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?

Reception and staff aren't there to deal with dirty nappies but I'm sure they'd supply extra bins, binbags, air freshener, toilet roll and might want to deep clean the room if it's a tummy bug. Lazy parents have no respect.

@PassingStranger

"You still only had to have a word with reception.

Some peo0le love drama.
What do you think reception are there for. Get them to tell her.

People actually take more notice when they are told by someone official or on charge etc."

It sounds like OP got the message across a lot more directly then reception would've been able to

Why was your first reaction to get aggressive instead of getting hotel staff involved? They were rank to leave the nappies there but there was a better way to handle this.

All shit stinks. But it's not acceptable to crap in a hotel corridor outside your door. What a stupid response.

Well done OP

Presumably she doesn't do it in the hall way so every other guest is exposed to it.

Can't believe we've read the same OP, it's not the OP that's irrational

There is no 'tone' in a forum message so I cannot have missed anything. If you say so.

I stand by what I said. The OP could have reported it to reception. Instead they decided to have a massive row with them that was loud enough for other guests to hear and open their doors to find out what was happening. Total over reaction and she clearly has a chip on her shoulders with people from America for some reason.

Maybe they were waiting for a few nappies to build up, they could have been running up and down the stairs all night otherwise. Have some empathy. The poor dc(s) are unwell and the parents are having to deal with it all but yeah you just be unhelpful, selfish, irrational & mean
That's bound to help them 🙄

They're nappies not diapers.

Well, something about this story stinks & it's not just the dirty nappies.

Never seen this America and never heard of it being done anywhere.

It’s grim and entitled.

People get angry about dog shite on the pavements, so why should baby shite in a hotel corridor be ok?

Good on ya OP!

Something stinks here, just not certain it's a dirty nappy...

Why translate for 'the Americans' on MN, of all places?

And no, it's not common practice in the US, but there are nasty people everywhere, unfortunately.

(Oops, sorry, Floatinginatincan, didn't see your post before writing my own. 😄)

Having recently had a toddler with gastroenteritis, I sympathise with just how utterly nauseating the smell of diarrhoea is, and leaving it somewhere for all and sundry to have to endure as opposed to disposing of it in a sanitary manner is nothing short of feral behaviour.

However, had you have carried out your threat of repeatedly banging on the door every five minutes with the intention of waking up that unwell child, I'd have given you what for. It's not the child's fault they have filthy buggers for parents.

Well done OP
I remember a trans Atlantic flight about 35 years ago, women next to me changed her babys nappy on the tray table next to me while I was eating my dinner.

Crikey that sounds mad! Did they think that someone comes round and picks shitey nappies off the carpet as some sort of concierge service?
I hope you made a complaint? 'Les personnes estas uni est degoutant par ce qué l'ouder de merde des enfants es partout?!' Fuck knows if that's good french or not. Probably not. But gawd how grim!

There are far too many people out there who act however the hell they want, with no thought to how it impacts anyone else.

Good on the OP for standing up to them.
If you think her reaction was aggressive, you’ve lived a sheltered life!

I think she probably meant ask staff to talk to the parents to stop it happening again.

It is not normal American behaviour. Not at all.

They are inconsiderate jerks making lame excuses.

Definitely, NOT normal American behavior. We have traveled all over the US for the last 50+ years and have never experienced this. These people are disgusting, no matter who they are. 🤮

I’m not saying it’s thuggish to not want to smell other people’s children’s nappies. It is thuggish to bang on the door late at night, start an argument, kick nappies into a room (?!) then threaten to wake up everyone and their kids until someone does what you say, when you can just call down to reception and ask for it to be dealt with in a calm and polite way like civilised people.

Discusting!!

There is not need to mention their nationality.

Leaving dirty nappies on the floor is not an American thing. It's a disgusting,entitled person thing.