #132
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    Anything like sewing kits, minature toiletries etc you're supposed to take and are factored into the cost of the room.

    With that in mind, always grab the wee shoe polishers. They're pretty meh on shoes but excellent for dusting/polishing your car dashboard.

    Edit: haha, just realised I posted the same thing in this thread last year!


  • #133
    Thespoofer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭Thespoofer


    Yes, all of them.


  • #134
    [Deleted User]
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    Lingua Franca wrote: »
    With that in mind, always grab the wee shoe polishers. They're pretty meh on shoes but excellent for dusting/polishing your car dashboard.

    It's learning this kind of stuff that makes life worthwhile.


  • #135
    V Eight
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭V Eight


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Wonder what the pilfer rate for the Gideon's Bibles are like.

    They still put bibles in hotel rooms?? That's weird........


  • #136
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    V Eight wrote: »
    They still put bibles in hotel rooms?? That's weird........

    Have still seen them in a few.


  • #137
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Have still seen them in a few.

    Make great kindling


  • #138
    Mariasofia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Mariasofia


    V Eight wrote: »
    They still put bibles in hotel rooms?? That's weird........

    Last fella that tried to chat me up came out with a beaut ...."hope the gideon is still in my room or else Ill have to get mass in the morn for my impure thoughts...." :/ :-D


  • #139
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    The flat saorview screen tele and all the brush chrome sockets and switches were my last freebie.


  • #140
    marie12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭marie12


    The way hotels screw the pictures to the wall, seriously??
    I always take the toiletries, come in handy when you run out. Do people use shower caps?


  • #141
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    When I was in Sweden a few years back the Hotel had this little basket in the bathroom with all the toiletries in it with a little note saying Gratis or for free.

    I remember underneath if was a little hand written note saying, "Please take, we won't getting angry."

    So in summary OP, yeah I take those little shampoos!


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  • #142
    [Deleted User]
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    marie12 wrote: »
    Do people use shower caps?

    Very handy if the shower head is fixed high on the wall and you're of petite stature.
    Unless you're planning on washing your hair, in that case they're a bad idea. :)


  • #143
    marie12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭marie12


    Candie wrote: »
    Very handy if the shower head is fixed high on the wall and you're of petite stature.
    Unless you're planning on washing your hair, in that case they're a bad idea. :)

    aha yes, forgot those fixed heads. Really don't like them. Prefer the adjustable ones.


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