Originally Posted by
Atacama40
Again extending the point to a point where it breaks free of it's natural orbit of logic Nicholas. Maybe a re-read in the right spirit is in order. We are discussing coffee sachets, bars of soap, hair conditioner and cotton buds here. They define themselves very clearly. And the hotels are fully aware of this.
A little hearted debate about hotel surface counter walk-ables becomes an essay on stealing remotes and bottles of olive oil?
On the etiquette of needless video calls in inappropriate locations I do however absolutely agree with you.
This thread seems to be people talking past each other, and I'm not sure if it's intentional.
- the suggestion was that there was something wrong with the hotel clarifying something in the room wasn't free for the taking because it was "used." As many pointed out, used v. new is hardly the relevant distinction
- comparing a very large bottle of lotion, that is designed to be used for many stays, with tiny bars of soap, is just as disingenuous as comparing it to a television. I have no idea why a large bottle of lotion, designed to be used across multiple stays, is any more a "consumable" than a bottle of olive oil brought to the table. If you are new to the concept of non -single-use toiletries, that just shows why the sign is necessary and appropriate.
- While I can't possibly imagine thinking such large bottles are to be taken home, much less *wanting* to, given the confusion expressed on this thread, including some people who think they are entitled to take any toiletry product for free, it seems the sign is very very necessary.
- As for the suggestion that it is "low-rent", alas the behavior of some guests, loading their suitcases with these and asking for more (as was the topic of an earlier thread), makes this perhaps the classiest way to deal with a "low-rent" problem.
- growing up in a family with little money, on our rare comfort inn road trip status, we used to take the little bottles home, even if half-used, and I kind of thought that was normal until adulthood. Then I realized that carrying home a bottle to save fifteen cents of cheap shampoo was not worth it. I gather most luxury hotel guests do not even think about doing this.