Why do so many people hide adult-oriented magazines behind drawers in hotel rooms?
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Originally Posted by Traveller
OMG I just removed the bottom drawer in my Hampton.
7 things are there:
1 plastic action toy
1 container of secret deoderant
1 small plastic bag of something... candy, hairbands?? I don't know, I'm not touching anything
1 large piece of paper with hotel addresses written on it
1 JC Penney clothes tag, size small, $17.99
1 receipt
1 book of matches
I'm not looking between the mattress and box spring
7 things are there:
1 plastic action toy
1 container of secret deoderant
1 small plastic bag of something... candy, hairbands?? I don't know, I'm not touching anything
1 large piece of paper with hotel addresses written on it
1 JC Penney clothes tag, size small, $17.99
1 receipt
1 book of matches
I'm not looking between the mattress and box spring
But I did find a matchbook from a bar in Atlanta with a woman's name, phone number, hotel, and room number written inside it in my rental car yesterday. So I guess I don't feel so left out.
Now that I've read this, I think I'm going to be checking under the drawers everywhere I go out of curiousity.
Last edited by ssullivan; Oct 18, 2005 at 8:41 pm
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I'm RICH!
I just found $0.26 under the mattress in my room at a Hilton Garden Inn in Ohio tonight
But no skin-mags
I just found $0.26 under the mattress in my room at a Hilton Garden Inn in Ohio tonight
But no skin-mags
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I just moved the desk in the Sheraton here in HSV, nothing good underneath but it did completly fall apart. I guess I'm not the first one that needed a couple more feet of network cable (port mounted in side of desk). One empty zip lock bag under dresser drawer - gallon size. Appears unused.
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Does this count? While cleaning out long vacant offices in my company, I found at least $30 in change and bills and $5000 in uncashed old checks from 2001! Nothing juicy, though. P.S. We are getting the checks re-issued.
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Originally Posted by ssullivan
But I did find a matchbook from a bar in Atlanta with a woman's name, phone number, hotel, and room number written inside it in my rental car yesterday. So I guess I don't feel so left out.
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Originally Posted by chartreuse
It might be a good idea not to call her
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Aww damn. Ok now I'm going to go hunting through the room every time I check into a hotel. And I'm in a hotel every week for work. Thanks, see what you're making me do
Actually, anything to make the tedious grind of business travel slightly more entertaining is welcome...
Actually, anything to make the tedious grind of business travel slightly more entertaining is welcome...
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Maybe we should have a "Look what I found" thread, not just for porn.
So far, 2 hotels and no luck
So far, 2 hotels and no luck
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Originally Posted by jfe
So far, 2 hotels and no luck
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Bob and Tom
Syndicated radio hosts Bob & Tom (and especially sidekick Chick) advocate leaving pornographic material between the matress and box springs of hotel rooms. This may be contributing to some of the "finds" noted here.
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Okay, I've never looked or desired to look but I was in Austin for business once and my coworker pulled out the nightstand drawers in her room for some reason. She found a bra and a full, unopened bottle of wine. Hmm...
I guess I may look now but that's kind of gross. It's like what I don't know won't hurt me. If I actually look under the mattress and find magazines I don't think I want to touch them. So then when I'm trying to go to sleep all I'll be able to think about are the potentially soiled magazines I'm sleeping on.
Oh, and thanks eastwest for mentioning the bathroom hiding place too because now I suppose I'll be climbing up on the toilet to check. I'll probably fall and break my neck eventually and then the hotel staff will find me on the bathroom floor with dirty magazines spread around me.
I guess I may look now but that's kind of gross. It's like what I don't know won't hurt me. If I actually look under the mattress and find magazines I don't think I want to touch them. So then when I'm trying to go to sleep all I'll be able to think about are the potentially soiled magazines I'm sleeping on.
Oh, and thanks eastwest for mentioning the bathroom hiding place too because now I suppose I'll be climbing up on the toilet to check. I'll probably fall and break my neck eventually and then the hotel staff will find me on the bathroom floor with dirty magazines spread around me.
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Are you guys sure you want to be handling used porno magazines left by somebody, or many somebodies, once they are done with them?
I don't think I would.
I don't think I would.
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I found hotel room treasure too! Embassy Suites, Charlotte, NC. Behind the nightstand drawer...an unopened pack of Marlboro Lights!
Should I start smoking now?
Should I start smoking now?
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Dang, now that the secrets out there won't be any treasures left for me to find - you guys will have cleaned out every hotel dresser and box spring.
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Originally Posted by cordelli
Are you guys sure you want to be handling used porno magazines left by somebody, or many somebodies, once they are done with them?