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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 10:50 am
DD is going to NYC for a week in May. We are very concerned about the hotel bedbug plague there. We are going to be very careful about her clothes and suitcases when she returns home.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 11:08 am
I always take my own pillow to motels & even other people's homes. I may prop provided pillows under it, but my head & face only touch MY pillow.
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 12:57 pm
I take my own pillow cases... but the glasses thing is truly awful. It dawned on me the first time I was at a hotel in Kelowna when I walked in on housekeeping just rinsing the glasses in the bathroom sink I freaked! They don't even change them between guests people!! Where's the tinkling glasses on the trolley that comes fresh from the dishwasher with the sterilized banner on them? I'm that old that I remember those days. Cost saving is gonna kill us all! Then who's going to stay in their dumb rooms!???
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 1:05 pm
OG that is very smart. Plastic is your DD's friend. All clothes in plastic bags--even the entire suitcase. They--the little buggers--are attracted to scent. Tell you daughter to check behind the bedboards and use lavender oil at night--they hate the smell. She needs to peel back the bed sheets and check the crevices of the mattress--they leave black marks if they have been there. Their own scent is very musky as well--a dead giveaway if they are near. They start coming out at about 1 a.m. Good luck Beg Bug Survivor since Oct. 2007
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 1:17 pm
more & more things popping up that I can use my purse sz sanitizer on. I already put some on a tissue & wipe phones, light switches etc - now I'll be washing those glasses in it too.
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Lyn
Member
08-07-2002
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 1:27 pm
Bring Dixie cups with you to hotels...I used to work at a hotel and depending on how well employees are paid, they don't give a ratsbutt about what they're doing. (Some just remade the beds even if the guests checked out ) If I'm going to pay for a hotel and bring so much of my own stuff (cups, pillows, soaps/shampoos etc) then they're darn well going to change my sheets and towels. There should be two room rates - one for light cleaning (making the bed/cleaning bathroom) and another for those wanting the works...THEN I'd consider minor services during my stay.
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 1:48 pm
I think that if you eat restaurant food or in company/school cafeteria, you are potentially subject to all sorts of germs that you may never know about, and have no control over. I will never forget in my teens hearing about some boys my brother knew who claimed to have urinated in the pizza they made at the local pizzeria. In my 20s I learned (by accident, actually) that I had contracted a parasite common to Mexico, though I had never been there. I am guessing that it was probably from Mexican immigrant food workers either at my corporate cafeteria or favorite Mexican restaurant. Even with the foods we buy at the grocery store, included prepackaged, we have no idea really who may have touched them and how.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 2:13 pm
My mother has leukemia and when she was diagnosed they told her three things to stay away from if at all possible because her immune system is compromised and these will make it dangerous to her: Children Airplanes Buffets I think that is very telling lol
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 2:15 pm
I bring wipes with me on airplanes and wipe down the whole area I am in. I guess that makes me very weird.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 2:39 pm
I'm weird because I'd rather have someone else's (or dog's) germs rather than Use wipes and sanitizers to cause the normal everyday bacteria to form into serious Lifethreatening ones. Any dishwasher (with the hot water tank temperature set properly) will completely clean those dishes. BUT I do have to admit, ICK! on the topic of dog kisses or Cat licks. There are a myriad of Parasites/diseases that can be caught that way. I think anyone who is worried about germs should do a little travelling in Europe and Asia. I just loved their "hole in the floor" squat and drops and you are given TWO sheets of recycled carboard instead of our beautiful North American toilet paper LOL of course, in some places you are not allowed to put the used paper into the toilet hole, you MUST use the little bucket beside the toilet area. YUCK
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 4:14 pm
Sunshyne, the TP in the container by the hole in the floor was the flavor of the day all over China. It was so disgusting that I plan never to go there again. It was an eye opener!
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 4:27 pm
I am not weird, everyone else is.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 6:29 pm
I never thought I was weird, but have always been told so.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 6:32 pm
oh by the way, I was going to suggest a cheap polyester sleeping bag for when you stay at hotels. Nothing is going to be crawling thru the tight zipper and it is clean (no need to use your own sheets on the bed ) i often dont travel with a pillow but if you place a big black plastic garbage bag over it, then your pillowcase from home, you'll be fine. I am fine with the idea of germs, but am severely chemically sensitive. Often the laundry detergents and Softeners cause me probs when in Hotels.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 6:51 pm
The KC news here ran this huge under cover investigation about hotels. The major thing that came out of it is not to drink from the glasses, UGH Oh gee that makes me feel great since we have trips planned to the KC area in April and September! *L*
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 6:53 pm
I don't think this is weird but I won't eat anything with dark seeds on them. When I was going to college in Olathe, KS I worked at Food Barn - for 2 weeks *L* - in the bakery. The manager was SMOKING back in the bakery, I dropped a couple of thawed bread rolls on the floor. She said to pick them up and throw some black poppy seeds on the whole tray and nobody would know the difference. BLECH!
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 6:57 pm
I don't eat cooked green food.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 7:00 pm
Having worked in the food and/or beverage service industry for many years, I know that most businesses follow the dishwashing and sanitation guidelines well. If the area where you are actually sitting and eating is clean then most likely the area where the food is prepared is clean also. It makes me sick to see people letting animals lick them on the mouth when we all know that animal has been sitting around licking it's butt, etc. all day. Yep. I do not let animals lick me nor do I eat from anything an animal has licked. My eyes were opened in Montana last year when staying at a couple of hotels. It appeared almost everyone staying in either hotel had a large dog with them. I was always under the impression that most hotels do not allow animals but apparently this does not apply in Montana. I will be making sure the hotel does not allow animals before I book a room again. I don't sleep with my own dog; I don't want to sleep with anyone else's. Bringing my own sleeping bag is an excellent idea. Thank you, Sunshyne4u. As much as I camp out that won't bother me at all and I have chemical sensitivities too. One time I stayed in a room in Anchorage where I had to open all the windows wide and freeze because the smells were so bad from "air fresheners."
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 7:25 pm
Don't be too sure that if the hotel doesn't allow animals it really doesn't. We showed up at a hotel with our puppy and booked a room, then thought to ask about Jack. He weighed 5 pounds at the time and while they had a policy of no animals, the manager fell in love with Jack and made an exception. I will admit we were told not to let him on any of the furniture but that didn't stop us because there was crap all over the floor under the bed and my puppy wasn't going to have access to it.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 7:45 pm
I'm weird because I believe that if I SUPPORT a team, I am a jinx. I choose so many teams, and whenever I WATCH, they lose. Currently, the Patriots are my team, and my jinx is still intact. I went into the kitchen on the Pats' last drive, and they did really well without me watching. I'm contemplating not watching the rest of the game, so the Patriots can pull out a win.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 7:46 pm
HEHEH I was saying the same thing to my hubby as I am cheering for the Giants and they are losing!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 7:57 pm
Now I have to ask if you think that it was really okay to bring your dog in and talk the manager into letting it stay in a "no animals allowed" hotel. Possibly someone extremely allergic to animals and counting on that "no animals allowed" policy always being enforced for their health purposes could be staying in that room after you leave. And, SHAME on the manager for that. I have to ask though ~ what "crap" was all over that the dog wasn't supposed to be in? I got a room at the Hilton in Pittsburg once where there was supposed to be no dogs allowed that had dog poop still in the room when we got there. Good cleaning staff and nice guests staying there before us, huh? I not only got a new room but a new hotel. It just goes to show you, life really is a box of chocolates and you never really know what you're gonna get.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 8:20 pm
Now I have to ask if you think that it was really okay to bring your dog in and talk the manager into letting it stay in a "no animals allowed" hotel We did not even ASK for it. When we noticed the no animals regulations we said oh sorry we'll go somewhere else. THE MANAGER asked what kind of dog, we told him, he asked to see him, he said oh we can make an exception this time. We said it's ok we'll go somewhere else. He insisted, we were tired, we stayed. Wouldn't surprise me that we weren't the first - or the last - people to stay there with pets. I do admit we were in the wrong to put him on the bed after being told not to. But if somebody is that allergic to dogs it wouldn't have mattered because his dander was all over us and our clothes. He was not allowed IN the bed - he slept in his carrier. He was only allowed ON the bed on OUR blanket. I have to ask though ~ what "crap" was all over that the dog wasn't supposed to be in? There was a bunch of fuzz and lint, a bunch of those vacation type fliers and notebook paper, looked like underneath hadn't been vacuumed in along time. That's what I saw. Who knows what else was under there. And I wasn't about to let my puppy find out. The rest of the room "looked" clean. Jack has never pooped or peed in a hotel. He doesn't in our house either. BUT if he were to, we would clean it up. And not just pick it up either. We carry a bottle of anti-microbial pet stain remover and would use it if he made a mess. For that matter WE never leave a mess. Dirty towels and washcloths draped nicely over the side of the tub for easy pick up. ALL trash picked up. If there are bags in the trash cans we pull them out and tie them and set them in the bathroom. ETA: I do understand the other side and how somebody who is allergic to animals or doesn't like them do not want to be in the same room that they have stayed in. I feel the same way about smokers.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 8:40 pm
I'm weird because I can't stand cooked fruit. I can't eat apple pies or anything like that. I'm also weird because my wife, on a daily basis, tells me so.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 7:48 am
I just realized I can't stand cooked fruit either. Now, isn't it weird that I never made that connection? I can eat apple pie if I have to, to be polite, but I would rather just eat an apple. I wouldn't eat peach pie even to be polite, ditto berry pies.
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