Sometimes I stock my hotel room with a 6 or 12-pack of beer at the beginning of my stay, then have one or more left at checkout time. I always just leave them in the fridge (or on the floor if there's no fridge).

Do you think hotels have policies regarding staff keeping unopened food/drink found in rooms? I've always envisioned that the housekeepers get to take the brews home as a perk of the job.

I've also wondered what happens to my beers that I've left in the minibar fridges. Do they get cleared during inventory? Does a subsequent guest go crazy trying to figure out why the Fat Tire isn't on the minibar menu, next to Bud and Bud Light? Does another guest drink my beers, then wonder why the $6 beers never showed up on their bills?

Thoughts I have when stuck in a hotel on a Friday night (with 5 extra beers).