Caution! Don't do what I did
#42
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: michigan
Posts: 47
My husband was in a band years ago and we have adopted the "dummy check" system (that's the name the band dudes gave it) he used to use on the road. Before walking out of the room, each person takes a different area of the room/bathroom/suite whatever, and does a quick check for anything left behind. I'm happy to say that we've never forgotten anything in a hotel room because we consciously do a "dummy check" before we check out. We've also taught the kids to do a dummy check just before walking out the door too. There's no blame, and everyone ends up with their stuff. I find it easier than having to remember a checklist...
#45
i'm afraid i've done worse. my husband travelled a great deal for work and took a clock radio with him because he often stayed in rooms that didn't have them. he went to new orleans for a conference and i joined him a couple of days later. the last day he called me from the conference and asked me to go ahead and pack up, check out and put the bags on hold at the desk. naturally i did. we met for lunch and strolled the french quarter, and had an early evening flight. we picked up the bags and flew home. i started to unpack and my husband saw the clock radio and cracked up. it was the exact model we had, sitting right there on the bedside table! no, i didn't leave anything, i inadvertently 'stole' the radio. dh called the hotel and they said keep it, they had plenty and it wasn't worth the postage. i'm sure they laughed too! oh, yeah, the hotel was the hilton.
#46
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 380
Once DH and I put son into the car and drove away without the brand new carriage. Both of us thought the other had put the carriage in. At least one of us remembered the child
A few weeks ago we left a tote on the curb with my ipad and jewelry and did not notice until we were an hours ride away. thought it would be gone due to middle school getting dismissed and the area where we left it but a lady and her son found it and called because my phone number was on the checks also in the bag and the money was all there. I gave him a hug and a good reward. I had promised candles and prayed to St. Anthony and St. Jude which may have done the trick? Hope you get it back too.
#47
One time I left a pair of shoes in a hotel room. I called the hotel and described the shoes and gave them the room# we were in. I pretty much had zero hope of the shoes turning up so you can imagine my surprise when a few days later, the hotel sent the shoes to my home. It's comforting to know that there are honest people and honest companies that do the right thing.
#48
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Originally from Hialeah Fl. Now in the Seattle area
Posts: 17
Depends on the motel that you stayed in. I know some people in the industry and they have told me of the many things that they just throw away because they are just too lazy to do anything else.
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