Do You Stretch Out on a Hotel Bedspread ?

[Joshua_me]

Or, is it so full of "germs" that you wouldn't even dream of it ?

Truthfully, I never really thought about it, but apparently there are lots of folks that strip the spread off of the bed the first thing once they are in the room.

Umm, I guess because the spreads don't get washed everytime, and the past guests' germs (and Lord knows what else) may be all over it.

What do you do ? Thoughts about this ?

 

[martin6]

Hasn't killed me yet. I don't care so much and don't think about it too much.

 

[GL]

Hasn't killed me yet. I don't care so much and don't think about it too much.

same here.

 

[cocktales]

NO-F-in-way!!!

Fortunately my Patner has been in hundreds and hundreds of fancy hotels and he has ONE opinion about them ALL, whether they be fancy/high-priced/cheap or what have you......they are ALL filthy dirty!

Especially the comforters/bedspreads & pillows!!!!

He taught me to NEVER, ever lie on the coverlets or use the pillows without they are covered with something like clean towels that will protect you from breathing what the other person breathed/drooled on while sleeping there!

**It seriously gives me "bad" goose-bumps to just think of what has been there**

Some of the spreads have the tell-tale signs of ominous "fluids" on them; but the worst is probably NOT seen by the human eye!

Please, be careful of where you lay your body or your head!

 

[tx_doc]

I always put a towel over the pillow. The sheets... well, I can easily take a shower when I wake up, but I don't want to breathe someone else's funk. One thing I absolutely do, I take clorox wipes and wipe down the remote control and all the doorknobs and faucet knobs.

 

[TriBi]

Jesus - why is everyone so paranoid?

I've stayed in some disgustingly nasty places in some dingy backwaters of the world - including sleeping rough on numerous ocaasions - and never worried about it.

I've encountered a lot more nasties than you would be likely to find in even a single star hotel in the first world - and nothing has killed me (tho' I must admit, fleas, bedbugs and rats don't make for the best night time companions ).

I think the fact that people go overboard with disinfecting every surface they come across has a lot to do with why people (especially kids) seem to have all sorts of allergies or compromised immune systems these days.

My grandmother used to say - "A little bit of dirt never did anyone any harm" - and I think there is a fair amount of truth in that.

Oh - and I can tell that some of you would cringe at a bit of rough and ready backpacking...

 

[tx_doc]

For me it's called OCD.

 

[alley]

Too busy adding my germs to the mix to worry about it.

 

[Swellegant]

I can't even imagine caring. All this germophobia was invented by the Clorox Company to sell disinfectants, IMHO. Don't buy the propaganda!

My best friend is a total germophobe, she wears hoodies all the time because she doesn't want her hair touching theatre seats or restaurant curtains or whatever. When she heard that the children of a friend of my niece had lice, she ran down to the drugstore for a case of RID and went over her entire apartment just in case. Four degrees of separation from the lice, and she went over her own apartment. Twice, in fact.

But she has OCD, so I forgive her weirdness. But the rest of the world, the ones who use those disinfecting wipes on grocery cart handles? Buncha pussies.

 

[lawrenceal]

I am staying at a hotel atm(On vacation) with my family. I trust the Hotel housekeepers so i guess i am not going to use any of those disinfectants. Afterall, i am only staying in the hotel for two days

 

[Joshua_me]

All this germophobia was invented by the Clorox Company to sell disinfectants

^That's a good point.

I'm sure they have a lot to do with it. Clorox and Lysol and all the other brands... All those commercials with the animated germs growing and crawling all over everything can tweak a lot of people out, and they bloody well know that...

It sells product, so what if we're messing with people's minds ?

Kind of insidious when you think about it. Kinda makes me feel dirty, in fact.

Where's my Purell hand sanitizer ?

 

[CountryJohn]

Its the television remotes that have proven time and time again to be covered in vaginal fluids, cum, blood, urine and fecal matter. Just to name a few.

 

[pocono]

I've notice a lot of hotels are skipping the spread. Instead, they use a fancy but washable sheet on top of a blanket on top of a sheet on top of a fitted sheet. On top of everything is a colorful shawl like thing that goes across the bottom of the bed. This is a bad description...sorry! But hotel bedspreads are on their way out!

 

[ronboy]

The only hotel that I have stayed at with any regular frequency over the past several years is a Residence Inn by Marriott in Columbus, Ohio.

The entire properety is immaculate. The rooms sparkle, and so do the furnishings.

However, I do not walk on the carpet unless I have my shoes or slippers on (I won't walk on it in my socked feet.)

They have one of those new modern types of bedcovers that Pocono was talking about, but I usually fold it neatly in the closet during my stay (who knows how many times it may have fallen on the floor).

I always keep a can of Lysol with me when I travel, if the bathroom doesn't look clean enough to me (but at said Residence Inn, that has never been the case).

I straddle that fine line between OCD and not giving a rip.....

 

[hazaleyez1975]

OMG!!!! I TAKE THE LYSOL WITH ME AND CLEAN THE ROOM ESPECIALLY THE TOILET WITH MY DISPOSABLE GLOVES ON. I Have a hard time staying in a hotel. I am OCD about my house. I clean my toilet everytime I use it. I know you are saying he is crazy, but I dont care hygeine is important and I dont want nobodys funk or anytthing else......

 

[teadrinker]

I've never thought about it - I've stayed in hotels plenty over the past few years, mostly 4 star and up, although one or two lower. I've been naked all over the room.

It's called the "hygiene hypothesis": that our modern worries about "germs" and our disinfecting everything has in fact lowered our bodies' natural resistance to infection. This is said to explain the rise in allergies, asthma, and other similar conditions.

-T.

 

[Yooper]

Stealing a phrase from the Hoover people:

"Life is dirty. Clean it up."

I refuse to be paranoid about germs, creepy crawlies, dirt, blah, blah blah.

Case study: 2 neighborhood babies, born about 2 weeks apart. One Mom is frantic about the sanitizing wipes, potions, lotions, etc. Other Mom vacuums house once every few days, the Lab gets to kiss baby on the face, he crawls around the yard and eats dirt, rocks, sticks and shares the dog's rawhide bones.

Guess which Baby gets sick regularly? And guess which one, after a year, has yet to have even a cold? Bingo! Dog Slobber is an antibiotic!

 

[Alpha1851]

Goodness, some of you are high maintenance. Do you keep your homes as clean as you want the hotels to be?

 

[Alpha1851]

Why, do you think we’ll catch something from ourselves?

It’s other peoples cooties you have to worry about.

You bring cooties home w/ you every time you venture out. Your pets bring home cooties as well (assuming they go in and out of the house). And unless you live as a recluse, the folks who enter your home bring their own set of cooties too. I guess you could lysol each individual as they entered the house. That person will tell everyone that your crazy as soon as they leave though. You could be the neighborhood nutcase.