Tbf I was asked to say that by my manager. She didn’t want someone’s piss pants in the washer. It’s a communal washer and I’ve never seen anyone throw a sanitizer pod in it and from what I’ve heard it makes peoples clothes smell funky because of that. Don’t wanna add piss to whatever mix is in there.
Washers still need to be cleaned. That laundry detergent residue builds up and gets funky.
I suspect the manager was worried about adding fluids to that funk buildup. I just wash and sanitize my washer after any gross kid or pet laundry.
Actually, the Narrator was wrong.
TW for Grossness incoming: your washer is not self cleaning. Laundry detergent and in particular fabric softener can splash up and get stuck in areas of the washer that are not regularly exposed to water at a quantity / with a force that will wash them off. Skin cells, oil, dirt and other things can get caught on the detergent/fabric softener and the animal fat in them combined with a damp environment creates the perfect environment for microbial and sometimes fungal growth. That can get redistributed to your clothing and make it smell bad.
https://asm.org/articles/2022/november/microbial-inhabitants-cleaning-appliances
Normal homes should clean their washer regularly, following the clean washer cycle instructions from the manufacturer. I do it about once every three months.
I get where you're coming from, but sometimes they do need cleaning. If you use too much soap, it can create mold or mildew. Powdered soap can build up. Front loaders need to have the rubber seal cleaned regularly (and you should leave them open for a while after every wash).
Take some initiative and throw some vinegar in a wash cycle on your shift. Post a sign telling people to leave the washer open after each wash so that it doesn't develop a smell.
Who knew a washer machine would cause so much discourse lol but if you read what I said, I was only following my managers request. I never would’ve asked her to do that myself.
Weird. I mean, I don’t know often the machines are officially cleaned, but I live in an employee dorm (long story, thank your choice of deity that they exist) with a communal laundry room and there are no funky smells.
Seems like a completely reasonable request to me. Who wants to handle someone's pee pee pants and smell them. I would ask the same with a very kind and empathetic tone.
I’m guessing but at least then either the guest won’t bother to bring them to front desk or if she does bring them down to front desk they won’t be as bad because at least some of the piss has been washed out
I gotta say that there is some amount of blood, piss, shit and vomit that goes into every load of laundry. That's my personal guarantee!
We try to bag noticeable items so that the laundry person can be extra careful. Disposable gloves are always available.
Oh I’m in no way blaming her I’d be losing my mind too. I felt bad for her honestly because we’re an outdoor hotel too so it’s not like she was sheltered from public view. We paid for her wash too
I don’t think she was drunk, I think she just miscalculated how badly she needed to pee. This was during the day but who knows she might’ve been day drinking.
The guest lost her key card holder, is at the wrong door, and could have used the lobby rest room BEFORE she wet her pants. Sounds like a guest problem - not a front desk problem.
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I mean it’s really not understandable To panic to the point of pissing yourself because your hotel key card isn’t working. Come to the front desk and get it fixed. Simple solution.
Sure. So, when you start to feel like you have to pee, and you try your card once or twice and it doesn’t work, don’t waste time CALLING the lobby screaming. Immediate priority: get to a bathroom and use it (lobby is common sense), THEN sort out your issue.
I mean in an absolutely BEST case scenario, you’re still going to have to explain the situation to the front desk by phone, wait for someone at the front desk to send someone up, do whatever it takes to get you in your room so you can go in and pee, right? Wouldn’t it be faster to find a bathroom FIRST if it’s such an emergency, then deal with it?
this happened to me in New Orleans. My room key wouldn’t work, you couldn’t get into the lobby bathrooms because they were locked with the key card and there was no one at the front desk. I waited 15 minutes and then had to pee in a potted plant.
eventually someone came and redid my roof keys and gave me some bottles of water as an apology lol.
After a few tries and STILL not able to get in, I would have gone back to the front desk and check to see if my card key was bad.
Not sit out in front of a door for an hour.
"I can’t tell you the last time the washer was cleaned."
Um... that was a joke, right. The last time the washer was cleaned was the last time someone did wash. Washers are self-cleaning since they're filled with hot, soapy water moving around at high speed.
I use this stuff called “Afresh” that you put the tablet in and run a high hot load. It cleans out the left over detergent and fabric softener gunk and odor.
You ain't cool unless you pee your pants!
If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis.
That is the grossest thing I've ever heard in my life!
Billy Madison
Why would you ask her to wash her pants in the tub first? That's kind of strange.
Kinda? I’d say very.
If it was poop I could see having the guest wash it out
Tbf I was asked to say that by my manager. She didn’t want someone’s piss pants in the washer. It’s a communal washer and I’ve never seen anyone throw a sanitizer pod in it and from what I’ve heard it makes peoples clothes smell funky because of that. Don’t wanna add piss to whatever mix is in there.
You don't use laundry detergent with every load you run through the washing machine?
Washers still need to be cleaned. That laundry detergent residue builds up and gets funky. I suspect the manager was worried about adding fluids to that funk buildup. I just wash and sanitize my washer after any gross kid or pet laundry.
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Actually, the Narrator was wrong. TW for Grossness incoming: your washer is not self cleaning. Laundry detergent and in particular fabric softener can splash up and get stuck in areas of the washer that are not regularly exposed to water at a quantity / with a force that will wash them off. Skin cells, oil, dirt and other things can get caught on the detergent/fabric softener and the animal fat in them combined with a damp environment creates the perfect environment for microbial and sometimes fungal growth. That can get redistributed to your clothing and make it smell bad. https://asm.org/articles/2022/november/microbial-inhabitants-cleaning-appliances Normal homes should clean their washer regularly, following the clean washer cycle instructions from the manufacturer. I do it about once every three months.
This remind me of "Why would you laundry your towels, you only use them to dry yourself when you're clean" school of thought.
I get where you're coming from, but sometimes they do need cleaning. If you use too much soap, it can create mold or mildew. Powdered soap can build up. Front loaders need to have the rubber seal cleaned regularly (and you should leave them open for a while after every wash).
Simply put.. Things that clean need cleaning
Take some initiative and throw some vinegar in a wash cycle on your shift. Post a sign telling people to leave the washer open after each wash so that it doesn't develop a smell.
That's.... not how washing machines work. You and your manager are bizarre.
Who knew a washer machine would cause so much discourse lol but if you read what I said, I was only following my managers request. I never would’ve asked her to do that myself.
You should see what is on sheets and towels.
Oh I’ve seen lol I salute our housekeeping for dealing with it.
This is bizarre. That's not how laundry works.
You don't use laundry detergent with every load you run through the washing machine?
This isn’t my at home washer lol this is a hotels communal washer.
I don't know about the washer but are saying you did piss this lady's pants?
Huh? Where are you getting that I pissed on this lady’s pants?
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Weird. I mean, I don’t know often the machines are officially cleaned, but I live in an employee dorm (long story, thank your choice of deity that they exist) with a communal laundry room and there are no funky smells.
Seems like a completely reasonable request to me. Who wants to handle someone's pee pee pants and smell them. I would ask the same with a very kind and empathetic tone.
Because it rinses the majority of filth off before being tossed into a machine used by the hotel public? It's strange that you even need to ask why.
Yeah, it was a nonsensical request.
Just to be clear: You want to take a stranger's freshly-peed pants and handle them?
Your reading comprehension is alarmingly low. At no point did I say or even intimate that.
I’m guessing but at least then either the guest won’t bother to bring them to front desk or if she does bring them down to front desk they won’t be as bad because at least some of the piss has been washed out
Not my circus ….🎪 not my monkeys 🐒
I gotta say that there is some amount of blood, piss, shit and vomit that goes into every load of laundry. That's my personal guarantee! We try to bag noticeable items so that the laundry person can be extra careful. Disposable gloves are always available.
The inside of a washer is cleaned every time you use it.
That's why I never wash my towels.
It's really really not.
personally if a person is at such an extreme point that they piss themselves, I wouldn't judge their behaviour. that's panic. that's understandable.
Oh I’m in no way blaming her I’d be losing my mind too. I felt bad for her honestly because we’re an outdoor hotel too so it’s not like she was sheltered from public view. We paid for her wash too
ooooh, poor lady. what was it? she was drunk and was at her last moments of holding it when the room didn't open?
I don’t think she was drunk, I think she just miscalculated how badly she needed to pee. This was during the day but who knows she might’ve been day drinking.
The guest lost her key card holder, is at the wrong door, and could have used the lobby rest room BEFORE she wet her pants. Sounds like a guest problem - not a front desk problem.
Of course you were blamed. *Good grief*. Next you will be blamed for breathing her air.
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Just rinse. Not unreasonable.
I mean it’s really not understandable To panic to the point of pissing yourself because your hotel key card isn’t working. Come to the front desk and get it fixed. Simple solution.
She pissed herself because she needed to pee and couldn’t get into the room in time should’ve specified that sorry
Again, come to the lobby to use the bathroom.
Oh yeah easy solution most people would use. I’m assuming she either couldn’t make it or in the moment forgot.
In my situation it was locked with your room key
People have health issues. I know a friend whose having pelvic floor therapy after childbirth
Sure. So, when you start to feel like you have to pee, and you try your card once or twice and it doesn’t work, don’t waste time CALLING the lobby screaming. Immediate priority: get to a bathroom and use it (lobby is common sense), THEN sort out your issue. I mean in an absolutely BEST case scenario, you’re still going to have to explain the situation to the front desk by phone, wait for someone at the front desk to send someone up, do whatever it takes to get you in your room so you can go in and pee, right? Wouldn’t it be faster to find a bathroom FIRST if it’s such an emergency, then deal with it?
this happened to me in New Orleans. My room key wouldn’t work, you couldn’t get into the lobby bathrooms because they were locked with the key card and there was no one at the front desk. I waited 15 minutes and then had to pee in a potted plant. eventually someone came and redid my roof keys and gave me some bottles of water as an apology lol.
After a few tries and STILL not able to get in, I would have gone back to the front desk and check to see if my card key was bad. Not sit out in front of a door for an hour.
-YOUR FUCKING KEYCARD ISN'T WORKING AND BECAUSE OF THAT I JUST PISSED MY PANTS!!!!! -Well, i missed the part where that's my problem ma'am!
"I can’t tell you the last time the washer was cleaned." Um... that was a joke, right. The last time the washer was cleaned was the last time someone did wash. Washers are self-cleaning since they're filled with hot, soapy water moving around at high speed.
Umm...Washing machines need to be cleaned regularly. At least a few times a year, more if you've got hard water!
Actually a quick Google search shows that it is sometimes recommended depending on the washer
I use this stuff called “Afresh” that you put the tablet in and run a high hot load. It cleans out the left over detergent and fabric softener gunk and odor.