Is it OK to steal hotel amenities?

cnn ^ | June 5, 2009 | Lynn Yaeger

[JoeProBono]

I stole a laundry bag from the Alvear Palace Hotel in Buenos Aires. It was made of thick ivory linen, embroidered with the words "dry cleaning" in cerulean blue, and looked like something that I could have found at an antique textiles show. But that wasn't the case. I'm usually pretty scrupulous about purloined souvenirs. Of course, I help myself to soap and shampoo, sewing kits, even those black sponges meant to spruce up your shoes -- oh, and ballpoint pens and darling little notepads. But the laundry bag was my first sojourn into the land of, what shall we call it ... outright theft?

[fr_freak]

Dear Lord. Kill it with fire!

She does look like a witch. Burn her!

[Caramelgal]

Some of that you have paid for....the soap, shampoo, ect....maybe even the pen and paper, sewing kits, shoe shing kits. Stuff like that they maybe even want you to take because it has their name on it...good advertising. Some stuff is iffy, like the laundry bag, if it is plastic, that is okay but if is not...I would wonder. The towels, sheets pillows...NO that is stealing.

I believe that, at least in good hotels items like the soaps, shampoo and conditioner bottles, lotions, tissues, etc., are replaced between guests whether they appear to have been used or not. So if I’ve used any portion and I’m so inclined, I’ll take them with me. Those little shampoo and conditioner bottles come in handy to pack in my gym bag.

IMO, the pens and stationary are usually pretty crappy whether or not the hotel expects you to take them.

But I agree; towels, sheets, pillows, blankets, etc., that’s theft!

[ExGeeEye]

[Chode]

if you have to ask... no.

[Political Junkie Too]

1. Based on the best selling book of all time, complete this relevant quote: "Thou shalt not _____."

Steal This Book?

Oh, wait... Abbie Hoffman wasn't a best selling author?

-PJ

[fanfan]

Is it OK to steal hotel amenities?

No.

[Political Junkie Too]

It was made of thick ivory linen, embroidered with the words "dry cleaning" in cerulean blue...

I admit to taking the plastic bag with the words "dry cleaning" on it to use for my dirty laundry, but it's only because its a plastic bag, not an embroidered linen antique-looking bag.

If I use the plastic laundry bag that's on the hanger in the closet, but leave the laundry order form behind, is that stealing?

-PJ

[boatbums]

My Mom managed a beautiful hotel in New Orleans. She thought it would be a nice luxury if they put special upscale towels in the VIP suite. This suite even had a sauna bath! The towels weren’t out 2 or 3 DAYS before they were stolen. Now they just put out the same linens as all the other rooms have.

You know what is stealing and what is “compliments of the house”.

It goes to show YOU CAN’T BUY CLASS!

[annieokie]

Are they the newest “Project Runway” contestants?

[Excellence]

My grandmother, mother, and I stayed at a hotel in Solvang. My grandmother wanted to buy one of their ashtrays and sent me to the office to ask if she could buy one. The lady behind the counter took an ashtray and wrapped it up for my grandmother. Sometimes honesty has its rewards.

[MARTIAL MONK]

Is it ok if I steal your purse?

Don't steal Joe's purse. It makes him tho mad.

[pnut22]

Obama is proving you can’t buy class, even when you use OPM. (other people’s money)

[hinckley buzzard]

Yes, towels and linen laundry bags are outright theft.

[TigersEye]

If she really wanted an answer she would have asked the hotel management.

[TigersEye]

What in the name of state fair side shows is that?

[nuconvert]

I kinda meant that for Lynn Yaeger.

[tired1]

Hex head wrenches, to be specific.

[floozy22]

[smokingfrog]

A pipe wrench makes a pretty good self-defense weapon too!

[scrabblehack]

It must be a REALLY SLOW news day. Also, Lynn Yeager has been around the block a few times. Surely, she has stayed at quite a few hotels, and only now she feels compelled to steal?