Guest room sheet etiquette poll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also get mad when my in-laws set the table for dinner. I have literally walked into the room an hour before dinner to find the table has been made. It's like they're saying: NOW IS THE TIME WHEN WE EAT. And then the food isn't served family style, I have to carry the plates back to the kitchen to put food on them so it's actually 5 times more work than if the table wasn't set.

Jesus op, unclench

+1. You sound extraordinarily uptight.

It sounds to me like your guests are trying to be polite guests by stripping their own beds and helping to set the table.

Jesus.

[Anonymous]

I bet the OP also seethes when guests dare to put their own dirty dishes into the dish washer, because they don't know the particular way in which she likes it to be loaded.

FORKS GO IN THE FIRST SLOT ASSHOLES!

[Anonymous]

I also wash right away. I don't see why leaving clean sheets on a bed for a month is a bad thing. I keep it covered with a quilt or coverlet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also wash right away. I don't see why leaving clean sheets on a bed for a month is a bad thing. I keep it covered with a quilt or coverlet.

Same. They are clean and covered so I don't see the problem at all.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

OP, just throw the sheets away. Next time guests want to visit, tell them they have to bring their own sheets. And then they get to take them home and wash them, too. That's how some beach house rentals work, so why not you.

Really, just fold them up loosely as well as possible and leave them on the floor in the guest room until you're ready to wash them. Folded sheets don't take up as much space, and since they're dirty you don't have to fold them perfectly. That should only take you two minutes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I strip the bed and wash the sheets. I do not remake the bed until the new quests are set to come. I just put the comforter on the mattress so it doesn't look bare.

This is what I do too. From the options you have: A

[Anonymous]

A - I always strip the bed immediately and wash the sheets. Dirty sheets gross me out. If it's been a long time between guests, like several months, then I'll wash them again prior to the new guest's arrival.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:D. I wash them immediately after guests leave, make the bed without sheets and then put fresh sheets on before new guests arrive. But washing and putting sheets back on immediately would be my second choice. I would be uncomfortable leaving dirty sheets on the bed.

+1 exactly what my family has always done. If a friend surprise visits when I'm out of town they know to grab the sheets from the closet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guest room sheet etiquette poll!

Do you:
A) Wash sheets right after guests leave and then put them back on the bed. Guests will then sleep in sheets that are a month or two old.
B) Leave the sheets dirty and then wash immediately prior to a guest arrival
C) Wash sheets right after guests leave and then again immediately prior to a guest arrival (wash sheets twice)

I just had a guest leave and they stripped the bed and left all the dirty sheets in my laundry room. I'm somewhat frustrated because I wasn't ready to wash sheets as I like to do them right before a new guest. But now all the pillows are on the floor and the comforter is getting wrinkled so I have to wash them.

That happened to me once, OP, and I was so confused. Guests before had always just made the bed and after they'd left I would go about washing the sheets. My preference is that the guest ask me what I'd like them to do.

[Anonymous]

OP, What's the difference between the newly washed sheets sitting in a closet or on a made bed? Wash them now and make the bed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:B
We only have guests a couple times a year. If I washed right away, I'd have to wash again when guests arrived because the bed would get kind of dusty after no use for several months. This way, the barely used sheets are left on there and washed right before the guests arrive so they can have a fresh bed.

I can't tell you how many times I have told my in-laws to please leave the sheets on the bed. But FIL keeps stripping it and putting the whole mess on top of the washer which means I have to drop everything and wash them right away because they are blocking me from doing other laundry. And then the bed sits there unmade and gathering dust until the next visit.

OP here. Yes that's the issue. I just don't have time to do the laundry and put the sheets on the bed right now, so they've been sitting in the tiny laundry room. We will have another guest for Thanksgiving and I want the sheets to be fresh for them. Maybe I'm the only one that likes the fresh laundry smell though.

You could have started the load in the time you have been complaining.
It doesn't take long.

The point is that my guest is mandating that I must wash his dirty sheets RIGHT NOW and I can't do any other laundry until it's done. IMO the guests are wrong for forcing dirty laundry in my face.

Also, who lets their guests sleep in a bed that hasn't been washed for 6 months. Do you know how much dust has accumulated on that bed?

Wth? Your guest isn't "mandating" anything. If you don't wash to move the sheets yet, move them somewhere else and don't wash them. I can't believe this is that hard for you to figure out, something else must be bothering you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:B
We only have guests a couple times a year. If I washed right away, I'd have to wash again when guests arrived because the bed would get kind of dusty after no use for several months. This way, the barely used sheets are left on there and washed right before the guests arrive so they can have a fresh bed.

I can't tell you how many times I have told my in-laws to please leave the sheets on the bed. But FIL keeps stripping it and putting the whole mess on top of the washer which means I have to drop everything and wash them right away because they are blocking me from doing other laundry. And then the bed sits there unmade and gathering dust until the next visit.

OP here. Yes that's the issue. I just don't have time to do the laundry and put the sheets on the bed right now, so they've been sitting in the tiny laundry room. We will have another guest for Thanksgiving and I want the sheets to be fresh for them. Maybe I'm the only one that likes the fresh laundry smell though.

You could have started the load in the time you have been complaining.
It doesn't take long.

The point is that my guest is mandating that I must wash his dirty sheets RIGHT NOW and I can't do any other laundry until it's done. IMO the guests are wrong for forcing dirty laundry in my face.

Also, who lets their guests sleep in a bed that hasn't been washed for 6 months. Do you know how much dust has accumulated on that bed?

Wth? Your guest isn't "mandating" anything. If you don't wash to move the sheets yet, move them somewhere else and don't wash them. I can't believe this is that hard for you to figure out, something else must be bothering you.

There is no place in the house to store dirty sheets. I usually just keep them on the bed until they need to be washed. If they are stuffed in the laundry closet, I can't do other laundry until they are either washed or tossed on the floor in the middle of a room. The other laundry takes a very high priority over sheets that nobody cares about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:B
We only have guests a couple times a year. If I washed right away, I'd have to wash again when guests arrived because the bed would get kind of dusty after no use for several months. This way, the barely used sheets are left on there and washed right before the guests arrive so they can have a fresh bed.

I can't tell you how many times I have told my in-laws to please leave the sheets on the bed. But FIL keeps stripping it and putting the whole mess on top of the washer which means I have to drop everything and wash them right away because they are blocking me from doing other laundry. And then the bed sits there unmade and gathering dust until the next visit.

OP here. Yes that's the issue. I just don't have time to do the laundry and put the sheets on the bed right now, so they've been sitting in the tiny laundry room. We will have another guest for Thanksgiving and I want the sheets to be fresh for them. Maybe I'm the only one that likes the fresh laundry smell though.

You could have started the load in the time you have been complaining.
It doesn't take long.

The point is that my guest is mandating that I must wash his dirty sheets RIGHT NOW and I can't do any other laundry until it's done. IMO the guests are wrong for forcing dirty laundry in my face.

Also, who lets their guests sleep in a bed that hasn't been washed for 6 months. Do you know how much dust has accumulated on that bed?

Wth? Your guest isn't "mandating" anything. If you don't wash to move the sheets yet, move them somewhere else and don't wash them. I can't believe this is that hard for you to figure out, something else must be bothering you.

Dust accumulates under the bed spread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:B
We only have guests a couple times a year. If I washed right away, I'd have to wash again when guests arrived because the bed would get kind of dusty after no use for several months. This way, the barely used sheets are left on there and washed right before the guests arrive so they can have a fresh bed.

I can't tell you how many times I have told my in-laws to please leave the sheets on the bed. But FIL keeps stripping it and putting the whole mess on top of the washer which means I have to drop everything and wash them right away because they are blocking me from doing other laundry. And then the bed sits there unmade and gathering dust until the next visit.

OP here. Yes that's the issue. I just don't have time to do the laundry and put the sheets on the bed right now, so they've been sitting in the tiny laundry room. We will have another guest for Thanksgiving and I want the sheets to be fresh for them. Maybe I'm the only one that likes the fresh laundry smell though.

You could have started the load in the time you have been complaining.
It doesn't take long.

The point is that my guest is mandating that I must wash his dirty sheets RIGHT NOW and I can't do any other laundry until it's done. IMO the guests are wrong for forcing dirty laundry in my face.

Also, who lets their guests sleep in a bed that hasn't been washed for 6 months. Do you know how much dust has accumulated on that bed?

Wth? Your guest isn't "mandating" anything. If you don't wash to move the sheets yet, move them somewhere else and don't wash them. I can't believe this is that hard for you to figure out, something else must be bothering you.

Dust accumulates under the bed spread?

I don't use quilts or bedspreads. I don't even own any.