If people were honest we wouldn't need hotel room closed loop hangers

pavb2 · 23-05-2015 10:16AM #1

As I sat in my hotel room the other day my little daughter asked me why we couldn't take the hangers out of the wardrobe. You all know the type, I understand they are called closed loop hangers designed to stop people stealing them.

This got me thinking and you know if people were honest there would be no need for their existence. But then taking this a step further what about the people who made those hangers it would put them out of work and have an impact on the economy.

The implications are far reaching if people were honest there would be a raft of things we wouldn't need, locks on doors, gardai, judiciary. Etc and therefore more people on social welfare. I'm sure there are many other things that would be affected which I haven't thought about if you also want to give examples.

My heart says there shouldn't be a need for those closed loop hangers but my head says maybe there is.

gumbo1 · 23-05-2015 10:21AM

Cash in transit vans or security anywhere!

Sir Osis of Liver. · 23-05-2015 10:25AM

Whenever I book into a hotel,I make sure to have my trusty Angle Grinder.

No closed loop hanger is safe.

The Backwards Man · 23-05-2015 10:34AM

Them hangars come off easy, you're either the world's worst thief or the world's laziest handyman.

pavb2 · 23-05-2015 10:40AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Them hangars come off easy, you're either the world's worst thief or the world's laziest handyman.

Of course he could own a closed loop hanger factory or is simply trying to keep the closed loop hanger workers in a job

UCDVet · 23-05-2015 10:41AM

I don't consider taking anything from a hotel room 'stealing'. In fact, that's why you don't pre-pay for hotels, because they don't know how much to charge you. If you take something from the room, they'll charge you for it.

A lot of hotels even have giftshops now where you can purchase a lot of the same items found in your room. Other hotels have a price-list for items in your room available too. Fancy hotel on your honeymoon with nice slippers and robe - makes a nice keepsake, call the front desk and they'll tell you the price.

pavb2 · 23-05-2015 01:52PM

Wouldn't need traffic wardens

silverfeather · 23-05-2015 01:53PM

What?

catallus · 23-05-2015 01:54PM

silverfeather wrote: »

What?

Wouldn't need traffic wardens.

Cienciano · 23-05-2015 01:55PM

Wouldn't need a key or lock for anything. No car keys or door keys.

silverfeather · 23-05-2015 01:56PM

catallus wrote: »

Wouldn't need traffic wardens.

Thank you.

renegademaster · 23-05-2015 01:56PM

If my aunty had balls she'd be my uncle

silverfeather · 23-05-2015 01:59PM

UCDVet wrote: »

I don't consider taking anything from a hotel room 'stealing'. In fact, that's why you don't pre-pay for hotels, because they don't know how much to charge you. If you take something from the room, they'll charge you for it.

A lot of hotels even have giftshops now where you can purchase a lot of the same items found in your room. Other hotels have a price-list for items in your room available too. Fancy hotel on your honeymoon with nice slippers and robe - makes a nice keepsake, call the front desk and they'll tell you the price.

I take ALL the toiletries and any edibles. That's all.

I don't take slippers or anything like that.

galljga1 · 23-05-2015 02:00PM

renegademaster wrote: »

If my aunty had balls she'd be my uncle

A snip, a snip there, Bob's your uncle.

Santa Cruz · 23-05-2015 02:04PM

pavb2 wrote: »

As I sat in my hotel room the other day my little daughter asked me why we couldn't take the hangers out of the wardrobe. You all know the type, I understand they are called closed loop hangers designed to stop people stealing them.

This got me thinking and you know if people were honest there would be no need for their existence. But then taking this a step further what about the people who made those hangers it would put them out of work and have an impact on the economy.

The implications are far reaching if people were honest there would be a raft of things we wouldn't need, locks on doors, gardai, judiciary. Etc and therefore more people on social welfare. I'm sure there are many other things that would be affected which I haven't thought about if you also want to give examples.

My heart says there shouldn't be a need for those closed loop hangers but my head says maybe there is.

The theft of clothes hangers is one of the great challenges facing mankind

pavb2 · 23-05-2015 02:07PM

Cienciano wrote: »

Wouldn't need a key or lock for anything. No car keys or door keys.

That's my point locks are everywhere in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Does anyone living in a town or city go a whole day without coming across a lock.

So if people were honest how many people would be out of work.

ThinkProgress · 23-05-2015 02:11PM

In the event the world suddenly becomes more "honest"... hangers in a closet might be the least of our concerns!

It's all the skeletons in there next to the hangers that start coming out we'll need to worry about!

The Masculinist · 23-05-2015 02:14PM

Prostitution would probably be legal/less frowned upon as no women would be trafficked and women in the business would be doing it out of their free will.

john the one · 23-05-2015 02:14PM

The euro for the trolley thingy in the supermarket. The man who invented it deserves a Nobel prize

The Diabolical Monocle · 23-05-2015 02:24PM

john the one wrote: »

The euro for the trolley thingy in the supermarket. The man who invented it deserves a Nobel prize

yes, but a special edition one, that was chained and he had to put a euro into to collect.

Mesrine65 · 23-05-2015 02:28PM

If people were honest...

Fúck that, I'd be unemployed & I'm too old to retrain at this stage of my life.

Flippyfloppy · 23-05-2015 02:28PM

It's all tragic, absolutely tragic

hoodwinked · 23-05-2015 02:29PM

i worked in a hotel in my younger years, the things people would steal were incredable,

we were prepared for stolen towels/bedclothes/soaps/tea/coffee/tea-spoons...etc

once somebody stole the iron, literally cut the wire connecting it to the wall now you might think they will add a plug to said wire at home but they cut it closest to the iron so there would have been no cable left

another time i was in reception late at night when this guy was checking out with a large box shape in his bag, after the receptionist called security to search the bag it turned out he had tried to take one of the old crt portable tv's from one of the rooms yet to have the tv upgraded, this thing was tiny even at the time it was a rubbish tv so why he wanted it we could never figure it out!

The Masculinist · 23-05-2015 02:42PM

hoodwinked wrote: »

i worked in a hotel in my younger years, the things people would steal were incredable,

we were prepared for stolen towels/bedclothes/soaps/tea/coffee/tea-spoons...etc

once somebody stole the iron, literally cut the wire connecting it to the wall now you might think they will add a plug to said wire at home but they cut it closest to the iron so there would have been no cable left

another time i was in reception late at night when this guy was checking out with a large box shape in his bag, after the receptionist called security to search the bag it turned out he had tried to take one of the old crt portable tv's from one of the rooms yet to have the tv upgraded, this thing was tiny even at the time it was a rubbish tv so why he wanted it we could never figure it out!

Were there a lot of prostitutes using the hotel?

redbel05 · 23-05-2015 02:50PM

Its all about how much people think they can get away with.
You've reminded me about a guy I recently read about in the local newspaper- Google "Donegal Walter Mitty" and you'll find it.

Got me to wondering just how often people go out without paying/ take something extra because they think they can justify it by saying: "sure its a busy hotel/ shop etc, they make loads of money and this entitles me to just take stuff" /rant over

UCDVet · 23-05-2015 02:55PM

silverfeather wrote: »

I take ALL the toiletries and any edibles. That's all. I don't take slippers or anything like that.

I don't go to nice hotels very often - but a few months back I went to a hotel that had like a whole plate of really fancy looking cakes/sweets. They also had a mini-fridge with drinks and snacks.

I've always heard everything in the mini-fridge is really expensive - so I assumed they'd charge me if I ate the cakes/sweets too? I should have just asked, but I didn't want to sound as cheap and ignorant as I am

Does that mean I passed on those edibles for nothing?

corner of hells · 23-05-2015 04:53PM

Whoa , just hold on a minute ... who on earth hangs up clothes in a hotel ?

Last time I stayed in a hotel overnight , I don't even remember taking my shoes off , let alone hang up clothes...

Aidric · 23-05-2015 05:05PM

Those hangers are a bitch when you're drunk.

pavb2 · 23-05-2015 10:37PM

Santa Cruz wrote: »

The theft of clothes hangers is one of the great challenges facing mankind

I know think we need a referendum on their very existence

gumbo1 · 23-05-2015 10:50PM

redbel05 wrote: »

Its all about how much people think they can get away with.

Got me to wondering just how often people go out without paying/ take something extra because they think they can justify it by saying: "sure its a busy hotel/ shop etc, they make loads of money and this entitles me to just take stuff" /rant over

I work in Dublin airport and caught a fella with 2 life jackets in his bag, ya know the ones were all told are under the seats in case of emergency landing on water? Well when we questioned him about why he had taken them he simply said "I paid for the seat so thought I was entitled to take them" Some people eh!

entropi · 23-05-2015 11:13PM

galljga1 wrote: »

A snip, a snip there, Bob's your uncle.

Ah, Dessie Curley...is it yourself?

If people were honest we wouldn't need hotel room closed loop hangers

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