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[Hugh Janis]

http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=4925520&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

[mr_magoo]

Somebody posted this earlier but still make me sick thinking about it.  Always us a sealed plastic cup now.

[spydglide]

I've heard the bed spreads in motels are the most germ laden objects you encounter.  I always wonder what lurking in the mattresses themselves.  Was much better when I could camp in the younger years and sleep in my own 'sack'.  har!  spyder

[Chief]

Yea, we dig up all the dirt here in Hotlanta. They did this under cover bit in November at a bunch of hotels, some really swanky ones too. The findings will make you want to

[Hugh Janis]

I've heard the bed spreads in motels are the most germ laden objects you encounter.  I always wonder what lurking in the mattresses themselves.  Was much better when I could camp in the younger years and sleep in my own 'sack'.  har!  spyder

Of course the bed spreads are the worst.  Guys like me sit on em while putting socks on!

[cuthbertss]

Of course the bed spreads are the worst.  Guys like me sit on em while putting socks on!

ewwwwwww

[Janine]

Oh man, I never want to stay at a hotel again! I've heard of this before, but didn't really pay much attention. My husband and I have done a lot of car shows, and to save on the costs of lodging, we put a futon in the front of our 20' trailer. Add to that a folding table & chairs, colman stove, portable BBQ grill, cooler, and outdoor canopy, you have most of the comforts of home. Since we got the bikes, we will be using the trailer for our long trips (as to Sturgis). Add to that a campfire and a few brews ..........what more could you want?

[murphy]

We go to hotels lots.... I'm not going to view the link now because I'm scared of what's in it!

[Talon]

I've heard the bed spreads in motels are the most germ laden objects you encounter.  I always wonder what lurking in the mattresses themselves.  Was much better when I could camp in the younger years and sleep in my own 'sack'.  har!  spyder

I heard it's the TV remote!

[Chief]

I heard it's the TV remote!

And the phone too.

[Mrs Rooster]

  YUCK! Hotels should be ashamed of them selves. Everyone always gives me a bad time and say I am paranoid at least I am not getting their cooties except from the bed. I need to get off this, I stay in toooooo many Hotels.

[LRebel]

Saw this news story before.

I fished bass tournaments for about 13 years all over the country.  Stayed is motels everywhere from really cheap to really expensive.  They are all nasty!...some worse that others.  My wife started carrying our own sheets & pillows everywhere we went.  We finally started traveling in an RV so we could take our own bed.

About the only time we stay in motel/hotel now is when we travel outside the country and can't take the RV.

[spydglide]

OK, we are all aware of the filthy nature of all the motels/hotels, lets not get started on the resturants.  How often do you see NO soap in the bathroom and wonder how the cook/food preparers washes his/her hands after using the bathroom?  It's more often than you want to admit.  And you don't want to go behind the doors to the kitchen and see what's going on either.    ewwww.  spyder

[Fired00d]

OK, we are all aware of the filthy nature of all the motels/hotels, lets not get started on the resturants.  How often do you see NO soap in the bathroom and wonder how the cook/food preparers washes his/her hands after using the bathroom?  It's more often than you want to admit.  And you don't want to go behind the doors to the kitchen and see what's going on either.    ewwww.  spyder

Spyder,
This is so true. One of our responsibilities as FF's is doing business inspections for fire hazards. This includes restaurants to check there hood extinguishment systems. Due to this requirement we spend a lot of time in the kitchens of these establishments. You would be surprised/sickened to see what goes on behind the closed doors of some of the finer restaurants. My wife doesn't understand why I don't like to go out to eat and can't believe it when I tell her if you saw some of the things I did you wouldn't either.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[spydglide]

Spyder,
This is so true. One of our responsibilities as FF's is doing business inspections for fire hazards. This includes restaurants to check there hood extinguishment systems. Due to this requirement we spend a lot of time in the kitchens of these establishments. You would be surprised/sickened to see what goes on behind the closed doors of some of the finer restaurants. My wife doesn't understand why I don't like to go out to eat and can't believe it when I tell her if you saw some of the things I did you wouldn't either.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Oh yeah.  And it might explain a lot of the maladys that so many suffer from that are mis-diagnosed.  It's not just the Mickey D's and local greasy spoons, either.  Scary, actually.  But, you can't eat live off of road kill all the time.  har!  spyder

[LRebel]

Spyder,
This is so true. One of our responsibilities as FF's is doing business inspections for fire hazards. This includes restaurants to check there hood extinguishment systems. Due to this requirement we spend a lot of time in the kitchens of these establishments. You would be surprised/sickened to see what goes on behind the closed doors of some of the finer restaurants. My wife doesn't understand why I don't like to go out to eat and can't believe it when I tell her if you saw some of the things I did you wouldn't either.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Yep, when I was in college I drove for a local delivery company.  Made a few deliverys to some of the nicer restaurants in central Oklahoma and got to see the kitchens.  I about gagged in one of the nicest.  Back then I could not afford to eat there...now I can and wouldn't eat there on a bet.

[murphy]

Spyder,
This is so true. One of our responsibilities as FF's is doing business inspections for fire hazards. This includes restaurants to check there hood extinguishment systems. Due to this requirement we spend a lot of time in the kitchens of these establishments. You would be surprised/sickened to see what goes on behind the closed doors of some of the finer restaurants. My wife doesn't understand why I don't like to go out to eat and can't believe it when I tell her if you saw some of the things I did you wouldn't either.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

"On the job" related experiences....this is one of the reasons I freak out when a fly gets into our house!!!

[Steve_G]

I recently watched a show about toxic mold exposure in several hotels.  They weren't cheap ones either.  Many of these large buildings have suffered water damage and now have problems with black mold.  On this particular show, several people developed respiratory problems after exposure.  All you have to do is breath the air.   

[Hugh Janis]

I recently watched a show about toxic mold exposure in several hotels.  They weren't cheap ones either.  Many of these large buildings have suffered water damage and now have problems with black mold.  On this particular show, several people developed respiratory problems after exposure.  All you have to do is breath the air.  

That's it, I'm holding my breath when ever I stay in a motel......

[spydglide]

That's it, I'm holding my breath when ever I stay in a motel......

Uh oh.......you've been exhaling?  har!  spyder

[Twolanerider]

Uh oh.......you've been exhaling?  har!  spyder

I thought it was ok to exhale.  But inhaling will keep you from growing up to be President of the United States .

[spydglide]

I thought it was ok to exhale.  But inhaling will keep you from growing up to be President of the United States .

Well.......drat!    har!  spyder

[MUFFMAN]

A friend of mine works for our local phone company & was doing repairs to the system of an upscale specialty restaurant in town. He was working in the kitchen area and Twice(first time thought he was imagining it) the people cleaning off the tables were bringing the plates from the patrons tables after they were done eating and emptying the left over contents of the soup of the day back into the slow cooker for the next poor slob to eat. If that wasn't discusting enough after he phoned the health department about it after he was finished the repair his boss reprimanded him for calling the health department saying that wasn't any of his business to get involved. SOUP ANYONE?

[Hugh Janis]

He did the right thing.  That may be an acceptable practice in a different country, not here.