Video: Dirty Hotel Secrets
posted at 6:05 pm on November 25, 2007 by Bryan
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From the toilet to the rubber glove to your lips, more or less. Make sure to stick around to the end, when the reporter says more about her own profession than she probably realized.
Dirty Hotel Secrets
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What??
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You mean they LIED to me when the band around the toilet seat says “Sanitized for your protection?”
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Keith_Z on November 25, 2007 at 6:09 PM
My friends from india laugh at our obsession with germ free living. “Malaria? I’ve had that 3 times!”
tlynch001 on November 25, 2007 at 6:20 PM
My friends from india laugh at our obsession with
germ free livinglife expectancy.see-dubya on November 25, 2007 at 6:20 PM
Hokie Smoke! I used to live in hotels for a living.
Just think what an ultraviolet light might find.
Kini on November 25, 2007 at 6:23 PM
gonna have to say this changes the way i look at hotel glasses.
i will now travel with small bottle of anti-bac soap/hand rinse. it takes all of 15 seconds to hot-water-antibac soap to be sure youre good to go.
definitely dont want Maria washing my sink glasses with the glove she uses to clean the pisser. wow.
Mike D. on November 25, 2007 at 6:24 PM
The other question not addressed is the staffs immigration status.
TheSitRep on November 25, 2007 at 6:26 PM
*ugh* I spend at least 100 nights a year in hotel rooms. I generally don’t use the glasses in the room much, but now I’ll never use them.
flipflop on November 25, 2007 at 6:28 PM
I’ll be sure to add paper cups and disinfectant to my baggage next trip out! Sheesh!
stonemeister on November 25, 2007 at 6:33 PM
Well, we don’t hear much about epidemics of hotel guests getting dread diseases. I don’t think I’ll be changing my habits because of this report.
mikeyboss on November 25, 2007 at 6:38 PM
I stay in a lot of hotels all over. I have purchased EcoTru wipes (very expensive but they kill everything) to use on the planes tray table and in the hotel rooms. We use bottled water, and plastic cups. I even pack my own small “travel” pillow! I don’t walk bare foot on the carpets either.
Zorro on November 25, 2007 at 6:39 PM
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That cuts it. From now on, I duct tape my legs together in the airport bathroom stall (no inadvertent wide stances for me) and gently lull myself to sleep by the sound of rushing water all around…
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And when I wake up, I’m already at the airport!
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And, it’s “green”!
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And, it’s free!
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And, ….I’d being living in toilets, wouldn’t I….hmm..
Keith_Z on November 25, 2007 at 6:48 PM
Well I never really thought about it but, now that I do…I don’t ever recall seeing housekeeping with a tray of fresh glasses on thier cart. Eww well from now on If I can’t get ahold of paper cups then I will break the glasses everyday LOL.
boomer on November 25, 2007 at 6:49 PM
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No, you just hear about epidemics of diseases in hospitals where they go once they check out.
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Maybe you can start a hotel awareness club in the hospital quarantine ward?
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Keith_Z on November 25, 2007 at 6:52 PM
I remember Dateline did a story about Bed Bugs, too.
I think I’ll just stay at home!
kiakjones on November 25, 2007 at 6:53 PM
We trust you? What was that about?
CrimsonFisted on November 25, 2007 at 6:54 PM
Niiice. I can’t believe they were 3 for 3.
This is a natural outcome of the influx of third world labor into our country. As noted above, they’re not exactly germ conscious. However, a little education and some diligence on the part of the hotel would go a long way.
I say that as someone who lived in SE Asia for three years and had to train (well, my wife trained) our help in how to clean things our way.
TexasDan on November 25, 2007 at 6:57 PM
My husband does graphic art work for a law enforcement catalog. The people who publish it report that when detectives go to remote sites and stay at hotels, they check hotels with their UV lights. What they see on hotel beds and floors convinces them to sleep with their clothes on.
Kimmer on November 25, 2007 at 7:05 PM
Did anyone else notice the irony in the reporter’s last name?
Damian G. on November 25, 2007 at 7:10 PM
I always take a can of Lysol with me. Although we all have immune systems, people are NASTY!
SouthernGent on November 25, 2007 at 7:15 PM
Sort of like when you leave the public restroom and grab the same door handle with your freshly washed hands that 500 other people that didn’t wash their hands just grabbed.
We’re livin’ on the edge people.
frreal on November 25, 2007 at 7:15 PM
This is nothing compared to what they’d find if they’d put any hotel’s (including the 5* ones) carpet under the microscope.
I travel much and am not squeamish, but fairly careful. Also, I spend much time working in hospitals.
First, humans are way more resistent to all kinds of ‘dirt’, than we react to a video like this.
Second, with all this, the U.S.A. is still a cleanliness heaven, compared to all of the rest of the world, with the exception of Japan and Australia. I know, you wish to counter, but I’ve really compared and contrasted for many years. Just a few items: toilet seat covers, toilet care, type of toilets, water availability, type of water, toilet paper availability, access to toilets, type of toilets, rest areas and all services which come with them, etc., etc.
Still, a few things I do, or don’t do, as a precaution:
- no use of glasses in the rooms, of any kind
- no drinking of water supplied by the hotel, even if it’s bottled. It could be rebottled. Buy/bring your own, from a sealed source
- wear socks and spread towels on the bathroom floor. The video hasn’t analyzed the bathroom floors - heh, put them under the microscope and see
Also, in restaurants and hotels, be polite. You’d be surprised what can happen to you out of laziness and especially out of envy and spite.
Just be careful all around and you’ll be fine. No need to live, and die, like Howard Hughes, really. Also, we don’t have much control over any of this, no matter what the actions are. There are simply never going to be enough inspectors to take care of this, with other priorities like food inspections, for example.
Entelechy on November 25, 2007 at 7:19 PM
“¡No hablo inglés!”
leepro on November 25, 2007 at 7:24 PM
Travel kit:
Lysol (clean toilet seat even if it has band on it!)
My own pillow
Long pj’s
My own water bottle
Slippers or flip-flops
I’m not the world’s best housekeeper — in fact, may be the worst — but it’s MY DIRT!!!
leepro on November 25, 2007 at 7:36 PM
They’re just doin the jobs that Americans won’t do… geeze.
stenwin77 on November 25, 2007 at 7:52 PM
While I agree that the way they were “cleaning” is disgusting, how many times have we heard about disease outbreaks coming from Embasy Suites, or Hilton (not to be confused with Paris Hilton)? I don’t see myself lighting my hair on fire, and self flaggelating over this. Ya, the hotels could use some straitening out.
As far as sniffing towels go, you obviously aren’t a parent.
Rode Werk on November 25, 2007 at 8:14 PM
Headline should read:
” Illegal Aliens Spread Germs “
TheSitRep on November 25, 2007 at 8:23 PM
Reminds me of that Saturday Night Live bit: “Sanitized for your protection”. Flame throwers. That’s the ticket.
kmcguire on November 25, 2007 at 8:53 PM
Hey, these are good standards if you come living in a place with a dirt floor!
I will now become a guest that requests dishwasher glasses at check in.
Imagine running an ultraviolet on the bedspread. NEVER use it. Check in and pull it off.
I am outraged!!
portlandbob on November 25, 2007 at 9:04 PM
Yummy. Just back from a series of long hotel stays. I feel funny…
JEFF_IN_NC on November 25, 2007 at 9:50 PM
uchh. I am sick to my stomach.
Was the revealing line the fact that she is a closet blogger?
Heh. We MSM are never trusted.
Yishai on November 25, 2007 at 10:18 PM
SNL? It reminds me of an episode of The Office from last season. Boss Michael and aide Dwight are at a hotel for a convention and Dwight uses his black light on the room revealing stains all around the room. D: “It’s either blood or semen.” M: Yech. I hope it’s blood.”
andycanuck on November 25, 2007 at 10:56 PM
Good thing this ONLY happens in Atlanta!
crosspatch on November 25, 2007 at 11:25 PM
The first thing I do when I check into a hotel room is remove the comforter/bed spread and toss it in the corner. If you stay more than 1 night, remove it every day. Don’t lie down on it, whatever you do.
Labamigo on November 25, 2007 at 11:56 PM
Get a life, guys. As George Carlin said, “that’s what you have an immune system for - to kill germs.” I have stayed at over 200 different hotels in the US and Asia, and I have never been sick afterwards. Of course, my alcohol consumption could have something to do with it. After all, germs in glasses don’t live long when you drown them in whiskey. ;)
fiatboomer on November 26, 2007 at 12:35 AM
I have to admit that this report made me laugh out loud! And it also doesn’t surprise me even a tiny bit!
Warner Todd Huston on November 26, 2007 at 12:59 AM
What a silly, fallacious premise.
So they wipe down a glass in a room that you rent and will be staying in for another night… that doesn’t mean that they do that after you check out and another guest is coming in.
I thought that was stupid so I quit watching. Was there something that actually, logically makes sense as something to be icked about?
DaveS on November 26, 2007 at 1:08 AM
My mother-in-law washes dishes like that so I’ve built up an immunity over the decades.
I laugh in the face of streptococcus - HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!
Shy Guy on November 26, 2007 at 2:59 AM
Almost makes a guy think twice about bringing a nameless hooker to one of these places, almost.
- The Cat
MirCat on November 26, 2007 at 3:42 AM
This is why I drink beer.
Straight from the bottle.
darkpixel on November 26, 2007 at 7:33 AM
The single use plastic cups are the best choice-break a glass made of glass and you could cut yourself and you have no idea if the hotel has a Blood Borne Pathogen Plan.
The disinfectant warning is another reason employees must be able to read and understand English.
Also, do not forget to pack the ‘Blacklight’ (even though TSA may take it away because they do not know what it is) to check the sheets and other upholstery-where you lay or sit may have been used for other activities other than sleeping and sitting.
Finally, what do you do when what you thought was a new pattern in the carpet is actually a chalk outline?
MSGTAS on November 26, 2007 at 9:03 AM
VERY true.
Plus, since most kitchen workers in the US are illegal aliens, kinda makes you think twice about restaurant food, doesn’t it?
I’ve lived in Mexico, and there are damn good reasons - which I guarantee you don’t want to know about - that visitors get the dreaded Montezuma’s revenge. Contrary to popular Cancun lore, it’s not just from drinking the water. It’s from who handles your food.
And don’t even get me started on restaurant workers never washing their hands after using the toilet.
Redhead Infidel on November 26, 2007 at 9:34 AM
Somethings, I just don’t want to know about…ignorance is bliss.
right2bright on November 26, 2007 at 10:22 AM
That’s what I was thinking. I dont’ recall ever seeing a tray of clean glasses, or a bunch of dirty ones on the way out.
On the other hand, its thought one of the reasons so many kids have allergies is because their immune systems don’t get enough “stimulation” during their early years because we raise them in near sterile environments. The only way to keep your immune system healthy is to keep working it out!
taznar on November 26, 2007 at 10:49 AM