Do you plan to stay in a hotel tonite? Watch this!

FREEFALL · Post by **FREEFALL** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:38 am

http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/2 ... ng-glasses

canwhitewolf · Post by **canwhitewolf** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:59 am

thanks for posting that, might save a pilot being sick someday while flying

flyinphil · Post by **flyinphil** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:09 am

and I thought had developed some sort of phobia..

I never use the hotel glasses, mugs or in room coffee maker and travel with my own pillow.

CID · Post by **CID** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:47 am

I drink right out of the bottle!

lucky37 · Post by **lucky37** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:58 am

My gf has worked as housekeeping for three different places, including the Vancouver Fairmont, and has found one thing in common: workers are rushed to finish cleaning their rooms or face being let go for not performing.

The Fairmont actually was very clean as proper cleaners were used for everything, but the others were not as clean. Workers would cut corners to get their work done since they might have to clean 16 rooms in 8 hours. That's a full room every 1/2 hour, and sometimes you were given more rooms and expected to perform. The pressure is there to bypass little things like using soap on glasses when you can just rinse them to make them look clean.

In a couple instances, the people training my gf would actually tell her all these little time-saving practices so she could "clean" a room faster. At the Fairmont, they had enough housekeepers hired to spread out the work, so instead of cleaning 16 rooms/day, you would only clean 8. It allowed the housekeepers to do a thorough cleaning. Any cheap hotel trying to cut costs is going to force their workers to clean more rooms and therefore force them to cut corners.

My gf's advice: never sleep naked, the top comforter is cleaned 1-2 times per year so throw it on the ground, never use the glasses unless they are in SEALED plastic wrap, and watch where you put your toothbrush down.

2milefinal · Post by **2milefinal** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:47 pm

My 5 RULES when it comes to Hotels

1. Never walk bear-foot anywhere in a hotel room. (I just shampooed my rugs at home and I thought I was pretty clean, the water was black. You would not like to see whats in a hotel rug or on the BR floor.)

2. Never sleep on the top cover or use in any way (as stated above)

3. Never use the glass ware unless you take the time to wash it yourself.

4. Never put your toothbrush directly on the counter.

5. Think about washing and or sanitizing things like the TV remotes and telephones.

I wish I had room in bag for things like my own pillow but I don't.
...and I think I am paranoid enough as it is anyway.

bandit1 · Post by **bandit1** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:28 pm

anyone else have any good tips?

.300 Weatherby Mag · Post by **.300 Weatherby Mag** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:43 pm

Wasn't there a thing on 20/20 years ago when they went into rooms with a black light and like half the rooms had jiz stains on the covers. A lot were from high end hotels.

Nasty stuff.

bandit1 · Post by **bandit1** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:03 pm

I wonder if a LED flashlight with a blue filter would pick up the jizz on the blanket?

I just use my tongue and it's worked great for years.

mellow_pilot · Post by **mellow_pilot** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:47 pm

My 5 RULES when it comes to Hotels

1. Never walk bear-bottomed anywhere in a hotel room. Always wrap-up fellas! (I just shampooed my junk at home and I thought I was pretty clean, the water was black. You would not like to see whats in a hotel guest or on the BR floor.)

2. Never sleep on the top cover, always put a naked chick down to protect yourself first.

3. Never use the toys provided unless you take the time to wash it yourself.

4. Never put your date directly on the counter. Get a pillow to prop them up for added comfort.

5. Think about washing and or sanitizing things like the local population and tourists.

I wish I had room in bag for things like my own ladies but I don't.
...and I think I am paranoid enough as it is anyway.

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2milefinal · Post by **2milefinal** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:53 pm

YA that works

Walker · Post by **Walker** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:46 pm

http://www.blacklightsusa.com/blacklights10.html

teacher · Post by **teacher** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:57 pm

I feel a little sick

Although the booze I put in those glasses probably kills what ever was in there

xsbank · Post by **xsbank** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:49 pm

(Thinking of some of the hotels he's stayed in) the hotel in Fort Simpson didn't have windows, let alone glasses; Fort Nelson Hotel had a canoe to sleep in and you had to be careful not to stick to the shower; Foreskin John had shag rug (a misnomer) thick and greasy and green that could hide a beaver or at least a small snake; In Norman Wells you whipped back the covers really fast and the PHs were still wriggling. Then I joined the big leagues like the Empire in Brunei, where you could do an appendectomy on the floor and you needed a bicycle to cross the bathroom, you could wash a Buick in the shower; the Fairmont Dubai where someone followed you around with a cloth and some Windex, but gave you dates and coffee in the lobby, just for being there...

If you don't contact some dirt your immune system will collapse and you'll die from athlete's foot or crotch rot. Oh, that reminds me of Port Hardy.....

hazatude · Post by **hazatude** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:41 pm

11) Never use the wastebasket as a ice bucket. That's just gross.

Benwa · Post by **Benwa** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:18 am

hazatude wrote:11) Never use the wastebasket as a ice bucket. That's just gross.

damn... were you in my room ?

I guess I don't really mind building antibody. We tend to over sanitize everything.

The real problem is, they clean hospital rooms the same way... now that's scary.

fogghorn · Post by **fogghorn** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:28 am

Ahh for the life of a big time pilot who gets to stay in hotel rooms half his life. Yes indeed, staph infections, hep A, necrotising fasciitis - oh yes, the glamor roll goes on and on. Then there is high alt exposure to radiation and God knows what airborne canned toxins on board the aircraft, such glamor is hard to find in any other job. Hehe

Uncle Leo · Post by **Uncle Leo** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:00 pm

You guys are serious pussies, you know that? I've seen some of the pieces of ass that you'll sleep next to but god forbid the feet of you delicate geniouses touch the carpet in a hotel room.

For @#$!'s sake boys!

mantogasrsrwy · Post by **mantogasrsrwy** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:21 am

I got to agree with uncle leo. I don't think the Radisson room I'm in right now is going to kill me.

5x5 · Post by **5x5** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:34 am

I also feel that many people in North America especially are too concerned about "cleanliness". Risk is always a somewhat relative thing, and I think that anyone who eats out in restaurants (as we all tend to do when we travel) shouldn't be too concerned about walking on a carpet in a hotel.

The Other Kind · Post by **The Other Kind** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:24 pm

Ok, I know this is gross, but here it goes...

I was at a Holiday Inn and after lunch I needed to rush back to my room to use the washroom. After spending a significant amount of time on the throne catching up on national news, I flushed. It must have been a big lunch because the toilet water - and everything else in it - was rapidly rising to the top of the bowl. Not wanting it to overflow onto the floor, I grabbed the closest thing to me and started bailing into the tub. Great plan, and it allowed me to avoid making an embarrassing phone call to housekeeping. The only problem was I grabbed the ice bucket...

I scrubbed that sucker with soap and hot water several times, and then wondered if anyone else had ever done the very same thing.

I don't use hotel ice buckets anymore.

pilotbzh · Post by **pilotbzh** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:16 pm

Hotel ice is only to be used to cool the beer never use it in a drink.... the toilet water is cleaner than the water in the ice machine....

Rem · Post by **Rem** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:22 pm

I'm not as worried about the bacteria that's being spread, we're overly paranoid about that stuff nowadays and our immune systems are suffering as a result. What disturbs me is that I may have been drinking some kind of carcinogen residue from whatever that fluid was they sprayed in there!

5x5 · Post by **5x5** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:21 pm

OK, let's keep it perspective once again (MY perspective - it's all about ME

) The carcinogen thing could be an issue - but have you ever smoked? Anyone in your family smoke while you're around? Anyone in your workplace smoke? Those are proven situations where you are directly exposed to a confirmed, active carcinogen as opposed to a possible one in a very light concentration.

Keep it real.

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:29 pm

(as we all tend to do when we travel) shouldn't be too concerned about walking on a carpet in a hotel.

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How about wanking on a hotel carpet?