Stealing things out of hotels.

Console

So what do you steal? :pac:

I for one, like to steal all coffee and tea sachets. Come in handy later. Never stole a towel. Must do sometime. But I was tempted to steal a hotel key once. Not the one I was given but another one that was left under the bed for some strange reason. (well, not so strange i guess. Person misplaced key underbed)

So what have you stolen?

Fart

I stole the right for the people in the next room to have a nice nights sleep when I was banging the missus and her head was knocking off the headboard.

OMG Its EoinD

They have class robes in hotels, must get one soon :P . But my GF once stole the shower cap as she said it would be handy. Once stole a sewing set that was fairly good for the mother :P nothing major though

Coriolanus

Take all the tea and coffee etc, and if I have room in my bag, one of the towels and one of the pillows. You can't take em all, that's too obvious.

Console

Im_EoinD wrote: »

They have class robes in hotels, must get one soon :P . But my GF once stole the shower cap as she said it would be handy. Once stole a sewing set that was fairly good for the mother :P nothing major though

Oh yeah!
i got one of those sewing thingys from the plaza in talla :pac:

OMG Its EoinD

Nevore wrote: »

Take all the tea and coffee etc, and if I have room in my bag, one of the towels and one of the pillows. You can't take em all, that's too obvious.

Milk the top hotels for what they are worth I tell ya. You should take a second bag next time !

Colilfc

Dunno why but I always nick the shower caps for some reason I find them funny. Have a nice little collection from over the years, still in the little boxes, never been used.

[Jackass]

Took the TV once.

Coriolanus

Im_EoinD wrote: »

Milk the top hotels for what they are worth I tell ya. You should take a second bag next time !

Nah, if you take all, it's dead obvious that you did it. Take one, the cleaners assume it was never there in the first place.

OMG Its EoinD

Nevore wrote: »

Nah, if you take all, it's dead obvious that you did it. Take one, the cleaners assume it was never there in the first place.

Blame it on the cleaners then ? :P

admiralofthefleet

i stole slippers and few of the bathroom things last year

ilovesleep

I stole a bail of towels consisting of a bath towel, hand towel, and face cloth. There were folded nice with ribbon and have the hotel logo. Cheers Morrison hotel. Loved my night there.

xzanti

The lampshades a nonono.. but the lightbulbs... Ah yes yes yes

Remote controls.. ah nonono.. but the batteries?? ah yes yes yes

showercaps... faceclothes.. earbuds.. tampons?? It's all fair game

Jesus Wept

There are earbuds and tampons in your hotel rooms?

seanybiker

The-Rigger wrote: »

There are earbuds and tampons in your hotel rooms?

Was wondering what they where. Almost burst me ear drum trying to clean me ears with a tampon

Animord

I know someone who goes to a hotel in Clonmel for an annual event - every time he removes the (very nice) dressing gown and replaces it with the one he took the year before. Not stealing in his opinion, just an extended borrowing system.

Speculator

Why do some many people consider taking the following items as stealing???? coffee and tea sachets, sewing kits, shoe shine pads, toiletries i.e. shower cap, shampoo, soap etc These are all complimentary.


Hotel's will now charge your credit card if you take the bathrobe, slippers or any other item. So that is technically a purchase.

xzanti

The-Rigger wrote: »

There are earbuds and tampons in your hotel rooms?

If you request them they're in all hotels.. unless you're staying in some 'roach motel like the travel lodge.. in which case you can clean your ears with the curtains.. if you dare :pac:

temply

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i stole slippers and few of the bathroom things last year

You're allowed the soap & shampoo and shower gel etc, ditto the slippers

Annasopra

[Jackass] wrote: »

Took the TV once.

Did you fit it in your case?

xzanti

[Jackass] wrote: »

Took the TV once.

Rock n roll

mfceiling

xzanti wrote: »

The lampshades a nonono.. but the lightbulbs... Ah yes yes yes

Remote controls.. ah nonono.. but the batteries?? ah yes yes yes

showercaps... faceclothes.. earbuds.. tampons?? It's all fair game

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055454434

xzanti

mfceiling wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055454434

Whoooosh

johndoe99

i worked in a hotel once, in the kitchen and one day I passed this guy in work overalls carrying a microwave oven out of the hotel, later in the day I saw him again carrying another Microwave, at the time I assumed he was a repairman.

At a staff meeting the following day we were informed that 3 microwaves had been stolen from the kitchen the previous day.

Sofiztikated

Tea, coffee, sugar, etc, these are all consumables. Gets factored into the budget for the rooms. Other stuff is theft. Or you get charged.

Things I have seen nicked:
Towels.
Bedclothes.
Tv.
Mattress. Why the **** anyone wants this, I don't know.
Coffee machine.
Tea pots.
Teaspoons.
Minibar items.
The actual minibar.
A grand piano.
Cigarette machine.
Dvds.
Giant chess pieces.

Kevin Duffy

mfceiling wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055454434

xzanti wrote: »

Whoooosh

's an American thing mfceiling my Friend.

Son Of A Vidic

Fart wrote: »

I stole the right for the people in the next room to have a nice nights sleep when I was banging the missus and her head was knocking off the headboard.

Ah sure it was no bother, the noise didn't last long.......:p

stupidusername

One hotel I stayed in had little chips fitted to their towels so you couldn't steal them,or so they said

kerry4sam

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Tea, coffee, sugar, etc, these are all consumables. Gets factored into the budget for the rooms. Other stuff is theft. Or you get charged.

Things I have seen nicked:
Towels.
Bedclothes.
Tv.
Mattress. Why the **** anyone wants this, I don't know.
Coffee machine.
Tea pots.
Teaspoons.
Minibar items.
The actual minibar.
A grand piano.
Cigarette machine.
Dvds.
Giant chess pieces.

to add to this list
- a bin with the hotel brand-name on it
- tv, yes somebody took a tv
- bedroom curtains
- tv remotes seem common also

Most hotels would charge the cards used when making booking online or over the phone if theft has occurred. Some people forget that fact when they think they are getting one up on the hotels

Micky Dolenz

I once refused to pay a hooker in a hotel room, does that count?

cul-2008

Such things as shampoo, shower caps, tampons, tissues etc are factored into the cost of selling a room for any given night so you can take or leave them as you please. I'll do it if I stay in a big 5 star property, but don't see the point otherwise.

However, people taking dressing gowns, towels and any other linen are basically stealing. Chances are the hotel uses contract hire for their linen, and anything not returned must be paid for by the hotel. Some people see nothing wrong with taking as they please because maybe they're staying in a multinational like Hilton etc and "Paris can afford it". At the end of the day, each hotel operates on its own to a certain degree and has to make budget or heads will roll..and it won't be Paris or those at the top. It'll be those of us who work back to back twelve hour shifts to keep the place going and take dogs bollox abuse from joe bloggs on a daily basis.

I know you might say "ah its only a fookin pillow/towel etc" but the amount of times we have missed budget by a few bob has been unreal because expenditure has increased with people stealing things like salt and pepper mills from the restaurant tables!

- Just a thought from one of the people you 'borrow' from.

Mike 1972

Ive never stolen anything out of a hotel. I already own a perfectly good set of towels.

[Jackass] wrote: »

Took the TV once.

You did it wrong.

Youre SUPPOSED to put it on an extension lead. Turn the volume up full and chuck it through the window.

testicle

[Jackass] wrote: »

Took the TV once.

kerry4sam wrote: »

to add to this list
- a bin with the hotel brand-name on it
- tv, yes somebody took a tv
- bedroom curtains
- tv remotes seem common also

I might have a suspect for you...

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I once refused to pay a hooker in a hotel room, does that count?

No, because you paid him in the hallway instead.

Will I Amnt

I've never taken anything but some things I've left behind:electric razor(€80),laptop charger(about€20??)shirt and jacket(€100) and various toiletries(let's say €20)
that should cover a few of your thieving asses:)

Dudess

Free shower curtain!

talla10

THOU SHALL NOT PASS STEAL!!

harr

stupidusername wrote: »

One hotel I stayed in had little chips fitted to their towels so you couldn't steal them,or so they said

i always take a nice big bath towel when staying in hotels and the last time there was a sign informing us of said chip but chanced it anyway and nothing happened.i would say just a scare tactic.:) The best way to get a nice robe is to use the spa in the hotel just wear one from the spa back to the room.

Sofiztikated

cambo2008 wrote: »

I've never taken anything but some things I've left behind:electric razor(€80),laptop charger(about€20??)shirt and jacket(€100) and various toiletries(let's say €20)
that should cover a few of your thieving asses:)

You do know that the value of those things in hotels is worthless? It's not like we can sell someones used electric razor.

The charger might come in handy, if someone is looking for one, but chances are, they won't.

Most lost property is kept for about a year, clothes are then usually given to charity.

longshanks

harr wrote: »

i always take a nice big bath towel when staying in hotels and the last time there was a sign informing us of said chip but chanced it anyway and nothing happened.i would say just a scare tactic.:) The best way to get a nice robe is to use the spa in the hotel just wear one from the spa back to the room.

Or take them from the trolley when the cleaners are cleaning the rooms.

Run_to_da_hills

I can remember attending the Fir Bolg bike rally at Whites Castle Lisdoonvarna, as a precautionm management would move everything worth taking from all the rooms including TV sets, cutlery and anything else that could walk. We were still charged the same rate for the rooms.

Sofiztikated

kerry4sam wrote: »

to add to this list
- a bin with the hotel brand-name on it
- tv, yes somebody took a tv
- bedroom curtains
- tv remotes seem common also

Most hotels would charge the cards used when making booking online or over the phone if theft has occurred. Some people forget that fact when they think they are getting one up on the hotels

Anything with a brand name seems to be common.

I actually watched someone attempt to steal the mattress. From a 2nd floor room. Myself and the security guard were having a smoke, and watched them lower it out through the window using the sheets (ripped up) down onto their car roof. Man, they got a shock when the carpark barrierst open for them, and the Five-O pulled up in front of them.

Sofiztikated

longshanks wrote: »

Or take them from the trolley when the cleaners are cleaning the rooms.

harr wrote: »

i always take a nice big bath towel when staying in hotels and the last time there was a sign informing us of said chip but chanced it anyway and nothing happened.i would say just a scare tactic.:) The best way to get a nice robe is to use the spa in the hotel just wear one from the spa back to the room.

Would you walk through Dunnes taking things off trolleys, and stuffing them up your shirt?

Sonnenblumen

Console wrote: »

So what do you steal? :pac:

I for one, like to steal all coffee and tea sachets. Come in handy later. Never stole a towel. Must do sometime. But I was tempted to steal a hotel key once. Not the one I was given but another one that was left under the bed for some strange reason. (well, not so strange i guess. Person misplaced key underbed)

So what have you stolen?

Cherries:D

kerry4sam

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Anything with a brand name seems to be common.

I actually watched someone attempt to steal the mattress. From a 2nd floor room. Myself and the security guard were having a smoke, and watched them lower it out through the window using the sheets (ripped up) down onto their car roof. Man, they got a shock when the carpark barrierst open for them, and the Five-O pulled up in front of them.

Nothing, absolutely nothing surprises me about what people think they can get away with. Some people don't seem to factor in that their are cameras around, and everyone in and out of hotels have eyes and ears and don't hesitate in passing on information either, some even by phone after check-out thankfully.

challengemaster

xzanti wrote: »

If you request them they're in all hotels..

Requesting tampons with your room? :eek:

How exactly do you word that one in the requests box....

Will I Amnt

Sofiztikated wrote: »

You do know that the value of those things in hotels is worthless? It's not like we can sell someones used electric razor.

The charger might come in handy, if someone is looking for one, but chances are, they won't.

Most lost property is kept for about a year, clothes are then usually given to charity.

You do know I wasn't seriously suggesting that they could be sold on

karlog

I took a shower cubicle once. It was a b*stard trying to fit in my suitcase.

Angelandie

The stuff that goes missing in our place is unbelievable... can't keep salt and pepper grinders in stock, changed to shakers, they still go missing. Have nice baskets that the chips come in, they disappear too...

Sofiztikated

cambo2008 wrote: »

You do know I wasn't seriously suggesting that they could be sold on

Ive started taking people at face value when it comes to hotels, because, frankly, people are that stupid.

Angelandie

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Ive started taking people at face value when it comes to hotels, because, frankly, people are that stupid.

Its so true, glad I'm not the only one who feels like this...:)

Micky Dolenz

testicle wrote: »

No, because you paid him in the hallway instead.

:eek:

It was you, wasn't it? Now get back here and finish the job.