Things people steal from hotels

tater · 05-05-11, 08:49 AM

I've never stolen anything from a hotel.

FIREWALL · 05-05-11, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by tater

I've never stolen anything from a hotel.

These Furineers be all thieves, huh.

August · 05-05-11, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

These Furineers be all thieves, huh.

Apparently so. I guess Americans are just better people.

tater · 05-05-11, 09:51 AM

Perhaps it's just the ingrained notion that larger entities should give you stuff, "free?"

I should add that it never even occurred to me to take anything from a hotel.

I was hosting some Soviet students years ago (when there was a CCCP) from Moscow Aviation Institute (nuke-Es (space nuclear power, specifically)), and they arrived a day apart. So I take 2 guys in my car to pick up another at the airport. I push the button to get the time slip at the parking lot, and one guy instantly says, "this would never work in Soviet Union."

I was entirely perplexed and asked, "Why not?"

"We would walk back and get new ticket before leaving."

I'd been getting parking slips for years... and it had never occurred to me to rip it off for a couple bucks. LOL.

mookiemookie · 05-05-11, 09:57 AM

All I've taken is soap/shampoo/lotion, etc. So I guess you can't even consider that stealing.

I like to think I have a bit more class than to steal from a hotel.

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.

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

Penguin · 05-08-11, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

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

Nope, but one of the few who admit it

Btw, does watching pay-per-view channels in hotels without paying also count as stealing?

I must say that my hotel thieving acts acts also occured in my younger years. It happens when you're young&dumb and yare sent into fancy hotels, but receive only a small paycheck...

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Originally Posted by tater

"this would never work in Soviet Union."

And that is why I never want to disappoint the trust of people who give another person the freedom to act without supervision. Like in my previous stated examples, or e.g. where farmers leave food uncontrolled near the road with a donation box, or remote campsites with no persons who control. I see it as a matter of honour to give the people their share and not be a cheater or scrooge.

As someone who loves personal liberty, I do not want many limitations on it. I do not want surveillance, guards, supervision all around me all day. So my acts not to exploit this freedom result out of moral, political and also egoistic reasons.

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?

Feuer Frei! · 05-06-11, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

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

It seems you are both, Tony

GoldenRivet · 05-06-11, 09:33 AM

During my career as a pilot i have spent countless nights in hotel rooms.

Between 2005,06,07 and 08 alone i spent approximately 1,010 nights in hotels. everything from off brands to Hiltons

I have found lipstick all over the glassware.

I have found feces on towels.

I have found grimy body outlines on the sheets.

I have found bedbugs on and in the mattress.

I have had stabbing victims wander into the hotel lobby while checking in.

I have had a crew member removed from duty because of bullets fired through his hotel window at night.

I have found a 10 inch long turd in a hotel hall way.

I have had people mistakenly given keys to my room late at night more times than i can count.

I have had to eat more hungry man turkey and mashed potato dinners all alone for thanksgiving in some low rent hotel room than i care to think about.

as a result, i cant think of ANYTHING i could possibly want from a hotel room bad enough to steal it.

05-05-11, 08:49 AM	#1
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	I've never stolen anything from a hotel. __________________ "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine

05-05-11, 09:51 AM	#4
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Perhaps it's just the ingrained notion that larger entities should give you stuff, "free?" I should add that it never even occurred to me to take anything from a hotel. I was hosting some Soviet students years ago (when there was a CCCP) from Moscow Aviation Institute (nuke-Es (space nuclear power, specifically)), and they arrived a day apart. So I take 2 guys in my car to pick up another at the airport. I push the button to get the time slip at the parking lot, and one guy instantly says, "this would never work in Soviet Union." I was entirely perplexed and asked, "Why not?" "We would walk back and get new ticket before leaving." I'd been getting parking slips for years... and it had never occurred to me to rip it off for a couple bucks. LOL. __________________ "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine

05-05-11, 09:57 AM	#5
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	All I've taken is soap/shampoo/lotion, etc. So I guess you can't even consider that stealing. I like to think I have a bit more class than to steal from a hotel. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

05-05-11, 10:23 AM	#6
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	#7
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.

05-06-11, 12:57 AM	#11
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	#13
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? __________________

05-06-11, 09:33 AM	#15
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	During my career as a pilot i have spent countless nights in hotel rooms. Between 2005,06,07 and 08 alone i spent approximately 1,010 nights in hotels. everything from off brands to Hiltons I have found lipstick all over the glassware. I have found feces on towels. I have found grimy body outlines on the sheets. I have found bedbugs on and in the mattress. I have had stabbing victims wander into the hotel lobby while checking in. I have had a crew member removed from duty because of bullets fired through his hotel window at night. I have found a 10 inch long turd in a hotel hall way. I have had people mistakenly given keys to my room late at night more times than i can count. I have had to eat more hungry man turkey and mashed potato dinners all alone for thanksgiving in some low rent hotel room than i care to think about. as a result, i cant think of ANYTHING i could possibly want from a hotel room bad enough to steal it. __________________

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