What is it about motel/hotel places, that when a guest is staying longer than overnight the housekeepers clean up the little soap bars every day? I mean, there's enough soap in those bars for a week, no worries. Yet every day the bar of soap disappears, and a tightly wrapped brand new one is there in its place.
Now it could be that I'm excessively frugal; I've no idea what a little bar of soap costs. And, since I live with someone who makes soap, I know that soap bars may be added back to a batch of new soap without too much trouble.
But I've got this image of a black market in recycled soap bars...
Now it could be that I'm excessively frugal; I've no idea what a little bar of soap costs. And, since I live with someone who makes soap, I know that soap bars may be added back to a batch of new soap without too much trouble.
But I've got this image of a black market in recycled soap bars...
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I tend to tuck extra soap bars and shampoo in my kit bag, save them up, then donate them to Casa or other places when I get home.
Unless I stay at a Radisson. The Asira shampoos are mine, all mine, and I will do anything to get extra ones.
It's just that when I stay someplace longer than one night, it seems sort of odd that the bar of soap I use disappears every day. It's a reusable resource, probably doesn't cost much but would save the place some money. And, there are some places I've stayed where the soap doesn't disappear when I stay a week or so.
That said, don't grudge your maid service the used bars. It might very well make a significant difference in their budget. And don't forget, also, that the cost of those little samples is figured into the room rate; the hotel expects them to be taken, one way or another.
Nor do I begrudge the process. I'm one of the few people I know who leaves a tip for the housekeepers.
It's just... the rational side understands. The irrational side is asking, Wha? Why?
And with all of this and a dollar, I can get a cup of coffee. *G*
Ya, I know what you mean...it's just one of these Mysteries.