[Magdalen] how long have I been hanging around with you folks

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

We were discussing shampoo and soap, and then after I thought that had been
addressed, all of a sudden we're talking about people running off with
spare rolls of TP?  I had not heard of this until I read it here, to be
very honest with you.

The small soap and shampoo are complimentary.  It is not uncommon for
guests to desire to shower daily, so not only do they use the complimentary
items, they sometimes need more.

The cost of the small shampoo and soap are covered in your bill.  The hotel
buys in bulk, and the cost per item isn't very great, so we are talking
about maybe a dollar, if that.

This discussion is getting to be like the folks who object to taxes paying
for food stamps (which account for a fraction of a percent), but they don't
think twice about the fact that we have twelve trident submarines and all
the killer subs assigned to protect them, and we obviously don't need.
It's vanishingly trivial.

If someone is so clueless that they are putting out shampoo, not accounting
for it in their business model and then get upset when people consume it --
well, that is a businessman who is destroying himself.  You can't make ends
meet if you literally don't know what the ends are to begin with, which
sounds like the situation of the b n b.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 11:25 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Those items are placed there for guests' convenience. Typically I do
> use the shampoo and soap because I habitually forget these, but I
> leave the conditioner sealed and unmoved, as well as any plastic
> shower caps, "lotion" (I've always thought it weird it's just called
> "lotion," like a carton of "juice".), and any other stuff I don't
> need. The purpose is to use these things as part of staying in the
> room. I think a line is crossed if people take home the wrapped spare
> rolls of toilet tissue or just take everything because it's free. If
> you need it while you're there, use it. If you use only some of a
> shampoo, OK to take the rest home.
>
> I could also understand the view that it's all made available for me
> with the assumption I'll use it, so if I decide to take a wrapped bar
> of soap and an unopened mini-bottle of shampoo home instead of using
> it there, that's a legitimate option.
>
> The mini-items are promotional for the manufacturer (especially if the
> brand name and/or manufacturer are identified so you can shop for the
> regular-sized products if you like them), but aren't meant to help you
> never have to buy that item.
>
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 9:11 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford
> <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I believe we were talking about shampoo and soap.  As I was wondering, if
> > you use it at all, of what possible use would it be to leave the
> remainder
> > there?  I would assume that it would be a kindness to take your used
> items
> > with you, but perhaps I am wrong.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>