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

[Jon Egger]

When I was working, nurses made a habit of buying soap, toothbrushes, and
other toiletries because the VA didn't supply them for patients.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 4:02 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> The stuff they have in the rooms is bought in bulk.  It's certainly not a
> great expense. Obviously a bathrobe is going to be different. Towels also
> can be a bit pricey, but the original stuff we were talking about -- it's
> nickel and dine stuff.
>
> Bottom line, if it's put out in the room, it is expected that guests will
> use it.  Whining about how people take what is put out for them -- to, uh,
> take -- sorry, not sympathetic.  If the B n B man doesn't want guests to
> take the stuff, he could just put out a sign that guests can ask for soap
> at the desk (or whatever passes for a desk in his operation) if they need
> it.  Guests may look on that as a bit cheap (which of course it is), but
> you do what you gotta do...
>
> I've never heard of anyone taking soaps and shampoo and giving it to
> shelters.  That's kind of a novel idea, I must admit, but I've never heard
> of it elsewhere.
>
> 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 Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 7:30 AM, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> > wrote:
>
> > On 22/01/2017 03:11, James Oppenheimer-Crawford 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.
> >>
> >
> > On my recent trip to the USA one hotel had a notice in the bathroom
> saying
> > that soap that was left would be processed and donated to the homeless.
> > Personally I unwrap only one bar per hotel stay, leave toiletries I have
> > not touched but take the ones I have part-used. One hotel quoted the
> price
> > of a bathrobe if you wanted to take it while an economy one said that
> > because their towels were so popular with guests they would assume ones
> > that disappeared were being bought, and quoted the prices they would
> charge
> > for them.
> >
> > Roger
> >
>



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