Hotel room vomit

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Who is supposed to clear it up in a hotel?

Ds 14 leaned over his bed at midnight and vomited on the hard floor (vinyl.wood)

We were in Norway at an airport hotel - a chain similar to a Radisson, bit nicer.

I cant believe people are suggesting he cleans it up himself. He's a sick 14 year old not a drunk adult. What kind of person would have their sick child get up to clean up their own vomit.

Yep, exactly this. I'd actually think it was child abuse if someone told me that they made their poorly 14 year old clear up after themselves.

This will probably blow those same people's minds, but I'd also clear up after my husband if the circumstances were that he was really poorly and he'd not made it to the bathroom (he's never done it in 20 years so it would be very unlikely). Safe in the knowledge he'd do the same for me. It's what you do when you love and care for people isn't it?

You should clean it up.

DD vomited in a hotel room once and I cleaned it up as best I could with supplies from housekeeping.

The staff should absolutely not have to do it unless the person being sick is a single traveller who is at deaths door and physically not do it themselves.

You should clear it up - ring reception for extra cleaning stuff/towels if needed.

Poor boy, you need to tell reception it's noro so they can take the right precautions and isolation measures

I don’t understand how this is even a question.
what are you going to do sit there and stare at sick???!
of course you clean it up!
it’s disgusting thinking this wouldn’t be the first thing you’d do ….the smell!
Why would you wait and sit there for someone else to clean up your mess

If you weren’t going to just leave it and your son wasn’t going to clear it - why are you asking?

When it has happened to me I start the clean up process and then let staff members know. The first time I did a lot and they actually said it doesn’t help - they have to empty bins etc and still clean it up. They actually have protocols in place for these things and proper equipment like a lot of tasks we can think we are being helpful with it is actually easier for them to lead. So ring and ask them what they would like to do

You, obviously. Can't understand why you'd need to ask. Isn't it just common practice to clean up our own and our dependents' bodily fluids when they end up places they shouldn't be?

Why can't a 14 year old clean up his own mess?

A 14 year old CAN clean up their own mess, but I'd presume he's not vomited as a result of a night on the piss.

If he's ill, it'd be harsh to leave him to clean it up. And I'm not one to molly coddle my kids.

I'd phone down and explain and ask for cleaning items. They'd likely send a house keeper but I'd do the icky bits as it's my child

I think op should be cleaning up the mess if her ds is too unwell. Not sure why you would even need to ask.

You. Then let reception know and they’ll probably send someone up to give it another clean.

Would you really just sit there and watch while a 14 year old with norovirus cleared up his own vomit?

Wow you'd really make your child, ill with Norovirus, get up in the night to clean up their own vomit?

I'm by no means a mollycoddling parent but that's just cruel.

You !!!! Thats not part of normal cleaning

I am not sure I understand the question?

Did someone else suggest you leave the vomit overnight?

Are you serious? He's 14 and ill. You'd really expect a sick child to clear up his own vomit

Aren't you lovely

I went to Disneyland Paris a few years ago.

One child was sick, managed to contain it. Another child then started vomiting, had to ask house keeping for clean sheets that afternoon and changed it myself. Then I was vomiting too that evening. That night the last child was sick, she was sick on the way too and all over the bathroom, another child was then sick in bed - it was horrific and I didn’t have the energy to deal with it. Called housekeeping and then put us in another room, we gave the cleaner a big tip.
DH then realised that we’d left a charger in the old room so went back an hour is so later, the cleaner hadn’t touched it - we think he probably left it for the morning staff to deal with!

So when it happened to my family we tried our best but had to ask for help when we were overwhelmed by vomit probably caused by a Disney buffet.

As I said earlier, if I heard about someone I knew making their ill 14 year old do this I'd consider it child abuse. The same goes if I heard a husband was making his wife do that - I'd consider it an abusive relationship. Personally, I see helping out my loved ones part of the loving relationship we have.

You.

Can’t believe there are people who would make a poorly 14 year old get up and clean. Appalling.

This happened to my daughter abroad and was all over the bedsheets and pillows, I tried to clean it up as much as possible and stripped the bed off and tried to rinse the worst off. DH went and massively apologised at reception and they were lovely about it. Wouldn’t give him any cleaning stuff and sent someone themselves. Felt really bad.

Happened to my friend when we were away. They were sick in bed. All we did was tell reception, asked for fresh bedding, and some cleaning products, and we both cleaned up, and changed the bedding, and took the dirty stuff out in a bin bag for them to wash.

Usually if you explain the situation, they can be very understanding, and helpful. I think honesty is always the best policy in these situations, and the people on reception are human, and they get that people do get sick on occasion.

You'd make your sick child clear up their own vomit? What kind of mother are you?