Don't Drink From Those Glasses!

[AwayWeGo]

Into Each Life Some Dirt Must Fall.

Perhaps if any of us had poor immunity or a bad experience with getting infections while on vacation, we would become more hesitant. We usually aren't too bothered by all the "what ifs" otherwise.

The Chief Of Staff's late grandfather used to say we're each going to eat a pound of dirt in our lifetimes anyway so what the heck -- or words to that effect.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

[dougp26364]

The Chief Of Staff's late grandfather used to say we're each going to eat a pound of dirt in our lifetimes anyway so what the heck -- or words to that effect.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

It's not so much you're going to eat a pound of dirt in your lifetime so much as what kind of dirt.......if you know what I mean. Having glasses cleaned with the same glove that just cleaned that toilet bowl would introduce some uneccessary dirt IMO.

 

[AwayWeGo]

There's Dirt -- And Then There's Dirt.

It's not so much you're going to eat a pound of dirt in your lifetime so much as what kind of dirt.......if you know what I mean.

You & I both know there's clean dirt & there's also dirty dirt -- dirty as in filthy, germy, unsanitary.

Not everybody appreciates the distinction --

"Hey, you can't wear that shirt again. It's got some dirt on it."

"I know, but it's clean dirt."

One of the senior officials where I used to work had a PhD in dirt -- Soil Science, actually, but we poked fun by referring to it as a PhD in dirt. "Not so," he said. "Soil is what grows the trees & the flowers & the grass & the crops. Dirt is what you get under your fingernails."

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Not to mention Louisiana style dirty rice. I don't mind eating that at all.

 

[BevL]

Well, thanks, I wish I'd seen this BEFORE I just got back from holidays!! I'm hoping we were safe at the Manhattan Club but the Red Lion we crashed at last night in Seattle has me worried.

I'm not easily grossed out but YUCK!!

 

[KauaiMark]

Next time....

Guess that is why DVC - Disney Vacation Club
provides paper plates & cups in their Studios.

Not just Hotels - Timeshares too..

Most Studios have a small partial kitchen but no dishwasher
Think about who`s cleaning those dirty dishes and glasses.

Next time, we're running all the glassware through the dishwasher when we get there...

 

[Liz Wolf-Spada]

I think I'll buy a couple of those collapsible camping cups to take in carry on to have something to drink from in hotels. I would never have thought of the glasses not being clean and I often take meds at night with water when we get in and don't always have bottled water.
Liz

 

[grest]

We stayed at a Hampton Inn a couple of nights ago, and thankfully they had plastic and styrofoam glasses...
Connie

 

[ownsmany]

jacuzzi

I've often stayed away from using th jacuzzi except at a Marriott ts. I love to use the Jacuzzi - but have heard about the junk and germs.

Would it be better to run it with dishwater detergent or bleach?

Would like to start to enjoy all the jacuzzis.

 

[luv2vacation]

OK call me anal but before I use anything in any timeshare kitchen, the entire contents of the cupboard goes into the d/w, and I do two loads... all silverware and big utensils too.

I always do the same. My family, especially Hubby (although he never comments on it anymore), thinks I'm crazy - but I do it anyway.

 

[Jan]

And we never ever use the little coffee pot in the rooms! A real fact on those --a friend that is a pilot for a major airline was telling me how some of the stewardess use it for soaking their panties. He filled us in on all that bad stuff and uses the wipes when touching stuff in the room.
Happy travels...........Jan

 

[BevL]

And we never ever use the little coffee pot in the rooms! A real fact on those --a friend that is a pilot for a major airline was telling me how some of the stewardess use it for soaking their panties. He filled us in on all that bad stuff and uses the wipes when touching stuff in the room.
Happy travels...........Jan

Just when I was recovering from the gross out over the cups, now this!!

 

[AwayWeGo]

Washa-Washa-Washa.

And we never ever use the little coffee pot in the rooms!

Shux, we run the Mr. Coffee non-electric components through the dishwasher along with all the plates & dishes & glassware, etc. -- the pot, the lid, & the filter holder -- or, in dishwasherless mini-kitchen suites, we wash'm by hand.

I doubt the stewardae are able to use the Mr. Coffee internal water-heating components for anything unsanitary.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

[nicklinneh]

Most Studios have a small partial kitchen but no dishwasher
Think about who`s cleaning those dirty dishes and glasses.

Most T/S resorts ask the last tenant to do it-- and you'll sleep on their pillow too! ---ken

 

[pcgirl54]

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[pcgirl54]

Ok ,now I am getting totally grossed out. I wash the dishes by hand ,airdry them and then put them away each day. We are empty nesters so there aren't a lot of dirty dishes anymore.

I used to think it was odd for people to desantize a newly checked in unit by washing down everything that the maid service cleaned. Now I am thinking differently maybe they are much smarter than I thought.

Pillows, bedspreads, glasses, remote controls but now the coffee pot. I am glad I drink tea. DH however loves his coffee.

 

[Elli]

I think the earlier poster was talking about the small coffee pot in a hotel room, not in a timeshare.

 

[Zib]

Gosh, I'm surprised I'm not dead now from all those germs! Isn't it remarkable what the old body can overcome? However, you can be sure I'll put all the dishes in the dishwasher before using them on my next trip and I'll NEVER drink out of a hotel glass again. Guess I'll carry a supply of paper cups and my own little container of dish soap to wash those glasses. Thanks for the
heads up!

 

[arlene22]

The very first summer job I ever had was as a chambermaid in a motel. None of us ever did any of that disgusting stuff. So I am really shocked by this.

I guess I have been too trusting, thinking that everyone does it the way we did. I will now run all the glasses/dishes/coffee pots through the dishwasher upon arrival. And I realize the pilot wasn't talking about timeshare coffee pots, but I just can't get that mental image out of my head. YUK!

 

[dougp26364]

We recently returned for a short trip to a timeshare in Branson, MO. Guess what! I found a small amount of water in the coffee pot. Having recalled the panties soaking in the coffee pot it sort of grossed me out, even though it was a timeshare and I was positive no flight attendant had been soaking their undies in the pot.

I still washed it out anyway.

 

[Tiger]

I don't think anyone has mentioned yet that on checking into a hotel one can easily wash the glasses in soap and water and rinse them in hot water. I've been doing it for years.

I agree with the poster who noted that our skin protects us well from almost all infection. We couldn't survive if it didn't.

 

[spirits]

Dirty Glasses

Thanks for all the advice. The remote one is the one I'll remember. I don't often stay at hotels unless at conferences from work. But I distinctly remember seeing on many carts in the morning clean glasses wrapped in paper. The housekeepers bring them with the sheets etc. Before we all jump to conclusions perhaps a check of the cleaning carts where you stay might aleviate some concerns. Otherwise I might not get a good nights sleep the night before we travel:rofl: That used to be because of anticipation. I really want to keep it that way:whoopie:

 

[AwayWeGo]

Urban Legend ?

I realize the pilot wasn't talking about timeshare coffee pots, but I just can't get that mental image out of my head.

I can't help suspecting that the bit about the airline stewardae washing out undies in hotel coffee makers just might be something like an urban legend.

I mean, think about it -- wouldn't a lavatory washbasin work better for washing out & then rinsing undergarments by hand? Jamming even eeny-weeny undies into a coffee pot wouldn't leave much room for doing any actual washing, would it?

What seems more likely (because it's easier & more practical) is using a hotel coffee maker to heat up -- fast -- some really hot wash water, hotter than what comes out of the faucet, & pouring that into the sink along with some tepid faucet water when hand-washing undies.

Coffee pots of any size are much inferior to hotel bathroom sinks for doing wash. Right? Or am I simply in denial?

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

[jewls]

I usually bring a can of Lysol with me to hotels. I spray down door knobs, telephone, remote control and lamp switches. I even spray the bedspread before I throw it on the floor. My family laughs at me, but now my daughter who travels with her volleyball team understands, as she has seen some unsightly rooms.

I have always been suspicious about the glasses but never thought anyone use them to clean underwear. YUK.

 

[bradykp]

We were having dinner with friends & family at a semi-upscale (well, semi-upscale by our standards anyway) Chinese seafood restaurant at a seaside resort we all enjoy. Across the way from our table but straight ahead of where I was seated & in my direct line of vision, I saw the bartender polishing some brandy snifters by breathing onto them to make them foggy & then rubbing them shiny with his bar towel, holding them up to eye level so he could spot more places that needed polishing. I don't drink brandy -- consumed my entire lifetime capacity of alcohol by the time I was 45 -- so I am out of the loop about barware sanitation. That is, maybe high-proof brandy kills all germs & so the bartender's breath is nothing to fret about, I don't know. But if the bartender had stopped to think about it, surely he would have realized the customers shouldn't see him breathing on the glassware out there in the open. Sheesh.

One time we were having BOGO-coupon supper at a countrified hillbilly-theme restaurant in Branson MO. I swear, when the kitchen help came out to reload the buffet serving dishes, I could hear Dueling Banjos playing in the background. I don't really think the look of those folks was part of the country ambiance the place was striving for.

A friend's daughter used to work at a Wendy's fast-food restaurant. Based on her experience slinging burgers, etc., she warned, "Don't order the chili at Wendy's." I never asked her to elaborate.

Back in college days in Charlottesville VA, I had a friend who liked to say, "Remember, when you eat at Jim's be sure to punch a hole in the roll so they can't serve it again."

So it goes.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

i've worked at 3 restaurants. if you knew a quarter of the stuff that goes on you'd never eat out. read "kitchen confidential" and then never eat out again.

my policy: what i don't know doesn't kill me.

as for the brandy and glasses....alcohol kills germs, so i wouldn't worry about bar glasses....the nuts in the bowl....different story