Things people steal from hotels - Page 2

Herr-Berbunch · 05-05-11, 10:23 AM

One towel from Hilton Hotel Salalah, and one from Hilton Hotel Kuwait.

Nice towels they were too, still using one from kuwait eight years later. I did pay for them in the long run, three/four Rials or Dinars* a beer - and there was a lot of beer.

Piddley little bottles of sh!te combined shower gel/shampoo has never taken my fancy! That's not to say I don't shower or wash hair, I do, I do!

Stayed in a great deal of other hotels, and for extended durations too, but never took anything else.

Ironically - I believe the one from Oman was stolen from me!

Growler · 05-05-11, 10:28 AM

I guess I wouldn't swipe anything from a hotel because I'm too lazy to hump whatever it is I swiped back home again. I mean, wet terry cloth bathrobes and towels are heavy, and that damp gives your suitcase a funky smell.

papa_smurf · 05-05-11, 10:43 AM

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I used to work at a Hilton Garden Inn and we once caught a man stealing an A/C unit out of a room. He was caught wheeling it out of a side door on a luggage cart by one of the janitors.

That is one determined hotel guest.

Gerald · 05-05-11, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Only one beer

Yes ... it was one beer, I remember, but maybe two,

FIREWALL · 05-05-11, 01:51 PM

@ Papa Smurf. TV remotes ? He!! they steal the TV's TOO !!!

Jaguar · 05-05-11, 02:44 PM

A friend of mine has this ashtray with the writing "Stolen from motel XXX" on the bottom.

Jimbuna · 05-05-11, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Piddley little bottles of sh!te combined shower gel/shampoo has never taken my fancy! That's not to say I don't shower or wash hair, I do, I do!

A likely story

Herr-Berbunch · 05-05-11, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

A likely story

It's twue, it's twue, it's twue!

Jimbuna · 05-05-11, 07:05 PM

The opposite to pinching but I once met an old female friend at a security conference...we met up after the day had finished and ended up leaving the hotel to look for some Indian cusine.

Afterwards we visited a bar too many and at chucking out time we returned to the bar in the hotel.

At God knows what time we ended up in my room because she reckoned she couldn't make it to her room which admittedly was much further away albeit on the same floor (very large hotel).

Being a gentleman I let her have my bed (even though it was kingsize) and I slept on the settee (honest).

Early in the morning she woke me to say she was going to her room for a shower and would I join her for breakfast.

This day was the final day of the conference so even though you were at the conference centre till 4pm you had to be checked out of your room for 11am.

Just prior to lunch I collected my gear from the room and checked it in for storage with the porter section.

When I returned from the conference area to collect my luggage I was quietly ushered into an office behind reception and asked to sit down by someone who was obviously of management level.

All manner of things were going through my mind, especially those around the subject of theft...I was pretty close to flashing my warrant card when the manager closed the office door behind me, sat slowly down and proceeded to reach inside one of his desk drawers.

After what seemed like an eternity he coughed and removed his hand from within said drawer and then I saw what he was holding....a pink pair of lacey thongs.

"Did sir know he had left these in his bed last night"?

I've never seen my female friend since which is probably just as well because I told the manager to keep/dispose of them.

I sometimes wonder if she ever realised she was one undergarment short

Platapus · 05-05-11, 07:06 PM

Can't say that I ever stole anything from a hotel room. I may have left some hangers even.

Frankly, I never found anything I wanted to steal.

August · 05-05-11, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I sometimes wonder if she ever realised she was one undergarment short

Oh i'll bet she knew. They didn't remove themselves. It was the modern equivalent to the dropped hanky.

MothBalls · 05-06-11, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Apparently so. I guess Americans are just better people.

None of them consider it stealing. America is the land of entitlements; so everything already belonged to those people before they checked into the room.

Sailor Steve · 05-06-11, 12:57 AM

Nope, never have.

August · 05-06-11, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by MothBalls

None of them consider it stealing. America is the land of entitlements; so everything already belonged to those people before they checked into the room.

Everything except the bill i'll bet!

Herr-Berbunch · 05-06-11, 09:21 AM

So am I the only thieving barsteward here then, or just the (now) honest one?

05-05-11, 10:23 AM	#16
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	One towel from Hilton Hotel Salalah, and one from Hilton Hotel Kuwait. Nice towels they were too, still using one from kuwait eight years later. I did pay for them in the long run, three/four Rials or Dinars* a beer - and there was a lot of beer. Piddley little bottles of sh!te combined shower gel/shampoo has never taken my fancy! That's not to say I don't shower or wash hair, I do, I do! Stayed in a great deal of other hotels, and for extended durations too, but never took anything else. Ironically - I believe the one from Oman was stolen from me! __________________

05-05-11, 10:28 AM	#17
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I guess I wouldn't swipe anything from a hotel because I'm too lazy to hump whatever it is I swiped back home again. I mean, wet terry cloth bathrobes and towels are heavy, and that damp gives your suitcase a funky smell. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

05-05-11, 01:51 PM	#20
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	@ Papa Smurf. TV remotes ? He!! they steal the TV's TOO !!! __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

05-05-11, 07:05 PM	#24
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The opposite to pinching but I once met an old female friend at a security conference...we met up after the day had finished and ended up leaving the hotel to look for some Indian cusine. Afterwards we visited a bar too many and at chucking out time we returned to the bar in the hotel. At God knows what time we ended up in my room because she reckoned she couldn't make it to her room which admittedly was much further away albeit on the same floor (very large hotel). Being a gentleman I let her have my bed (even though it was kingsize) and I slept on the settee (honest). Early in the morning she woke me to say she was going to her room for a shower and would I join her for breakfast. This day was the final day of the conference so even though you were at the conference centre till 4pm you had to be checked out of your room for 11am. Just prior to lunch I collected my gear from the room and checked it in for storage with the porter section. When I returned from the conference area to collect my luggage I was quietly ushered into an office behind reception and asked to sit down by someone who was obviously of management level. All manner of things were going through my mind, especially those around the subject of theft...I was pretty close to flashing my warrant card when the manager closed the office door behind me, sat slowly down and proceeded to reach inside one of his desk drawers. After what seemed like an eternity he coughed and removed his hand from within said drawer and then I saw what he was holding....a pink pair of lacey thongs. "Did sir know he had left these in his bed last night"? I've never seen my female friend since which is probably just as well because I told the manager to keep/dispose of them. I sometimes wonder if she ever realised she was one undergarment short __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-05-11, 07:06 PM	#25
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Can't say that I ever stole anything from a hotel room. I may have left some hangers even. Frankly, I never found anything I wanted to steal. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-05-11, 02:44 PM	#21
Jaguar Officer Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: The Pampas Posts: 239 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	A friend of mine has this ashtray with the writing "Stolen from motel XXX" on the bottom.

05-06-11, 12:57 AM	#28
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Nope, never have. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-06-11, 09:21 AM	#30
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	So am I the only thieving barsteward here then, or just the (now) honest one? __________________