Originally Posted by kuroneko

I'd have to agree with this. If housekeeping comes into a room, and sees what looks like trash on the desk (what else could crumpled gum wrappers be?) and spoiling food leftover from room service, they have to make a decision. Either throw it out and risk that someone might not want to have it thrown out, or leave it, and risk that someone would be upset that seemingly obvious trash was not properly disposed of. They have to play the odds here, and I think that odds are that most people would want to have used room service trays and what seemingly looks like trash cleared away.

Personally, if I had leftover room service, I would expect that housekeeping would clear the tray. I think it is quite reasonable to expect that most people wouldn't want spoiling food left lying around their rooms. Therefore, had I wanted to save the rm svc food, I would have left a note, or tucked it away in the mini-bar fridge. As for the lotto ticket on the table, Id agree that had it not been surrounded by discarded gum wrappers, housekeeping should have left it.