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AIBU to not wee in the hotel kettle?

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greatauntfanny · 30/05/2021 19:21

Summary of events:

  • In hotel room with new(ish) partner.
  • Go to make myself a cup of tea, ask if he wants one.
  • His eyes widen and he yelps 'No! Don't use that! People wee in them!'
  • I have never heard this and say something along the lines of 'What? Why would anyone wee in the kettle? There is an ensuite.'
  • He says that everyone knows you should never use the kettle in your hotel room because people wee in them 'and worse'.
  • I tell him I'm going to take my chances and make a cup of tea (although I boil it out once first to be on the safe side).
  • He looks repulsed and says 'I can't believe you're doing that, that's disgusting, I didn't think you were like that' (basically how I'd expect him to react if I actually did a wee (or 'worse') in the hotel kettle myself.
  • We go out later for an after-dinner walk and he points at a dog poo and says 'look, there's your dessert.'
  • We are getting ready for bed and he picks up kettle and asks me if I want a cup of wee to take to bed.

So, question, in case you haven't guessed: is weeing into the hotel kettle 'a thing' (in which case IABU for making a cup of tea in what is essentially a toilet) or is my partner being weirdly OTT about this? Girls group chat theories have so far ranged from he's an extreme germophobe (red flag) to he's testing my reaction because he's 'into' poo and wee related 'activities' (also a red flag) to he wees in hotel kettles himself (also a red flag).

The only non-red flag is that he's right and people are weeing into their hotel kettles left right and centre which would be a a green flag for him but a red flag for the rest of society. I'm not really sure what outcome I'm hoping for here. Help me out?

OP posts:
GabsAlot · 30/05/2021 20:44

ive only heard it on here not saying its not true but his poo comment is a bit ott

what aboutthe beds and the towels does he not have a problem with them

Definately · 30/05/2021 20:46

He's probably seen that thing about the woman getting her period and boiling her knickers in the hotel kettle.

AlwaysonEtsy · 30/05/2021 20:48

I used to work at an ibis and we were always told to check the kettles when cleaning the room as a
condom was found in one once. Needless to say I never use them now

TheoMeo · 30/05/2021 20:51

Hotel kettles are quite small - if you were desperate enough to pee in one it would probably over flow.

Cas112 · 30/05/2021 20:52

Ye people do wee in hotel kettles I’ve heard that

NessieMcNessface · 30/05/2021 20:53

Thank you so much OP for making both my partner and me laugh tonight. Brilliant!!

Motherof3dogs · 30/05/2021 20:55

I'm taking my own kettle 😂

Itsyoouu · 30/05/2021 20:55

Kevin bridges glasweigan comedian talks about a lot worse

weirdphobia · 30/05/2021 20:55

Is he American OP? I ask because I lived there for ages and this was a oft repeated myth. (I assumed because Americans don't really have electric kettles so they found them odd in hotels although one would hope not odd enough to wee in).

birdglasspen · 30/05/2021 20:56

heard of someone putting a pot noodle inside kettle to cook! no pee stories though!

Thelm · 30/05/2021 20:57

Couldn’t GAF. I like tea.

bigbeatmanifesto · 30/05/2021 20:57

I've heard of this & worse but only ever from groups of males that go away together on binge drinking holidays, they seem to think this type of stuff is 'banter' 🤢

pictish · 30/05/2021 20:58

Sorry to be boring but I see a red flag here too. He kept on about it. He was also pretty rude. This makes me worry that he takes your difference of opinion on the subject as something to be squashed. I don’t know...like he’s shaming you into toeing the line.
Might be barking up the wrong tree but it sounds manipulative to me. What other silly things will he decide you’re disgusting for?

CathyorClaire · 30/05/2021 20:59

Meh.

Used them for years and haven't died yet.

#Livin' dangerous

Giantrooster · 30/05/2021 21:02

Think I've seen it mentioned on QI or something, people didn't believe it.

It's well know you shouldn't touch the remote though Grin.

RedRiverShore · 30/05/2021 21:05

I've heard of this and not just on here.

Nocutenamesleft · 30/05/2021 21:05

Ha. I’ve heard that people do this. I saw a bloke who boiled potatoes end cooked bacon on his on TikTok.

However. I’ll always use one. To make tea

riceuten · 30/05/2021 21:05

I would certainly use one, but we always have a travel kettle with us, so have rarely used them!

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 30/05/2021 21:06

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll wth is a ‘ waffle stomp’?
I’m too scared to google

People pooing in the shower and then stomping it down through the usually-waffle-pattern drainage hole.

Why? Your guess is as good as mine.

Gothichouse40 · 30/05/2021 21:10

I have never ever heard of this. To be honest I'd wonder about the company he keeps, is this what his associates do?

Glenthebattleostrich · 30/05/2021 21:10

My DHs friend has actually weed in a hotel kettle. I didnt believe DH until his friend told us the story. He has also weed in wardrobes and on a landing. Needless to say he doesn't get invited to stay!!!

Benjispruce3 · 30/05/2021 21:11

What? Always use the hotel kettle. Never had a dodgy tasting cuppa. Whose company has he been keeping?Hmm

SirenSays · 30/05/2021 21:11

Someone did this at a house party I went to about ten years ago and I've heard lads talk about it on stag weekenders, so it's definitely not a new thing.

rooarsome · 30/05/2021 21:12

I first heard of this yesterday actually, how strange!
He sounds quite tiresome tbh OP.

SandandFog · 30/05/2021 21:12

I worked in a hotel as a teenager, the Manager there told me people wee in the kettles. I've never used them!

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