Hotel Horrors: The Stray

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You may have seen my last Hotel Horrors post in which I showed you a photo of a luffa that was left hanging in my shower from the previous hotel guest. Obviously, that should have been noticed and removed by the cleaning staff, but hey, we all make mistakes.

Here’s a photo from a different hotel that I’ve stayed in recently, in which you can clearly see stray hairs attached to the shower wall. After seeing this, I thought to myself – what do we really expect from hotel cleanliness?

As frequent travelers we live in hotel rooms, they become our second homes. And, at any given moment is our homes spotless? Probably not. There used to be a sign hanging on the wall in my mother’s house that said: “This house is clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy.” Can we think the same of our hotel rooms?

Sure the housekeepers are trained in how to clean a hotel room, and I’m sure part of their training is to clean these rooms as quickly as possible, so sure, as my photo shows they missed a spot while they quickly tried to turn my room.

I decided not to call housekeeping to come and remove the hair, I mean, let’s be honest the second the turned the show on they were washed away anyway. Why make a big deal about something that doesn’t need to be?

What would you have done?

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  • http://twitter.com/elcmum Elizabeth

    I’m more concerned about what I *can’t* see.

    Ugh, eww. Just thinking about it makes me ill.

    • http://mhaithaca.livejournal.com/ MHA

      Yeah, I think I’m with Elizabeth. If they haven’t even gotten rid of visible debris, I have no faith that the bathroom is even remotely sanitary. I get what you’re saying about our own homes never being perfect, Bobby, but at least I know whose germs are around my house: mine.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Arnie-Lewis-Tharp/529896406 Arnie Lewis Tharp

    I have no confidence in the actual hardcore, proper sanitizing of hotel rooms.  I think that the sheets and towels are probably traded out, the vacuuming done, but that’s about it.  I’ll bet that showers, sinks, etc are simply wiped down…..that’s it. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/joseph.singer Joseph Singer

    Hey, I could have paid $25 a night in a hostel, but I’d expect a minimum of cleanliness.

  • http://willflyforfoodblog.com Christina Baita-Sabo

    Oh yeah, the stray hairs in the shower. 

    Sure, I forget them on my own shower wall at home but NOT the hotel walls simply for the fact that I don’t trust housekeeping to get it all. And, it’s really not fair to say anything to management about it, is it? Can you imagine being in the “woman’s” place (I’ve rarely ever seen a male housekeeper, sorry)? I have worked in a hotel (front desk) and know that they are given a certain amount of rooms and if they don’t have them done by a certain time, they get in trouble for it. And yet, the rooms are supposed to be “cleaned”! 

    When I stay in the hotel, I try to treat it like my own home and clean up after myself. If we all did this, then their job would be easier to do and our next stay would be better too. I don’t take baths and don’t rub myself all over the shower walls, so….use soap and water on yourself and don’t sit on the counters and you should be good. Should that hair have been cleaned off of the shower wall? Yes! Are any of us perfect? No.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VH6WIE4L5LMPC4SBIBYLEFTODQ Medwin Medwina

    As common travelers we reside in auberge rooms, they become our
    additional homes. And, at any accustomed moment is our homes spotless?
    Probably not.

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