Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 21:24     Subject: Guest room sheet etiquette poll
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.


Yeah, I wouldn't use scented products on guest bed linens. Many people have sensitivities to those smells. I have asthma (but my hosts probably don't know because I don't bring it up much), and sleeping with scented sheets like that makes me wheeze.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 21:17     Subject: Guest room sheet etiquette poll
Always ask if the host wants you to strip the bed. And then do what they say. My MIL strips it even when I say, no please don't. My cleaning people wash the sheets and make the guest bed so it's really a pain to have the sheets piled up at the bottom of the stairs. I have to carry them back upstairs until the cleaners come.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 21:09     Subject: Re:Guest room sheet etiquette poll
I strip the sheets immediately, wash them, fold and put them away in the linen closet then put them back on the bed when the next guest visits. I think it's crazy that you would even consider washing them a 2nd time when they are already clean and have just been in a linen closet?

If you're worried about dust on the bare guest bed mattress (which I wouldn't be because that's crazy, too, unless you go years in between guests), just beat the mattress and dust/vacuum the guest room before putting the sheets back on the bed.

If you are so bothered by the fact that your guest stripped the sheets, which in your mind is "forcing" you to launder them immediately (when you could just throw them back on the guest bed until you're ready to do laundry--and I literally mean throw them not actually put them back on the guest bed), then you probably should just not have guests at all. Or make a little sign to hang over the guest bed reminding them not to strip the sheets or whatever.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 21:01     Subject: Guest room sheet etiquette poll
Are sheets in the linen closet *fresh*? I need to know. Do you have to rotate stock like canned goods? If they are not fresh, why does glade sell linen closet scents?
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 21:01     Subject: Guest room sheet etiquette poll
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:For goodness sake. Wash the sheets, fold them and put them away. Remake the bed with only the comforter until you have guests coming. Toss the clean sheets in the dryer for 10 minutes before you make the bed the day of arrival.

This isn't brain surgery.


Yes it is! Especially when there is absolutely not one extra iota of space in your house to temporarily put your dirty sheets. Hampers are not for SHEETS, people, they are for CLOTHES. Don't you read the hamper directions?!?


I said WASH THEM. FOLD THEM. and PUT THEM AWAY.

It is just gross to leave dirty sheets anywhere for any length of time. The things that make them dirty are ALIVE. They are MULTIPLYING while you wait to stuff them in the washer which is apparently RIGHT UNDERNEATH THEM.


So you immediately wash your clothes as soon as you take them off? It's just gross to leave dirty clothes anywhere for any length of time. The things that make them dirty are ALIVE, for goodness sakes!!


No, but I don't wait until the next time someone visits or I work up the strength to open the washer lid, stuff them in, pop in a laundry pod and hit "Start."


I don't think anyone is suggesting to set the sheets aside until the next guest comes to town, but getting all worked up about THINGS IN DIRTY SHEETS BEING ALIVE THEY MUST BE WASHED IMMEDIATELY is pretty damn funny. Having them sit until you get to them in a day or three (just like clothes!) is perfectly reasonable.


I don't see why you wouldn't wash them immediately. It's a full load. Get it done.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 20:56     Subject: Guest room sheet etiquette poll
Anonymous wrote:Dude, just get a second set of sheets. Problem solved..


No, because the first set would still be dirty!!!

This thread is killing me
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 20:55     Subject: Re:Guest room sheet etiquette poll
When guests leave, I strip the bed and remake it without the sheets. Then, I wash, dry, fold, and put away the sheets. When guests come visit, I go to my linen closet, select some sheets, and put them on the bed. When the guests leave, I repeat the process.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 20:47     Subject: Guest room sheet etiquette poll
Dude, just get a second set of sheets. Problem solved..
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 20:47     Subject: Guest room sheet etiquette poll
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
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 20:45     Subject: Guest room sheet etiquette poll
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.

when i visit, i always strip the sheets and when possible, put in the host's washing machine.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 20:38     Subject: Guest room sheet etiquette poll
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:For goodness sake. Wash the sheets, fold them and put them away. Remake the bed with only the comforter until you have guests coming. Toss the clean sheets in the dryer for 10 minutes before you make the bed the day of arrival.

This isn't brain surgery.


Yes it is! Especially when there is absolutely not one extra iota of space in your house to temporarily put your dirty sheets. Hampers are not for SHEETS, people, they are for CLOTHES. Don't you read the hamper directions?!?


I said WASH THEM. FOLD THEM. and PUT THEM AWAY.

It is just gross to leave dirty sheets anywhere for any length of time. The things that make them dirty are ALIVE. They are MULTIPLYING while you wait to stuff them in the washer which is apparently RIGHT UNDERNEATH THEM.


So you immediately wash your clothes as soon as you take them off? It's just gross to leave dirty clothes anywhere for any length of time. The things that make them dirty are ALIVE, for goodness sakes!!


No, but I don't wait until the next time someone visits or I work up the strength to open the washer lid, stuff them in, pop in a laundry pod and hit "Start."


I don't think anyone is suggesting to set the sheets aside until the next guest comes to town, but getting all worked up about THINGS IN DIRTY SHEETS BEING ALIVE THEY MUST BE WASHED IMMEDIATELY is pretty damn funny. Having them sit until you get to them in a day or three (just like clothes!) is perfectly reasonable.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 20:34     Subject: Guest room sheet etiquette poll
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:For goodness sake. Wash the sheets, fold them and put them away. Remake the bed with only the comforter until you have guests coming. Toss the clean sheets in the dryer for 10 minutes before you make the bed the day of arrival.

This isn't brain surgery.


Yes it is! Especially when there is absolutely not one extra iota of space in your house to temporarily put your dirty sheets. Hampers are not for SHEETS, people, they are for CLOTHES. Don't you read the hamper directions?!?


I said WASH THEM. FOLD THEM. and PUT THEM AWAY.

It is just gross to leave dirty sheets anywhere for any length of time. The things that make them dirty are ALIVE. They are MULTIPLYING while you wait to stuff them in the washer which is apparently RIGHT UNDERNEATH THEM.


So you immediately wash your clothes as soon as you take them off? It's just gross to leave dirty clothes anywhere for any length of time. The things that make them dirty are ALIVE, for goodness sakes!!


No, but I don't wait until the next time someone visits or I work up the strength to open the washer lid, stuff them in, pop in a laundry pod and hit "Start."
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 20:33     Subject: Guest room sheet etiquette poll
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have no place to put a pile of dirty sheets.


Trunk of your car?
An empty suitcase?
The oven?


Lol

On top of the fridge
In the fireplace
Behind the water heater
Temporary awning
In the dog bed
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 20:31     Subject: Guest room sheet etiquette poll
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:For goodness sake. Wash the sheets, fold them and put them away. Remake the bed with only the comforter until you have guests coming. Toss the clean sheets in the dryer for 10 minutes before you make the bed the day of arrival.

This isn't brain surgery.


Yes it is! Especially when there is absolutely not one extra iota of space in your house to temporarily put your dirty sheets. Hampers are not for SHEETS, people, they are for CLOTHES. Don't you read the hamper directions?!?


I said WASH THEM. FOLD THEM. and PUT THEM AWAY.

It is just gross to leave dirty sheets anywhere for any length of time. The things that make them dirty are ALIVE. They are MULTIPLYING while you wait to stuff them in the washer which is apparently RIGHT UNDERNEATH THEM.


So you immediately wash your clothes as soon as you take them off? It's just gross to leave dirty clothes anywhere for any length of time. The things that make them dirty are ALIVE, for goodness sakes!!
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2016 20:30     Subject: Guest room sheet etiquette poll
Anonymous wrote:C, I do both!

Also, I usually ask guests not to bother stripping the bed because sometimes it takes me a few days to have the time to remake the bed. It kind of annoys me when the strip it, after I ask them not to do it.[/quote
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Me too, especially if I've asked them kindly to leave them as is and, and reallly dislike when they put their damp towels on top of the pile. Bed linens in our house are laundered each Monday. We have plenty of other dirty laundry on weekends from sports and kid stuff that I'd rather get to those sheets when it is most convenient for me.