Relatives don’t wash sheets between house guests, thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Ha! I once stayed in a B&B in Ireland and as I was leaving, I discovered they didn't change the sheets between guests! As I was waiting for my cab outside, I saw the owner go in and re-make the bed I had just slept in WITHOUT changing the sheets. I thought the room had a "stale" odor when I entered. I can only imagine how many times they did this before they washed them.

Needless to say I never recommended that B&B to anyone!

FWIW I have a relative whose house I refuse to stay in. Last time visiting (during summer) her husband (wearing a sleeveless t-shirt) came in from mowing the lawn and wiped his dripping, sweaty underarms with the dish towel, then hung it back up.

Can it get much worse than that?!

[Anonymous]

Gross but mostly a sign they don't want guests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they're that clueless or careless about basic hygiene, who knows what else they do around their house? I wouldn't stay or eat at their place.

This.

[Anonymous]

I’m currently doing a load of sheets because one guest just left and more are coming later today. I wash all the blankets too. I can’t imagine not washing the bedding.

[Anonymous]

Always, always change sheets! Cannot even imagine not doing that!

We have a dedicated guest house/carriage house over our garage which gets a lot of family/ friend use so I have one really nice set of sheets and good pillows ( as good sleep is hard when a guest) and a 2nd set I picked up from target. Just in case.

Not hard to just keep two sets if you can’t get to laundry immediately!

[Anonymous]

Scabies

[Anonymous]

Thoughts? It's gross. I can't believe someone would not change the sheets between guests. It never occurred to me that someone wouldn't change them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha! I once stayed in a B&B in Ireland and as I was leaving, I discovered they didn't change the sheets between guests! As I was waiting for my cab outside, I saw the owner go in and re-make the bed I had just slept in WITHOUT changing the sheets. I thought the room had a "stale" odor when I entered. I can only imagine how many times they did this before they washed them.

Needless to say I never recommended that B&B to anyone!

FWIW I have a relative whose house I refuse to stay in. Last time visiting (during summer) her husband (wearing a sleeveless t-shirt) came in from mowing the lawn and wiped his dripping, sweaty underarms with the dish towel, then hung it back up.

Can it get much worse than that?!

Many Europeans don't even bathe more than once or twice a week! So it's a cultural thing over there to be dirty and many don't even realize it.

[Anonymous]

I’m a houseguest right now and the cloth napkins on the breakfast table were refolded and put back at each place setting after breakfast. I couldn’t tell if it was intentional or not but I collected them as I was helping clean up and asked “where do the dirty napkins go?” I was told “oh we were just going to use them again for dinner”. Nope.

[Anonymous]

Disgusting. Knowing this, I would bring my own sheets.

[Anonymous]

Sheets are so easy to wash. I'll do a light cycle if say it's just a teen girl in pajamas, a longer cycle for adult couples.

I also wash all throw blankets before guests as they will often use them during the day/evening.

That's really gross. You don't know how clean people are... who sleeps naked... who's sweaty... ugh. Regardless though, sheets should always be washed. A used pillowcase is gross too. I put double pillow cases on guests pillows just for a little extra clean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a houseguest right now and the cloth napkins on the breakfast table were refolded and put back at each place setting after breakfast. I couldn’t tell if it was intentional or not but I collected them as I was helping clean up and asked “where do the dirty napkins go?” I was told “oh we were just going to use them again for dinner”. Nope.

Wow, that would really have me wondering what other "shortcuts" they're taking. Yikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha! I once stayed in a B&B in Ireland and as I was leaving, I discovered they didn't change the sheets between guests! As I was waiting for my cab outside, I saw the owner go in and re-make the bed I had just slept in WITHOUT changing the sheets. I thought the room had a "stale" odor when I entered. I can only imagine how many times they did this before they washed them.

Needless to say I never recommended that B&B to anyone!

FWIW I have a relative whose house I refuse to stay in. Last time visiting (during summer) her husband (wearing a sleeveless t-shirt) came in from mowing the lawn and wiped his dripping, sweaty underarms with the dish towel, then hung it back up.

Can it get much worse than that?!

Ugh about the dish towel. I brought a skor apple dip to a get together once. I brought the apples in a container & wanted to spread them on the platter. Went to the kitchen to wash my hands and used the hand towel after which I realized that their hand towel was absolutely covered in dog & human hair. So gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ha! I once stayed in a B&B in Ireland and as I was leaving, I discovered they didn't change the sheets between guests! As I was waiting for my cab outside, I saw the owner go in and re-make the bed I had just slept in WITHOUT changing the sheets. I thought the room had a "stale" odor when I entered. I can only imagine how many times they did this before they washed them.

Needless to say I never recommended that B&B to anyone!

FWIW I have a relative whose house I refuse to stay in. Last time visiting (during summer) her husband (wearing a sleeveless t-shirt) came in from mowing the lawn and wiped his dripping, sweaty underarms with the dish towel, then hung it back up.

Can it get much worse than that?!

Ugh about the dish towel. I brought a skor apple dip to a get together once. I brought the apples in a container & wanted to spread them on the platter. Went to the kitchen to wash my hands and used the hand towel after which I realized that their hand towel was absolutely covered in dog & human hair. So gross.

Ugh! I’m the above poster with the used cloth napkins. But also while working on desserts yesterday I had to wash everything before I used it - the cutting board was sticky with obvious streaks of blueberry or something, the mixing bowl had bits of flour in it, the knives were crusty…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ha! I once stayed in a B&B in Ireland and as I was leaving, I discovered they didn't change the sheets between guests! As I was waiting for my cab outside, I saw the owner go in and re-make the bed I had just slept in WITHOUT changing the sheets. I thought the room had a "stale" odor when I entered. I can only imagine how many times they did this before they washed them.

Needless to say I never recommended that B&B to anyone!

FWIW I have a relative whose house I refuse to stay in. Last time visiting (during summer) her husband (wearing a sleeveless t-shirt) came in from mowing the lawn and wiped his dripping, sweaty underarms with the dish towel, then hung it back up.

Can it get much worse than that?!

Many Europeans don't even bathe more than once or twice a week! So it's a cultural thing over there to be dirty and many don't even realize it.

Seriously?? That's nasty!