To ask how much of a fuss to make about this?

[lostpurplehoodie]

I’ve just checked into a hotel and got into bed to find a staple in the duvet cover. It’s right on the top seam by my arms/neck/face. I know it’s not been done deliberately but think I should draw the hotel’s attention to it. The issue (I’ve posted about it before) is I’m a people pleaser and I know I’ll end up apologising for daring to mention it and be even slightly annoyed about it.

AIBU to ask for advice on how to deal with it? And what to do without being either a pushover or a dick?

Worra

I think I'd probably demand a very strong magnet and a team of sniffer dogs, before I risked sleeping in that hotel.

Make zero fuss. Pull the staple, drop it in the bin, forget it. I don’t even know why you would want to make a fuss, unless you was a professional moaner, but you say you’re a people pleaser, so just forget it. There is nothing to gain from telling reception.

Ah, but that means she'll be up all night with the light on and a stapled duvet clutched to her neck risking accidental decapitation.

(I'll climb into bed when she's in the loo ...)

(bugger, let the roach out of the bag again)

"I'm a people pleaser"

The stealth ninja roach thing needs some work Milton

I almost wet myself reading these latest posts.

You a lot are so funny.

If you'd found a Komodo dragon dressed in crotchless knickers smoking a crack pipe under the bed then maybe that would warrant a call to reception but really - the staple - just leave it the fuck be!

PMSL

OP. FGS. Really?

I would make absolutely zero fuss.

The trouble with learning to ascert yourself is working out what is worth the effort and what isnt, personally I think this one isnt worth kicking up a fuss about. Take it out and then mention it on checking out.

assert!

Anoher thought....I weigh up whether the problem is worth to me the bollocking that an employee would get.

Dirty cutlery in a resaurant? Yes. This? No I dont think so.

Yet another reason why everyone who describes themselves as a 'people pleaser' seems to be so....odd.

I did find a used condom under my hotel room bed once - I'd have been thrilled with a staple instead.

In fact it was hideous - I complained, they made the poor chamber maid come and apologise to me and the girl was in tears, I just took her in my arms and said it didn't matter at all and gave her five dollars. I felt awful. Next time I'll just learn to live with the spunky little intruder.

Go to topics and read some of the bereavement threads. Then decide if a little staple is really such a big deal.

"Spunky little intruder"

Snort.

So sorry for your distress OP. I hope you manage to get some sleep.

Fair point, well made Battleax

I Agree OP should complain.

Staples today, AK47S tomorrow, they must be stopped.

@Yorick, I spent several years in my teens quite sure that "people pleaser" was a euphemism for "prostitute". It would make more sense.

Ah bless. How are you going to work the staple remover with your tiny legs?

I have a friend who regards complaining about hotels an Olympic sport (genuinely - it's not me!), who would have no hesitation in kicking up an almighty fuss and demanding - and getting - a significant reduction in his bill.

Me, I'd turn the duvet around.

I'm going to hate myself for asking you this Milton but why are you wearing 3D glasses?

Have you been called away before the end of a movie?

I wouldn't even turn the duvet round.

It wouldn't be the first little prick I've shared a hotel bed with and I doubt it'd be the last.

If you can't get it out then of course complain-it would be very annoying to sleep with that. If you can get it out-why are you even thinking about it long enough to go on MN?

Surely worth phoning the police and logging it?