Don’t Drink from the Hotel Drinking Glasses, Dummy!
This is my no means new news but it always bears repeating for folks that aren’t as in the know as your precious Bastard. Take a moment and consider: have you ever seen glasses being transported to and from rooms at hotels, presumably to be washed? Have you ever observed any sort of mechanism to wash glasses as part of the room service cart? No? The Bastard hasn’t either – because glasses are not transported nor are they cleaned properly. They are hastily cleaned in the room by the attendants who really don’t give a fuck how clean your glasses are.
See also: Snopes on Hotel Glasses
Lesson: Don’t fucking drink from the water glasses at your hotel. You may place change in them, scoop doggie doodoo with them, use them for making sandcastles, but never, ever drinking. Sealed disposable plastic cups are OK. Purchase your own plastic cup to take with you in your travels and stuff a pair of clean underwear into it for packing effeciency.
August 10, 2008 at 11:52 pm
The high powered dish washer is located in the kitchen, and everynight as part of the PM houseperson’s duties, is put all glasses through the high powered dishwasher. Once finished, the glasses are then wrapped in plastic and placed on the housekeeping carts for the next day. All glasses are replaced in the guest rooms daily, even if they havent been used. I am not sure about other hotels, but with Marriott this is Standard Operating Procedure.
August 11, 2008 at 1:25 am
THE BASTARD HAS HIS DOUBTS BUT SO HAPPENS TO BE LODGING AT A MARRIOTT IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND WILL EXPLORE THIS CLAIM. THANKS VERY FUCKING MUCH FOR YOUR POST.