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Why do so many people hide adult-oriented magazines behind drawers in hotel rooms?

Old Sep 19, 2005, 6:51 am
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Thanks for the low down, people! I can hardly wait for my next hotel stay.

As for why not ditch it in the usual way: At the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong with its legendary service I was busy checking out when I realised my reading glasses were missing. I turned to go back to my room but before I got to the lift the duty manager was there with them in his hand. Apparently as soon as a guest leaves the room (does the porter tell them? or the front desk? it was awfully quick) they check it out for any forgotten items.

Imagine somone hailing you in the lobby with: "Excuse me Mr./Ms. Smith, I believe these are your copies of Gigantic Jugs/ Donkey Dong/... (fill in your personal preference here)
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Old Sep 19, 2005, 9:06 am
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Another helpful post on FT...

...let the searching begin!
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Old Sep 19, 2005, 10:19 am
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Hmmmm. The road warrior's version of geocaching?

Originally Posted by chuckd
I think it's kind of like the hostel/ travellers library concept. Take a porno, but be sure you leave porno.
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Old Sep 19, 2005, 12:30 pm
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Ok, now I don't feel quite so crazy for sometimes lifting up toilet tank lids in hotels to see how old the toilet is thereby estimating the age of the hotel itself.
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Old Sep 19, 2005, 12:47 pm
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I remember from Psych. 101 that if we really knew what others thought of us, we would never speak to them again.

The hotel corollary of that is if we really knew what has been done in that room and on that same mattress, we'd never stay in a hotel again.
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Old Sep 19, 2005, 12:51 pm
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Originally Posted by dhuey
The hotel corollary of that is if we really knew what has been done in that room and on that same mattress, we'd never stay in a hotel again.
In an old episode of CSI, Elizabeth said to Grissom (while using the black light in a hotel room) "That's why I never stay in a hotel without bringing Nonoxyl-9".
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Old Sep 19, 2005, 1:13 pm
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Wow...

200 nights a year for 10 years...that's a lot of "articles" I've missed out on!!!
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Old Sep 19, 2005, 2:13 pm
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Because most of us don't run through the woods anymore looking for Playboy stashes in forts like we did when we were 10 years old, so we have to find the material somehow.
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Old Sep 19, 2005, 3:47 pm
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Checked out of a hotel last week where I overheard a woman IRATE at the desk agent because her 12-year-old son found adult magazines shoved under his rollaway bed while she was out of the room. Seemed like the hotel was going to be comping her stay.

Somewhat humourous, but probably not if I was the parent.
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Old Sep 19, 2005, 5:12 pm
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What a great idea for a post. You better believe I am going to look thru my room at the Sheraton as soon as I check in tonight!

Never thought about it before.
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Old Sep 19, 2005, 5:42 pm
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Originally Posted by dhuey

The hotel corollary of that is if we really knew what has been done in that room and on that same mattress, we'd never stay in a hotel again.

I dated a girl a while ago. She absolutely does NOT
sleep on hotel sheets. Not even when we stayed a week
at the brand spanking new Mandarin Oriental Washington
DC earlier this year. We brought our own sheets and had
the maids put them on.

Then again, it was Washington, DC after all... who knows
what went on in the room...

I, on the other hand, just ignore the fact that hundreds, if
not thousands of people may have "done it" on the hotel
bed I'm sleeping on. As long as it looks clean, I just hit
pillow. (especially when I have no choice not to stay at
hotels because of business)
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Old Sep 19, 2005, 6:00 pm
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Originally Posted by Athena53
Note to self: start checking behind drawers in hotel rooms.
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Old Sep 19, 2005, 6:11 pm
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Originally Posted by barefootflying
...Then again, it was Washington, DC after all... who knows
what went on in the room...
...
Not to engage in oneupsmanship, but when it comes to perverted behavior in hotel rooms, I just know our hotels in here in the San Francisco Bay Area can compete with any city in the world.

Well, maybe not some Bangkok hotels.
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Old Sep 19, 2005, 6:27 pm
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Originally Posted by barefootflying
I dated a girl a while ago. She absolutely does NOT sleep on hotel sheets. ...
...Just as long as she did not say something to you in the parking lot like, "Hang a hard right here. There is a horrendous pothole near rooms 100-133."

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Old Sep 19, 2005, 6:50 pm
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