Hotel stays

[dominicansoul]

I was under the impression all the little things they set out for you, you buy with the price of the room?  I usually take the shampoos, conditioners, toothbrushes, etc. with me as well as the coffee.  I figured, hey, I paid for this stuff, might as well take it with me when i leave.

[vee]

I often take the pens too.    When I was a kid I took the small plastic no smoking sign

[Anomaly]

I was under the impression all the little things they set out for you, you buy with the price of the room?  I usually take the shampoos, conditioners, toothbrushes, etc. with me as well as the coffee.  I figured, hey, I paid for this stuff, might as well take it with me when i leave.

No, you did not really pay completely for all of it and are not necessarily entitled to it all.   A hotel calculates a certain percentage of guests will need or use the stuff.  The full cost is not really included in the room price.  

If you are taking just because you can, you are stealing.   If it's stuff that is not going to be left for the next guest, then you may take it TO USE OR GIFT to avoid waste.  

Now that I've thought about it more, I would say taking coffee or other stuff you had not intended on using, even to give away, is probably stealing. 

Theft is theft, no matter how small or how easy or with what intentions.   It's a small amount to you personally, you can make some small sacrifice to contribute to homeless without tainting the act by justifying stealing.  Small amounts add up to the hotel. 

For example, if it's a regular hotel with 50 rooms and guests took an additional $3.00 of "stuff" you normally did not need (extra shampoo, pens, coffee, Kleenex, towels, lotion, soap) that adds up to over $54,000 a year!   We have no right to condone taking from that business.   It may be the difference in giving employees a raise or bonus   You have no right to take from employees, and you risk stealing from them by taking more than what you need.   Give from your excess, not from what you perceive is someone else's excess.

 

Edited November 19, 2015 by Anomaly

[Gabriela]

So here's a solution, regardless of what the financial breakdown is: Call up the front desk and tell them you didn't use the soap, shampoo, coffee, whatnot. Tell them you want to take them to put into baggies for the homeless. See if they say no.

They won't.

[Era Might]

I only steal in large quantities. Go big or go home.