Do you use hotel room coffee makers?

[Anonymous]

No because the coffee is gross and weak. I hate K-cup coffee too and only use ICE. Nothing about germs as much as taste.

[Anonymous]

No, b/c only filtered water makes coffee good. Putting tap water in a coffee maker is cringe especially like a beach town or mountains where the tap water tastes gross.

[Anonymous]

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I'm a microbiologist. The water is boiled or comes close to boiling point in those coffee makers. That kills off most bacteria and mold. If the concern is bleach or toxic agents in the rinsing process the hotel uses, rinse it out again and check that it's empty before pouring clean water in it. You can also rinse out the mugs.

I rarely stay in super expensive hotels. The hotels where I stay always have disposable water and coffee cups and they are wrapped in plastic. But I'm also not a germaphobe. If I do stay in a hotel that has a restaurant on site, how are their coffee mugs cleaner than the mugs that would be in my hotel room? Do they hand wash the room mugs and put the restaurant mugs into their dishwasher? I trust that the utensils, drinkware and plates are clean when I eat in a restaurant. So I would trust the ones in the hotel room as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see the harm in the K-Cup type, where they drip directly into the cup you’ll be drinking out of.

Am I missing something?

Especially not these because I’m pretty certain they get refilled by cups that people have drunk from. If we do a driving trip I bring a coffee maker with a thermal carafe.

[Anonymous]

If I’m going to use one of the models with a pot (rare to find now), I run one pot of water through the system first. For k-cup, you empty the reservoir and replace the water, and still run one test one through without the cup- there usually one cup worth of water inside the system so the first cup is not the fresh water. Water that’s been sitting often smells funky.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
I'm a microbiologist. The water is boiled or comes close to boiling point in those coffee makers. That kills off most bacteria and mold. If the concern is bleach or toxic agents in the rinsing process the hotel uses, rinse it out again and check that it's empty before pouring clean water in it. You can also rinse out the mugs.

I rarely stay in super expensive hotels. The hotels where I stay always have disposable water and coffee cups and they are wrapped in plastic. But I'm also not a germaphobe. If I do stay in a hotel that has a restaurant on site, how are their coffee mugs cleaner than the mugs that would be in my hotel room? Do they hand wash the room mugs and put the restaurant mugs into their dishwasher? I trust that the utensils, drinkware and plates are clean when I eat in a restaurant. So I would trust the ones in the hotel room as well.

I think b/c the cleaning crew - who are also the same ones emptying the room's trash, cleaning the room toilet/bathrooms , handling a vacuum cleaner, dirty linens, etc - are also directly putting those same hands cleaning out the coffee pot and putting out new mugs (which may or may not always be plastic coveted or disposable) - hence the ick-factor for a lot of people especially those who are borderline germaphobes.

In the hotel restaurant, the coffee is more "acceptable " to drink bc the wait staff isn't cleaning toilets or taking out trash before serving you coffee .

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You people are so precious. I sometimes imagine the DCUM plane crash landing on a deserted island, and the vast majority of you dying in the first 24 hours because you refuse to pee outdoors.

- Another frequent hotel guest who always makes coffee in the room and somehow has survived.

Pee outdoors? They don’t even like to *go* outdoors because of the terrible “outside” smell. I think it’s a bit like the princess and the pea; only DCUM noses are rarefied enough to smell the dreaded “outside” smell.

OMG, I forgot about that. Thanks for the memory.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You people are so precious. I sometimes imagine the DCUM plane crash landing on a deserted island, and the vast majority of you dying in the first 24 hours because you refuse to pee outdoors.

- Another frequent hotel guest who always makes coffee in the room and somehow has survived.

Pee outdoors? They don’t even like to *go* outdoors because of the terrible “outside” smell. I think it’s a bit like the princess and the pea; only DCUM noses are rarefied enough to smell the dreaded “outside” smell.

OMG, I forgot about that. Thanks for the memory.

I’m no germaphobe, and I always make coffee in the hotel room, regardless of the type of coffee and maker. I also let our cats walk on the countertops and I scrub my sink only with soap and water, never any bleach. But I can also attest that the “outdoor smell” discussed on DCUM is real, and it’s not the fresh smell of a lovely spring or crisp fall day. It’s chemicals and sulfur, has nothing to do with sweat, and it only happens on certain days depending on wind direction and humidity and pollution levels. I do have an acute sense of smell. My husband, who doesn’t, can almost never smell it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You people are so precious. I sometimes imagine the DCUM plane crash landing on a deserted island, and the vast majority of you dying in the first 24 hours because you refuse to pee outdoors.

- Another frequent hotel guest who always makes coffee in the room and somehow has survived.

Pee outdoors? They don’t even like to *go* outdoors because of the terrible “outside” smell. I think it’s a bit like the princess and the pea; only DCUM noses are rarefied enough to smell the dreaded “outside” smell.

OMG, I forgot about that. Thanks for the memory.

That was one of my favorite DCUM posts.

And yes, like the PP, I take my coffee with no pants required. So I drink whatever the room is offering.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You people are so precious. I sometimes imagine the DCUM plane crash landing on a deserted island, and the vast majority of you dying in the first 24 hours because you refuse to pee outdoors.

- Another frequent hotel guest who always makes coffee in the room and somehow has survived.

Pee outdoors? They don’t even like to *go* outdoors because of the terrible “outside” smell. I think it’s a bit like the princess and the pea; only DCUM noses are rarefied enough to smell the dreaded “outside” smell.

OMG, I forgot about that. Thanks for the memory.

I’m no germaphobe, and I always make coffee in the hotel room, regardless of the type of coffee and maker. I also let our cats walk on the countertops and I scrub my sink only with soap and water, never any bleach. But I can also attest that the “outdoor smell” discussed on DCUM is real, and it’s not the fresh smell of a lovely spring or crisp fall day. It’s chemicals and sulfur, has nothing to do with sweat, and it only happens on certain days depending on wind direction and humidity and pollution levels. I do have an acute sense of smell. My husband, who doesn’t, can almost never smell it.

PP here. I absolutely do believe you.

However, I think the original post was not a come-and-go thing, but something that was ever-present, invarying, and would cling to people and animals that had been outside, so that she could smell it on any person who stepped outside, anytime. Or am I misremembering? (I might be.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You people are so precious. I sometimes imagine the DCUM plane crash landing on a deserted island, and the vast majority of you dying in the first 24 hours because you refuse to pee outdoors.

- Another frequent hotel guest who always makes coffee in the room and somehow has survived.

Pee outdoors? They don’t even like to *go* outdoors because of the terrible “outside” smell. I think it’s a bit like the princess and the pea; only DCUM noses are rarefied enough to smell the dreaded “outside” smell.

OMG, I forgot about that. Thanks for the memory.

I’m no germaphobe, and I always make coffee in the hotel room, regardless of the type of coffee and maker. I also let our cats walk on the countertops and I scrub my sink only with soap and water, never any bleach. But I can also attest that the “outdoor smell” discussed on DCUM is real, and it’s not the fresh smell of a lovely spring or crisp fall day. It’s chemicals and sulfur, has nothing to do with sweat, and it only happens on certain days depending on wind direction and humidity and pollution levels. I do have an acute sense of smell. My husband, who doesn’t, can almost never smell it.

PP here. I absolutely do believe you.

However, I think the original post was not a come-and-go thing, but something that was ever-present, invarying, and would cling to people and animals that had been outside, so that she could smell it on any person who stepped outside, anytime. Or am I misremembering? (I might be.)

You are remembering correctly. And it was HILARIOUS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You people are so precious. I sometimes imagine the DCUM plane crash landing on a deserted island, and the vast majority of you dying in the first 24 hours because you refuse to pee outdoors.

- Another frequent hotel guest who always makes coffee in the room and somehow has survived.

Pee outdoors? They don’t even like to *go* outdoors because of the terrible “outside” smell. I think it’s a bit like the princess and the pea; only DCUM noses are rarefied enough to smell the dreaded “outside” smell.

OMG, I forgot about that. Thanks for the memory.

I’m no germaphobe, and I always make coffee in the hotel room, regardless of the type of coffee and maker. I also let our cats walk on the countertops and I scrub my sink only with soap and water, never any bleach. But I can also attest that the “outdoor smell” discussed on DCUM is real, and it’s not the fresh smell of a lovely spring or crisp fall day. It’s chemicals and sulfur, has nothing to do with sweat, and it only happens on certain days depending on wind direction and humidity and pollution levels. I do have an acute sense of smell. My husband, who doesn’t, can almost never smell it.

PP here. I absolutely do believe you.

However, I think the original post was not a come-and-go thing, but something that was ever-present, invarying, and would cling to people and animals that had been outside, so that she could smell it on any person who stepped outside, anytime. Or am I misremembering? (I might be.)

You are remembering correctly. And it was HILARIOUS.

This thread?

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/805371.page

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You people are so precious. I sometimes imagine the DCUM plane crash landing on a deserted island, and the vast majority of you dying in the first 24 hours because you refuse to pee outdoors.

- Another frequent hotel guest who always makes coffee in the room and somehow has survived.

+1 I always use it and I sit on public toilet seats too.

Same. I touch public handrails and crosswalk buttons and don’t wash my hands immediately when I get home.

Thanks for spreading the germs. Touch whatever you need to, but wash your hands when you get home and before eating too. That's just basic hygiene

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You people are so precious. I sometimes imagine the DCUM plane crash landing on a deserted island, and the vast majority of you dying in the first 24 hours because you refuse to pee outdoors.

- Another frequent hotel guest who always makes coffee in the room and somehow has survived.

+1 I always use it and I sit on public toilet seats too.

Same. I touch public handrails and crosswalk buttons and don’t wash my hands immediately when I get home.

Thanks for spreading the germs. Touch whatever you need to, but wash your hands when you get home and before eating too. That's just basic hygiene

Do you wash your hands after you touch a chair in a restaurant? After you touch the menu? After you use the salt shaker? You can take this to a lot of levels, or just live in a bubble if you're that scared of germs.