Gross, Smells, Parents and Work: Thanks for nothing

Thanks for nothing

By Downinthedumps - 14/08/2016 22:44 - United States - Flagstaff

Today, at my hotel, I spent over an hour dumpster diving trying to locate a pair of shorts for a spoiled brat that one of the cleaning staff accidentally threw away. When I finally found and returned them to the family, the father insisted they weren't the right ones. Spent all day smelling of trash. FML

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Bismuth92 11

Monday 15 August 2016 18:04

So, let me get this straight: the cleaning staff threw out this kid's shorts, which sucks, but I guess accidents happen? I can't really picture how one can "accidentally" throw out something as large as a pair of shorts, but whatever. The kid, understandably, wants their shorts back. Somehow, this makes them a spoiled brat? It sucks that you have to fix someone else's mistake, but I don't see why the kid or the Dad are the villians here.

Magnoxidans 19

Monday 15 August 2016 17:16

Surely you could have asked your boss if you could have showered? Logically if you're gross and smell you aren't making a good impression for the hotel...

Comments

panda900 9

Monday 15 August 2016 20:33

All I can say is why? If they tossed it it's their responsibility to retrieve it. Customer service or not - there's a point.

captainsmegma 12

Monday 15 August 2016 21:02

Time to take out more trash. Namely the brat and her father.

Grand_Genie 14

Tuesday 16 August 2016 1:13

Rich people... Some of them are ok but people like that are complete assholes

Dale_shackleford 13

Tuesday 16 August 2016 2:03

How do you know they're rich and what did they do that made them seem like assholes? The hotel ****** up and op had to pay for a mistake that they didn't make, but they family isn't in the wrong.

smallandroid 26

Tuesday 16 August 2016 2:13

I'm more inclined to think the family wasn't rich. If they were rich, losing a probably $20 pair of shorts wouldn't be a big deal. But when I was young, I was expected to make a pair of swim shorts last for a good 4 or 5 years, until I absolutely couldn't fit into them anymore. I would have felt awful to know I'd be making my parents have to spend another $20 on me when that didn't need to happen, so I'd have been really upset and probably crying like a "brat". My dad's always been unfortunately difficult to employees, so I can see him pushing back until someone working for the hotel got me back my shorts. It's very easy to see a less well-off family act accordingly in this situation.

soulreaper12296 28

Tuesday 16 August 2016 2:23

And why didn't the cleaning staff have to dig through the trash to find them since they were the ones who threw them out?

Weasely 11

Tuesday 16 August 2016 2:30

Erm, if this kid was spoiled then some shorts thrown away wouldn't be a big deal and they'd just buy more. Sounds more like they couldn't afford to lose clothes.

GrumpyGrinch 23

Tuesday 16 August 2016 17:35

I totally understand the guest family wanting their clothes back. Why should anybody else decide if the item should be thrown away? Hotel sucks for making you do the dumpster diving instead of the person who actually is at fault.

fantasyworld 37

Wednesday 17 August 2016 4:17

How is she a brat for wanting a pair of shorts back that accidentally got thrown away? The person who tossed it should have looked for them.

svanduym 1

Saturday 20 August 2016 4:43

I once tried to throw away an item of clothing at a hotel, and when I came back to my room later, housekeeping had removed it from the trash before emptying the trash. Now I understand why.

Taurus_ChicKa 36

Sunday 21 August 2016 0:37

The cleaning staff should be the ones digging for the shorts they threw away. But come on, that's definitely a spoiled brat - just get a new pair of shorts. They aren't expensive, and who'd want shorts that had been thrown in the dumpster, even if they got washed afterward?