Beyond disgusting

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We are luckily enough to be in Paris watching some of the Olympics - it has been fantastic - bit hot and steamy, poor air con but waiters actually trying to understand my poor french rather than the usual dismissive look!

Staying in an average 4star hotel, air con average but it has been vv hot and humid. Old converted office type building, narrow corridors and 4 small rooms on our floor.

We came back last night to a stench - only way to describe it. Then realised what it was, the American family in the room opposite had left their childs diaper folded up on the floor outside their room - not bagged. Their door is opposite ours about 1.5 metres away.

Went into our room, aircon had not been on all day and it honked. Opened windows sprayed deodorant no luck.

At 2330 - had had enough, knocked gently on their door, baby crying so not asleep. Mum opens it with a second diaper in her hand, bent down and put it on the floor by the other one and then said can I help you?

Now fairly obvious at this point one of her DCs has the trots - but who in their right mind thinks it is ok, to wrap up your childs diaper and leave it on the corridor for other guests to smell.

I politely asked her to put them in the bin
REsponse : I can't they smell so bad.
ME: Why do you think it is OK to share your childs stinking shits with other guests by leaving them in the corridor - my room stinks
REsponse: this is normal in the USA
ME: Well normal in Europe is to bag them and put them in the garbage, can I suggest you do that and take them outside to a bin on the street.
REsponse: No way, it is too late and started to close the door
ME: You really are disgusting - and promptly kicked the diapers into their room before she shut the door
REsponse : you can't do that
Me: watch me, either you bin them or I will bang on your door every 5 minutes, wake up your kids until you do

Two other doors opened to see what was going on - both American families who defended their friends actions.

So I offered to bang on all their doors until someone put them in a bin.
Stand off - I raised my hand to bang on the door and one of the men picked them up and legged it down the stairs.

I have not smelt anything quite that bad for a long long time.

They called me all sorts of names but seriously this can not be normal American behaviour?

Good on you for your courage in confronting! I dont think I would have been able to

Exactly! I mean she was assertive in going to the people’s room and confidently making her request but everything she did after that was rude and aggressive! There are plenty of other ways that she could have dealt with that situation without resorting to such intimidating behaviour and still got the result she wanted!

WE leave tomorrow so the sage will be over

I never banged - I knocked gently but as I could hear the DCs it was obvious people were awake

I was polite until the woman with yet another shitty nappy in her hand, waved it at my and said loudly and aggressively that this was normal behaviour in the US.

Having gut wrenching shit waved at my face was aggressive and unpleasant - I responded in kind.

WE have had a lovely time here in Paris nad can only thank the French for such a great Olympics - lots of lovely memories and the odd shitty one!

Well done OP. They are really disgusting. No-one in their right mind would think this is acceptable behaviour.

Recently stayed in a hotel in London with a baby. Was really conscious to ensure all nappies were put well in the bin or into a rubbish bag and then asked them to come and pick up the rubbish (couldn’t pop out to an outside bin as was alone with baby) but I’d never leave nappies just littered around. My hotel neighbour left their Deliveroo leftovers on the floor outside their room (saw it next morning) which I found rather uncouth.
the housekeeping get paid peanuts they don’t wanna pick up a strangers shitty nappies.
OP well done you. I hate outrageous behaviour.
people are vile to each other and so selfish.
in general, women to women. A woman called me “disgusting” for cutting in front of her with my buggy. But in this instance you are so right to knock and be strong. Vile people.

I'm American and no way that is normal here. Only garbage people would do something like that. I hate the way we are represented abroad. We should make people traveling take a test to see if they're fit to represent us to the world! If not, they can't go. That nasty behavior in America would probably get you beat up. Gross.

I have lived in America for 20 years and have never encountered this in a hotel. It is not normal behaviour. They are just lazy, trashy people. And so are their friends.

I’m American - it is absolutely not normal to live shit stinking diapers in a corridor.

how nasty !

Wtaf. That’s absolutely disgusting! I’m American. I’ve lived in England for 3 years and am in my late 40s with two kids. I don’t know anyone who would do anything like that. It’s absolutely not standard in the US to do that.

Absolutely disgraceful! Her kids, her responsibility. How hard would it be just to get some bags for the nappies, at the very least?
I don't blame you for kicking the nappies into their room. Not something you'd normally do but driven to it when being polite, civil, & reasonable didn't work.

Absolutely disgraceful! Her kids, her responsibility. How hard would it be just to get some bags for the nappies, at the very least?
I don't blame you for kicking the nappies into their room. Not something you'd normally do but driven to it when being polite, civil, & reasonable didn't work.

If they didn’t smell that bad why did the family put them outside the door?
why should op do it
its selfish behaviour!

What vomit inducing behaviour. Well done OP - somebody had to educate them. Maybe they thought the hotel staff would be thrilled to pick up someone's shit wrapped in a nappy?

That sounds disgusting. And yes, some people are lazy feckers who think servants should do everything for them. I would have done the same. Any person who would think that is OK needs a good dose of reality.

Well done OP!!! Im not as brave as you are so I would have talked to reception and let them talk to the family.

OP didn’t ‘reduce’ herself she raised herself to tackle disgusting behaviour. The only people ‘reducing’ themselves are the disgusting American woman and you for being so haughty - and for suggesting staff should deal with the problem. American woman is selfish, you’re a snob.

Not normal behavior. In fact most American diaper bags contain individual diaper disposal bags.

I probably would have called reception😁 but I am British and we hate confrontation 😂( I am guessing you are not as you used the word diaper and garbage whereas we would say nappy and rubbish) fair play to you though for calling them out on a disgusting piece of behaviour.