# Boy do I feel sorry for this hotel cleaning crew **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 18, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753 "2004-05-18T13:13:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/1 "2004-05-18T13:13:53Z")
[Man Arrested After Hotel Room Is Coated In Vaseline](http://www.local6.com/news/3314552/detail.html) :eek: I wonder what inspired “Slick Roger” Chamberlain to do this… and I can only imagine how skeevy it must be to try to clean this up, especially given the “numerous pornographic magazines in the room’s trash can.” ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/2 "2004-05-18T13:34:24Z")
Thanks for that **sunfish**. Now I have to scrub myself. I’ll be charging you for the bleach and sandpaper. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/3 "2004-05-18T14:00:54Z")
Motel 6 near Binghamtom???!!! I’ve stayed at that motel! Coating it with Vaseline would probably have improved it… ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/4 "2004-05-18T14:11:02Z")
It seems he wasn’t able to slip away from the police. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/5 "2004-05-18T14:41:10Z")
I’m trying to picture the made-for-cable-TV movie that could be made from this. Bizarre, but oddly compelling…? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/6 "2004-05-18T14:59:06Z")
Motel 6: We’ll Leave the Lube On For You. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Means\_Go](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Green\_Means\_Go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Means_Go)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/7 "2004-05-18T15:21:09Z")
> [@](#): > > 14 empty Vaseline containers How do you explain THAT to the clerk at the local Walgreen’s when you walk up to pay? ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/8 "2004-05-18T15:22:44Z")
Does Sam’s Club or Costco sell shrinkwrapped vats of Vaseline? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/9 "2004-05-18T15:41:55Z")
The TV set!?!?!?!? ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/10 "2004-05-18T16:03:25Z")
> [@LastCall](#): > > How do you explain THAT to the clerk at the local Walgreen’s when you walk up to pay? My…erm…wife has a ring stuck on her finger. She …erm…has _really_ big fingers. ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/11 "2004-05-18T16:14:30Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > Thanks for that **sunfish**. Now I have to scrub myself. I’ll be charging you for the bleach and sandpaper. :eek: Just be careful how much you scrub - if you give yourself friction burn, you’ll have to put something on to soothe it, maybe… Vaseline? 😃 > [@LastCall](#): > > How do you explain THAT to the clerk at the local Walgreen’s when you walk up to pay? Especially since, to cover the whole room with 14 jars, he would have to buy the [jumbo-sized jars.](http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jhtml?id=prod4569&CATID=100121&navAction=push&navCount=0) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/12 "2004-05-18T16:28:12Z")
I wonder if the pornography included pictures of Suzy Chapstick? ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/13 "2004-05-19T01:52:16Z")
Minimum wage isn’t anywhere near high enough to clean _that_ mess up, tyvm! On the plus side, this makes the freakiest people I know seem mundane by comparison. Slightly off-topic, this is my local paper and I just now got around to reading about it, came here to post but figured I’d search to make sure there wasn’t already a thread, trying to be a good little poster like. Why does the search term “hotel vaseline” turn up more than one result?! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/14 "2004-05-19T03:54:17Z")
Am I the only one that thinks that part of this guy’s sentence should be cleaning the room himself (with guards watching him, of course)? Why should someone else get stuck doing all that work? ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/15 "2004-05-19T04:03:01Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > Why should someone else get stuck doing all that work? I don’t think that’ll be a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/16 "2004-05-19T08:20:47Z")
TMI alert! TMI alert! My wife sued to do housekeeping at a motel. One day, a disgruntled guest smeared his room with… get this… (I’ll be polite) A used diaper ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/17 "2004-05-19T11:37:08Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > My wife sued to do housekeeping at a motel. Wow… going to court in order to be underpaid and unappreciated. It boggles the mind. 😉 Yes, I knew what you meant. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-sorry-for-this-hotel-cleaning-crew/245753/18 "2004-05-19T13:16:29Z")
> [@sunfish](#): > > [Man Arrested After Hotel Room Is Coated In Vaseline](http://www.local6.com/news/3314552/detail.html) > > :eek: > I wonder what inspired “Slick Roger” Chamberlain to do this… and I can only imagine how skeevy it must be to try to clean this up, especially given the “numerous pornographic magazines in the room’s trash can.” In all seriousness, we had the exact same thing happen here in Murfreesboro, Tennessee awhile back. My post on the subject vanished, probably during the Winter Of Missed Content. I wonder…