The Hidden Truth Behind Hotel Drinking Glasses

JP, not all of us are fortunate enough to have a fully functioning immune system. Thanks for your European sensitivity though.

Would you all just get over it?! This is why you have an immune system. Grr.... American germ freaks.... It's a frikin drinking glass. And they were all cleaned to some extent. I highly doubt you are going to catch anything. And even if you do, big deal. Your immune system will become stronger because of it. So grow some white blood cells and get over it!

Not all hotels are like this! I manage a hotel and we use commercial dish washers and if I ever saw one of my housekeepers do this, they're out the door! I take pride in my property and I make we follow all the rules when it comes to being clean because that is just gross!

Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew. Someone give those cleaning ladies shock therapy. Don't they have any sense of right or wrong? Ew. If you're a drudge fan: <a href="http://www.drudgetracker.com">drudge...

Don't be so confident about those individually wrapped platic "throw away" cups.I used to work as a maid at a small motel, and the owner was so "cheap" that he had us to wash the plastic cups [in a dirty sink in cold water!], rewrap them, and reuse them!

I travel a ton for my job. I agree that people should bring their own lysol, their own cups, their own towels and comforters . We all know that hotels are dirty. Prepare for it. Depending on how anal you are, same goes for restaraunts. Everywhere really! Don't expect that people who are getting paid 7 dollars an hour care about your health.

I should first say that I'm a regular business traveler. This one time, I stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Green Bay, WI. I checked in and then a colleague and I went to dinner. When I returned to my room (two double beds - I couldn't get a queeen room) I unpacked and proceeded to get ready for bed. I chose the bed next to the alarm clock and when I turned down the bedding I was stunned. There was a festering pile of human excrement in the bed! Here's what I think must have happened - someone had a diarrhea incident in that bed and was so mortified that they made the bed to cover their accident, cleaned themselves up and slept in the clean bed. When housekeeping cleaned the room they only made the observed slept-in bed. Needless to say my call to the front desk was classic. A poor night desk clerk came to my room and I thought that she was going to pass out when she saw what had happened. She apologized profusely but could not change my room as the hotel was full. Caveat Emptor!!!!!

My mother worked at a 400$ a night hotel in Banff, and when she cleaned their rooms she did exactly like the lady on the hidden tapes.

I read the four comments ... and it made me glad that I do use less expensive motels. All their plastic throw-away glasses are wrapped; and yet I still scald them before using. And that business about bugs and germs, bring your own disenfecting spray ... and use it every where, not just the bathroom. Some folks must travel ... and except for the air in airplanes ... should take every precaution you can think of ... to stay safe ... and not 'catch anything' ;-) Cajun Sissy Macile

I work for Marriott Hotels & Resorts which include Renaissance, Courtyard, SpringHill, Residence Inn & TownePlace. I know for a fact that Marriott hotels take every single glass from every hotel room and puts them through an industrial and Marriott approved dish washer.

Nynya BusinessEither i wouldnt expect you to understand why spraying toxic chemicals would do anything. so you just lay on the dirty sheets n lick the dirty toilets and lay on the filthy rug since the horrid toxic chemicals will kill you...you dont see how it will help. who said anything about it making the room sanitized. its a piece of mind knowing that some of the bacteria lurking around is being destroyed... it gives you a little piece of mind knowing that something is fighting off the nasty germs that are lerking in the room. Maybe we should just hire a crew from a remodeling tv show to come and destoy the room and rebuild a new one with fresh clean everything... do the world a favor and just stay home and away from the computer.... idiot

I worked in hotel 20 years ago and it is just the same. I would never use a glass or coffee pot without washing it first. The same water bucket that has some sanitizer in it and goes from one room to the next and cleans EVERYTHING with the same rag! I am not kidding! This is why I like my RV

I am in the hospitality industry and watching that has made me sick. That is truely horrible customer service and against any health and safety regualation i have ever been taught.

I don't see how spraying harsh toxic chemicals on the sheets and around the room makes people feel that the room has been sanitized. Most of those chemicals have to be wet on a surface for 10-15 minutes. Anyway - We JUST (2 days ago) had this problem at Disney. The glasses in our room weren't just dirty, but STICKY. We had them replaced (I think), but my kid accidentally dropped and broke one of them. When we came back after housekeeping, 3 glasses remaining. Who wants to bet that those were 3 fresh glasses? Hotels are a health risk, but its one of those risks that we live with. It pales in comparison to the germs lurking in hospitals. It seems like we all know someone who's gotten a staph infection or some other infection from a hospital. Isn't that the one place we expect total sanitization?

the cameras were there because this was a hidden camera special or do you not comprehend...idiots.. anyway lysol is my friend. i pull the top two sheets off the bed and lysol the pillows and sheets always. i lysol the entire room from the door knobs to the remote to the handles in the bathroom. i do not walk on the floor with my feet or even my socks. i wear sneakers so that my feet are fully covered. there are germs lerking all around that room. this may seem extreme but there are too many diseases out there and too many people that dont care about the next person. So take precautions the next time you check into a hotel. Dont let the fancy name of the hotel fool you. Germs dont know class.

How is it that apparent Latina descent="illegals"? To all of those making comments and thinking along those lines: just think of all the enlightenment you are missing out on by making ignorant assumptions. Wow. To all the disease spreaders reading this who don't wash their hands after using the bathroom(yes, YOU):Not only are you leaving your nastiness behind, you're also picking up the filth of everyone who was there before you! Just food for thought from the rest of us...... As someone who travels for a living, I'm not surprised by the glass thing. I've never used them anyway. I always thought it was gross to have coffee makers and glasses near the toilet. Bottom line, do what you can to avoid other people's filth in hotel rooms but don't expect everything to be pristine. Assume everything is contaminated-it probably is- your immune system will do its thing. Clorox wipes still have a permanent home in my suitcase though.

my biggest concern about this video is not the drinking glasses........BUT WHY IS THERE A CAMERA IN THE BATHROOM OR IN THE ROOM PERIOD!!!! Talk about privacy!!!