Poll: Hotel Drinking Glasses

Only in a America would we waste time on drinking gasses. Yes it is horrible to see this as in America. What you should do is live a little, go to a third world country were they wash the dishes in the back ally and then put them on a rack to dry. Oh the rack is outside also. Go to a local dinning place in Malaysia, where there isn't a $10000 dish machine, there is a $3 dishwasher. America needs to get a reality check. America lots of reality shows that are a bunch of BS. So they washed your glass in the sink, you do it at home. if you do not have an electric dishwasher at home, are you doing the dishes right? Rinse the dishes, wash in a 160 degree soapy water, rinse again in 180 degree water then rinse again in 110 degree water with a sanitizing solution. If not, use the drinking glass in the hotel, you get food poisoning at home before anywhere else.

I had a similar experience at a property owned and operated by a major US-based hotel in Vancouver. I set up my own little sting when I realized they had not replaced my coffee cup after my first use (it was noticeably chipped). Each of the four subsequent days I was a guest of the hotel I would dirty the cup and leave it on the nightstand. On one occasion I even left the cup with a shoepolish rag submerged in dirty water. At the end of each day I would come back to the room and see the same cup wiped down and put back in place with the coffee service. The hotel assured me that they have procedures in place to prevent this but I now have confirmation that this was likely not an isolated event.

This video does not surprise me at all. I used to drive a limousine as a second job and we "washed" the champagne glasses in between runs with windex and a paper towel. I'll never drink champagne in a limo! I've also seen bartenders in busy bars wipe out dirty glasses with just a towel and reuse them.

The video shown does not provide objective proof that glasses are unsanitary. It seeks to illustrate that hotel housekeeping staff cleans glasses different from the way people do so in their own kitchens. Footage of individuals labelled "Health Expert" is not convincing, either. Expert in whose estimation? Advanced degrees? From which universities? Independent? Employed at testing lab? Local, county, state or federal health expert? Science or administration? If a video is offered as "proof," it should include enough factual material to support the initial hypothesis of "dirty glassware." I have lived in and traveled to four continents on business. Thousands of air and land miles; more hotels than I can count. Take a look at the housekeeper's cart in the hallway next time you're in a hotel. Chances are Very Good you will see a plastic dish rack, of the type used in commercial dish washers, holding clean drinking glasses and a dirty glass bin like those used in restaurants.

I used to work at a Best Western and was told when we clean to make our rags stretch because there never was enough. We also were told to rinse out the coffeemaker pot with hot water and dry it. They also would use the same rag that they had cleaned the toilet to clean the tub. Everyone was like in a race to see who would get out first who was the fastest I was always last I couldn't clean the way they did I myself wouldn't want to be in a room that was not cleaned properly. Oh and the bedspreads we were told only to clean the spots with this pink spray I didn't though I always took them to laundry. I know my rooms were clean I got good tips, so to let you know not all houskeepers are like the ones on the video. But I would rather be safe.