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AIBU to assume a Mumsnetter just left our holiday accommodation?

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FarrahMoan · 29/08/2018 13:34

Second full day of our Centre Parcs holiday, just pulled back the bedroom curtains and noticed a tube of lubricating gel tucked in next to the frame.

I'm assuming this is a secret MN message and if so hello! I won't be partaking of any bum sex this time but thanks for thinking of me.

This led me to wonder, what's the weirdest thing you've found when arriving at a hotel, rental etc?

OP posts:
Celticrose · 29/08/2018 18:02

I worked in a guest house in my teens as a summer job. Most guests were elderly ladies and one in a single room got the trots and could not make it to the bathroom in time. (This was before ensuites) so then used the sink. Do not remember all the details -which is a goodthing believe you me- but I was the one to clean it up, I think she had made some effort. Still makes me retch thinking about it

toomuchtooold · 29/08/2018 18:37

I haven't found anything too weird but once on holiday in a very naice self catering place, 3yo DDs complained of not being able to sleep for the flashing light on the smoke alarm. At home I would have covered up the little light with a bit if masking tape but obviously I didn't bring any on holiday. What did I have with me that was sticky? Now picture it, 3yo twins, we've been travelling all day, they're knackered, I'm desperate to get them to sleep... I found a spare sanitary towel in my bag. No harm done, it's clean, I just need to bin it at the end of the week... which of course I forgot to do. Can't imagine what the woman who owned the place thought of us...

speakout · 29/08/2018 18:57

Why would the lube be for bum sex?

It is used for several other types of sexual contact.

SignOnTheWindow · 29/08/2018 19:11

I'm never going on holiday again after reading this thread.

twosunbathingdogs · 29/08/2018 19:17

Toe nail clippings in a really grim Air BNB in Cornwall.

Friends found a gun in the spare pillows in the cupboard of a 5* hotel in Amsterdam.

Rooberoobe · 29/08/2018 19:20

Deathraystare Why would we have tried to sell it? I have a feeling we left it there. Too worried in case someone came back wanting it! It was not a nice place!

MrTumblesSpottyHag · 29/08/2018 19:22

I've been trying to persuade DH to go AI in Spain or somewhere for nexts year's holiday but after reading this thread I think I'll agree to stick to our usual camping trip 🤮

ArmySal · 29/08/2018 19:26

Oh the pissy knicks kettle tale!

Never will I ever use a hotel kettle again!

dmvnqpkejnvejrfnpwdkfjvn · 29/08/2018 19:44

@ShatnersWig which B and B? I used to live in Buxton!

GraceMarks · 29/08/2018 20:29

I once bought a second-hand car and drove around in it for about six months before finding a McDonald's cheeseburger shoved into one of the cupholders in the back. It was eerily well-preserved - not a hint of mould or rot on the bread, the meat, or the cheese. I mean, I was aware that they stuff their food with preservatives but that really brought it home to me.

I used to work in hotels and guests died overnight in their rooms on two separate occasions that I had to deal with. But in terms of actual objects, the weirdest one that I found left under the bed was an enormous serrated hunting knife. Obviously the man who'd stayed there didn't think just locking the door would provide enough security.

SynchroSwimmer · 29/08/2018 20:41

A German Man’s national ID card in one hotel safe, a ladies ring in another hotel safe and 50 Kg of cannabis resin washed up on the beach...

sweetpb · 29/08/2018 20:57

when we moved in to our house the loft had loads of stuff in it, the most memorable being a book which they had written half a page about being depressed and nothing after which made me wonder why, madonna nude book, and weirdist of all.... a washable condom in the cardboard box with instructions!

Applepudding2018 · 29/08/2018 21:37

@Bloodybridget I thought all hotels had a copy of the bible in hotel room drawers?

Bloodybridget · 29/08/2018 21:49

Oh yes Applepudding, not all now, but most of them do. I only mentioned the Bible as being alongside the raisins.

cactusplant · 29/08/2018 21:56

Have name changed for this Blush

I've not found anything but recently stayed in a really really really nice country hotel for a weekend away. It's the first one child free.

Dh who has always been a bit of a prude plucked up the courage earlier on in the year to tell me he was quite into latex and leather look sex clothes and things like that, he got very excited about it and spent a fortune in Anne summers.

I was working the week we went away right up until the Friday so dh did all of the packing apart from one bag I had packed.

We went. Had a gorgeous time and then left. About 4 hours into the 6 hour drive back he says to me "did you enjoy your surprise?"
I was like "sorry?"
He said the outfit hanging in the wardrobe
The zip up latex no nipples outfit he had hung in the wardrobe assuming I would see Hmm
I was like nope
He said did you not pack it to come back then
Nope still hanging in the wardrobe for the lovely maid to find
Worst part was about an hour later I realised I had also left my glasses there too. People at work and even my Nan said to me just ring the hotel they will post them to you. I didn't have the nerve BlushGrin

esk1mo · 29/08/2018 21:59

i moved into a shared flat that 3 boys lived in. the room i took over had an empty box for a flesh light down the back of the wardrobe 😷😷

Saidthesharktotheflyingfish · 29/08/2018 22:04

I once pulled the duvet back on my hotel bed to discover that the bed was full of scabs.

Shampaincharly · 29/08/2018 22:05

Thoughtful lad .

Shampaincharly · 29/08/2018 22:06

For the flesh light.

esk1mo · 29/08/2018 22:07

also remember working as a housekeeper during my student days. the boss of the hotel moved over from ireland and didn’t have a house yet so would stay in different rooms.

we’d have to clean his room as normal for guests and on more than one occasion there would be used condoms on the floor Angry our head housekeeper went mad and refused to clean his room anymore.

we also had a guest stay for 3 weeks and he had so much stuff, including a bottle of lube on his bedside table which got emptier as the days went by. he also kept big tubs of “colon cleanse powder”. we had to move him rooms and ended up packing all of his shit into about 6 bin bags. madness.

ive heard stories of foreign guests not knowing how our toilet/bathroom works, so would piss on towels and leave them in the bath, and shit in the bin liners.

supercalifragilistic2 · 29/08/2018 22:14

I worked for a car rental company. The oddest was; a wheelchair in the boot, bullets for a gun (interesting call that one), a fuck ton of drugs (oddly quite a common one).

BunsOfAnarchy · 29/08/2018 22:21

Hahahah center parcs lolll!

Weirdest thing i found was a wok in the wardrobe.

In reference to some of the posters, What does bowl of pom bears mean?
What is a flesh light?

Bluejeanz · 29/08/2018 22:25

Once upon a time staying in hotels was a real treat ... then I read the hotel threads on Mumsnet. Now ... I inspect the bathroom, rip bedspreads off the beds, bring bottled water, never drink out of glasses .... and try not to think about ‘it’! 🙄

BettyBigBollocks · 29/08/2018 22:33

@papergirl1968 I lost a brand new pack of black knickers in a self catering cottage at the end of 2016, are you wearing my underwear!?

I don’t recall ever finding anything weird, but annoyed about this!

SoSadEveryday · 29/08/2018 22:34

Excuse me OP - but lube isn't just for anal sex...some of us poor aging menapausal ladies have the added pleasure of vaginal atrophy to go with the night sweats, beetroot red face, balding head and beard growth.....having said all that I suppose getting sex of any kind is a blessing!