Dear Abby,

[Ron61]

Wes,

I know exactly what you are talking about. When I was traveling all over the country even way back then some of the better hotels would not have any soap in the room. I would call the desk and they would send some right up with the explanation that the maid must have just forgotten to put any in the room when she cleaned. I always stayed at the best hotels in whichever city I was in at the time, so they were pretty good about trying to accommodate a person staying there. I also had to go way back in the mountains once to a small town that they had stuck a computer in and they had one motel and it didn't even have phones. The water was so bad I went to a store and bought bottled water to drink. The only time I ever did that.

Ron

[wtm442]

When I was working, I always stole the little soap bars and shampoo bottles. After I retired, I put them all together and had five shoe boxes, full to the top.

I gave 4 away as "funny" Xmas gifts and I'm slowly working on the last shoe box.

[Ron61]

Gee Warren,

Didn't you also take the little bottles of Scotch from the rooms bars also? Since I don't drink I used to take them and give them to people in other rooms in exchange for their goodie baskets.

Ron

[wtm442]

Soap was free, booze cost $$. What do you think?

[Ron61]

The small curtest bottles were free and came with the rooms where I stayed. I would not have had them if they cost. Also then goodie baskets of fruit and nuts were free. Saved on lunch which wasn't free.

Ron