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Don’t panic (like the news story wants you to). Just wash the glass yourself with hot water before you use it.
There are videos on YouTube showing what happens to your toothbrushes that you leave unattended in hotel bathrooms.
Hint: Toothbrush + Porcelain.
Don’t even ask what’s on the bedspreads..
Everywhere you go in public, one should think, I didn’t clean this. I need to do it.
I worked at a Hilton during college. Our glasses were collected and sanitized. You picked up 80 glasses at the beginning of your shift and brought 80 back from the rooms.
At another hotel, there was a special solution to wash the glasses in the sink. If you didn’t wear gloves, your skin pealed from it. Trust me, they were clean.
We also carried a small bucket with a johnny mop and some industrial cleaner for the toilets. Let me tell you, if the shower or sink looked grungy, I cleaned them with THAT cleaner, rinsed and redid them with the regular stuff that made it shine. Our rooms were clean.
But think, any where you go, from McDonalds to the Red Roof, people you don’t know are preparing and cleaning for you. If you don’t trust that people are doing right by you, make your food at home and wash all things in HOT water before using them.
You are in charge of your health.
This is how SARS started spreading in Hong Kong in 2003 at the Metropole hotel. Gross!
What did they do? The video doesn’t work for me.
Once, someone actually took a dump in the room's personal pool. The tub should have been drained and disinfected throughly, but Maintenance scooped out the big pieces and poured a cup of clorox in the water -- that was it.
Don't get me started on working in restaurant kitchens. I swear, between those jobs, I now hate staying in hotels or eating in restaurants. *shudder*
At least the maids aren’t smoking.
This is a mgmt issue, hiring and not properly training in hygiene and sanitiation procedures.
Not only that, the green craze has allowed hotels to espouse saving on water etc.
I always check sheets etc, if they look dirty, call the front desk.
Also, if staying for more than a day, leave a tip for the maid, ask if the same one will be there tomorrow, have always treated them like humans and they appreciate it.
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Also, who rotates your tires, changes your oil, and other routine maintenance? You know they’re not putting their best and brightest on such menial tasks, and they’ll cut corners. I caught my Toyota dealer a couple times. I just do it myself now.