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

[Jay Weigel]

In most of the units I worked in, nurses bought body wash, lotion, etc. for
the patients, but it was "community" stuff, for general use. The hospitals
issued soap and tiny bottles of lotion but they were pretty cheesy. At
least one place I worked had a "kitty" that we all contributed to and a
person charged with buying the stuff. In others, we just brought stuff in
ad lib when we saw it getting low in the cabinet.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 9:02 AM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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