stealing Shampoo from Hotels.

[WhaWhaWha]

Breaking News... Britons steal shampoo from hotel rooms. Toothpaste remains untouched.


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[Svend]

Shampoo, that should be the name for that fake shit you can buy in joke shops.

 

[baltimoron]

I have an entire collection.

Everything from the "ketchup packet" Jergens at Days Inn to the fancy Aveda stuff at the W.

They always give you more than you need anyway. I never use the shower cap, moisture lotion, and mouthwash, so they're mine. Perks for paying for the hotel room, IMHO.

 

[Powershot]

Shampoo is fair game. Towels on the other hand..

 

[tboy]

Yup, when I used to travel a lot I'd keep the stuff from the better hotels so I'd have something good to use at the crappy ones. The Bellagio in Vegas had the best stuff, full sized bars of really nice soap, 3/4 bottles of shampoo, mouthwash, conditioner, hand lotion etc.

Supposedly they can treat taking the stuff like taking towels but they don't enforce it. I've never been able to confirm or deny this however.....

 

[tboy]

I kind of like that idea for home but, in a hotel room? EWWWWWWWWWW

Is this the kind that you have to disassemble to fill or is it relatively easy?

I can IMAGINE what some guys would put in there......though I hear IT is good for the complexion! *eg*

 

[Keebler Elf]

You probably can't open it; probably requires a key mechanism of some sort.

The way I view it, if the hotel is going to replace the item automatically (like soap), then it's fair game. If not, then it's stealing plain and simple. Not to say I've never stolen from a hotel room, but at least I admit that I am in fact stealing.

 

[tboy]

KE: When I stayed at the Bellagio I actually was surprized when I came back to the room and everything was replaced. Even the 9/10 full bottles in the shower, the bottle of mouthwash with a mouthfull missing, and the bars of soap....

 

[baci2004]

The Hilton in Niagara has Crabtree & Evelyn soap and shampoo

 

[Tina_Ballerina]

Watch your shower gel around the SP's

 

[tboy]

Well, I always have some gelatin soap and all the shower gel and conditioner etc she can use.....

Trick is to let ME soap her up *eg*

 

[goodtime]

Yup, when I used to travel a lot I'd keep the stuff from the better hotels so I'd have something good to use at the crappy ones. The Bellagio in Vegas had the best stuff, full sized bars of really nice soap, 3/4 bottles of shampoo, mouthwash, conditioner, hand lotion etc.

Supposedly they can treat taking the stuff like taking towels but they don't enforce it. I've never been able to confirm or deny this however.....

Caesar offers bubble bath foam & spa soup...in the marble tub then waterjet massage afterward...ah... I walked into Vegas SC on old strip and the dancer kept sniffing me, instead of dance...

Some charge you for towels, fountain pens, bath robe etc.

Few places threw in bogus charges on the bill to recoup heavily discounted rates, especially if they know you're in a hurry to checkout. So I always check my hotel bill. Or if you pissed-off housekeeping as they do the tally.

High-end franchise policy is supposed to be left-over soap & shampoo are not to be refilled for santiary reasons, notice the seal on them. But cheaper franchise owners get housekeeping staff waste hours filling tiny bottles. And that's supposed to keep the cost down?

My hospitality buddy tells me it's amazing when things are bolted down, customer would walk out with tv remotes, irons, hairdryers, even TV, light fixtures...souvenirs for Griswold's redneck cousin Eddie?

 

[deadman]

Come on...

shampoo, soap, conditioner are all consumables. You paid for them in your room rate. Yuo can take them if you want, they are yours. If it wasnt, shouldnt you get a refund for the stuff you didnt use? or shouldnt you get charged if you used it all?

Now grabbing a handful off the cleaning cart, well thats another thing....

dm

 

[jimmyf]

Food Bank

You can also collect up all your samples and give them to the foodbank (as well as food of course). Those going through tough times will appreciate it....

 

[goodtime]

Is this new?

I don't remember sorting shampoo last time I volunteered.

 

[TheNiteHwk]

Consumables(shampoo, soap) etc are mine...

Even though I might not even use them. (Often times I bring my own brand with me) I figure if I was to open them then they will just discard it anyway and replace with new ones. So far as I am concerned they are mine and it is not stealing. Now (as someone said already) towels are a different story (not to say I never did it) but taking towels IMO is stealing.

 

[Swerve69]

I had an extended stay at a hotel in the Nethelands a few years back. Just for the hell of it, every day I would take the unused soaps and shampoos etc and stick them in my suitcase. Sure enough they were replaced every day. At the end of a month I would have had to buy another suitcase to cart all that stuff away. Needless to say, I didn't take it with me but left it in a big pile on the bed. Love to know what the maid thought of that.


If you do collect soaps and things though, take them with you if you go to Cuba, the staff there really appreciate little gifts of this sort

 

[Meister]

If you do collect soaps and things though, take them with you if you go to Cuba, the staff there really appreciate little gifts of this sort

That's almost as bad as regifting.

 

[WhaWhaWha]

I once stayed at a Motel called the idlewood on Kingston Road. It was a necessity thing due to auto breakdown. The bathroom had a full sized bar of soap - used by the previous occupant. How gross is that?

 

[Meister]

did it have pubics on it?