Real life MMD: Do I punish the cleaner?

*Chattie*

my son worked part time in a hotel and any shortages/breakages or people leaving without paying their bill the money was taken from his tips at the end of the week so if your bill is wrong in your favour don't forget who will be suffering for it as you can be sure it wont be the hotel or bar.

rapido

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wondermouse

TheCheapFashionista wrote: »

here here!!!

Where, where?

Countertenor

I agree with Kerstin. Why carry £200 pounds worth on hols anyway - it's asking to be nicked!

poet123

What a ridiculous POV that you shouldnt take tolietries totalling £200 on holiday.

You should be able to take anything and leave them in a locked hotel room secure in the knowledge that only trustworthy people are emplyed by the hotel. If they are not, then the hotel should bear the loss.

welshog8

As someone who has just added up the cost of their make/up & toiletries bag I am horrified at what it would cost to replace (approx £480). I think we may be missing the point though as irrespective of the cost of the items they have been taken without the owners permission (ie stolen). Whether or not the maid intended to use them / resell them or just threw them out is totally besides the point. The have gone and the customer deserves to be compensated.
I agree that the full value of the items could not be reimbursed due to the items being partly used but some agreement should be reached by the hotel on a fair valuation of the used items. For example if your car is written off your insurance won't reimburse you the cost of a new car merely the value of your used car.
I would demand to be compensated irrespective of how much I earned / could afford as at the end of the day if you set about throwing out items which belonged to the hotel to the value of £200 they would be rightly furious even though to a large hotel the money would be a drop in the ocean.
This problem is not limited to Turkey either as when on holidays in Tunisia a friend and I bought identical shoes and left them, still in the carrier bag in our respective rooms. My friend returned to her room some time later to discover that hers had been 'acidentally' thrown out with the rubbish! They weren't particularly expensive but lets just say that battle commenced with the management for a full reimbursement!

MrsE_2

mr-tom wrote: »

One thing to note. A lot of people are saying that the hotel should pay up rather than you or the cleaner.

Maybe it's just me, but it seems a little unfair:
25% blame to you, as you left the stuff out and (in theory) mistakable for rubbish
75% blame to the cleaner as they "binned" your property (goodness knows what the truth is)

And yet these people are suggesting that the cost is allocated:
£0 you
£0 cleaner
£200 hotel

Why should they pay the price? Where's their blame?

The stuff was wrapped in plastic bags within a toiletry bag or the toiletry bag was wrapped in a plastic bag (its unclear from the OP).

Either way thats the place for your travel toiletries.

When I stay in a hotel I put rubbish in the bin, things I leave out on the side I don't expect them to throw away.

rapido

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freyasmum

Countertenor wrote: »

I agree with Kerstin. Why carry £200 pounds worth on hols anyway - it's asking to be nicked!

Dear me

Why shouldn't I be able to take whatever I want on holiday?! If I've worked hard all year, why should I have to downgrade my products in case someone takes a fancy to them? That's like saying it's my fault :undecided

Would you still say the same if it was a camera? Or something else expensive like that? Buy a lesser quality camera and risk bad holiday pictures in case someone nicks your camera?

poet123 wrote: »

What a ridiculous POV that you shouldnt take tolietries totalling £200 on holiday.

You should be able to take anything and leave them in a locked hotel room secure in the knowledge that only trustworthy people are emplyed by the hotel. If they are not, then the hotel should bear the loss.

Couldn't agree more :T:T:T

freyasmum

rapido wrote: »

I'm also pretty horrified at £480 gone to waste.

-rapido

How is it 'gone to waste'?

If you buy good products, that you like, surely that's more money saving than buying lots of cheaper products that you mightn't like and that won't be used up. Surely that's more of a waste?

I don't drink or smoke, I like to spend money on body butters and cleansers and other beauty products. That is how I like to spend my money, nothing wrong with that.