Would you use something that had been left behind in a hotel room?

[Yetano]

Name change as I've been chatting about this today and said I'd post on here.

So we were away a couple of weeks ago. On day two, DH found a new(ish) bottle of sun cream in our very nice, but not so well cleaned or sanitised room.

We both agreed it was not something someone would come back for, like a piece of clothing, jewellery or a book.

I said I'd have just left it behind. He thinks it's a waste as it would just be thrown away and end up in landfill. He has kept it and has been using it.

I've said I don't want to use it and it's not to go near the DC.

He thinks I'm being ridiculous.

Just interested to know what others think.

@JaceLancs

I never take home beauty products unless really expensive items Always leave part used shampoo conditioner shower gel sun cream etc Housekeeping team can take, bin or leave for next guests I hate waste

This does not make the slightest bit of sense.

Goodness, yes. I'd definitely use cash that had been left behind, if the owner couldn't be traced and it wasn't an overlooked tip for the cleaning staff!

And I'd use the suncream, too. After all, what's inside the bottle hasn't been on anyone else's skin, has it? That product has left the bottle. If it's in date, a wipe of the bottle with antibac and you're in business.

I think the chances that someone has targeted OP's children with novichok laced suncream could best be expressed as a percentage with a long string of zeroes to the right of the decimal point.

If still in doubt, try a tiny dab on your own leg and wait 24 hours

I wouldn't use it but only because of the expiration date and not knowing how old it was. Most suncream has a shelf life of about a year after opening and then the protection it offers becomes less effective. Not worth risking sunburn and sun damage.

I probably wouldn't use it due to the suncream/Mayonnaise scene in Still Game

I'm torn on this one to be honest!

I can’t do anything about soap dispensers in public toilets but I take my own sanitiser in my pocket and use that.

It would just get binned so for the sake of the environment I would use it. DH came back with a full bottle of somebody's Pantene after his last hotel stay.

@Snoopsnoggysnog

No. Could have been opened over a year ago and therefore out of date.

It's suncream, not milk

Just to add to the debate. Sun scream I used to make had a use bu date - it was one of my jobs to stamp in on the bottles!

As for what I would use. If it’s sealed I would use it. Opened no, exception being shower g and shampoo. Everything else binned.

It’s well known that it loses efficacy after about a year

It's suncream, not milk
They both have a shelf life.

[quote Taliskerskye]@pigsDOfly
You know that most plastic bottles are recycled

Honestly the thinking comprehension[/quote]
It's got nothing to do with 'thinking comprehension'.

I assumed that as the OP's DH mentioned about the sun cream going to landfill if he didn't use it, he would just throw the bottle away in general rubbish rather than recycling it and it would just be the empty bottle that would go to landfill.

Perhaps if your reading comprehension was better you might have come to the same conclusion.