OH GOOD GOD MAKE IT STOP, MAKE IT STOP.
*cough* Sorry.
It turns out hotel staff have been keeping some dirty ‘n’ disturbing secrets from us all, and after reading them you will never – EVER – be the same again.
Thousands have flocked to a Quora thread, clearly hellbent on ruining your hotel stays forevermore. Lucky for you, we’ve hand-picked the five most disturbing, and deeply apologise for your lack of sleep tonight.
Seriously… stop now if you want to sleep tonight.
Okay, don’t say I didn’t warn ya!
1. Dead bodies r’ us.
“Almost everyone who has been a manager in a hotel has encountered a dead body,” writes self-confessed hotel lover, Susan Barry.
At a hotel in 2011, Susan explains, “a woman had too much to drink, slipped into her jacuzzi, and literally BOILED to death. True story.”
Yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikes. I guess that’s me and jacuzzis done forever, then.
“The sad fact is that I could find 15 more stories,” Susan finished, adding: “Hotels are crazy, y’all.”
2. See those sheets? Yeah, them. They’re dirty.
Yes – YES – those sheets that look clean are actually the complete and utter opposite.
Peter Mayer has worked as a housekeeper in hotels, and has some very icky news to share:
“Sometimes sheets are not changed daily,” Mayer admits.
“It is not only true for unused beds, but in general. Shady and cheap hotel/motel managers and owners encourage staff to check if the sheets look clean. If they do, they tell housekeepers to just tighten it up from the corners.”