I confess to taking a large bath towel from a hotel as a souvenir. I would not have taken it had it been a plain towel as opposed to having the hotel name and logo on it.
Perhaps this towel is now a collector's item, the hotel name is no longer around and the hotel building is now under a different name.
There are other times when I make some although not heroic effort to return something such as a towel to an office or desk or employee where the item looks like it would be discarded or easily pilfered if left where it was.
Travel tips:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/travel.htm
[This message has been edited by AllanJ (edited Jan 13, 2004).]