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So, about these used mattresses the Trump Hotel is peddling--- (Original Post) Atticus Jun 2018 OP
I thought I saw a thread saidsimplesimon Jun 2018 #1
urine luck! underpants Jun 2018 #2
Better to be pissed off than pissed on. nt Atticus Jun 2018 #3
Feeling the trickle-down already. VOX Jun 2018 #4
Do the mattresses come in European style? jberryhill Jun 2018 #14
If the show "Hotel Impossible" was honest in any way, cheetolini and urine... marble falls Jun 2018 #5
#1 place to get bedbugs is a movie theater. #2 place is from a hotel room. I bet they're infested. TheBlackAdder Jun 2018 #6
Where does airline seats fall? Blue_true Jun 2018 #15
Haven't read of that. Theaters because they are dark and you're captive in one spot for hours. TheBlackAdder Jun 2018 #19
Hotels actually have "good quality mattresses"... Civic Justice Jun 2018 #7
But why would Pruitt want one? dawg day Jun 2018 #10
how would one say? onethatcares Jun 2018 #13
You've seen "Let's Make A Deal"? C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #8
I cannot think of anything more disgusting than a used hotel/motel mattress. Marie Marie Jun 2018 #9
Why are they allowed to sell used mattresses? Lars39 Jun 2018 #11
haven't they heard about bedbugs???? demigoddess Jun 2018 #12
Might be why they are getting rid of the mattresses. nt Blue_true Jun 2018 #16
... 2naSalit Jun 2018 #17
OH, but Trump hotels kskiska Jun 2018 #18

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
1. I thought I saw a thread
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 06:48 PM
Jun 2018

that fit the topic. Maybe not, can't find the earlier thread. As an option, if you would like to include:

I do not have a twitter account, nor know how to copy and paste the tweet from Greenpeace here.

https://twitter.com/greenpeaceusa




marble falls

(57,112 posts)
5. If the show "Hotel Impossible" was honest in any way, cheetolini and urine...
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 07:19 PM
Jun 2018

might just be the least of your concerns. I admit it: I bought a battery powered black light and I check out my motel pretty damn closely. I'm not a germaphobe but I was shocked by what I've found in "good" motel rooms, like used syringes. No corpse under a mattrass, yet.

Motels and hotels, both.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
15. Where does airline seats fall?
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 08:32 PM
Jun 2018

Those things are nasty. I used to wonder why. I recently was in a public place for five days and used the restroom several times per day. What I saw completely grossed me out, around 70% of the men that used the toilet or urinals just walked right out without a drop of water touching their hands. I will never eat at a serve yourself salad bar ever again. The owners of the bar may have to meet cleanliness standards, but customers that use utensils don't.

TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts)
19. Haven't read of that. Theaters because they are dark and you're captive in one spot for hours.
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 12:12 AM
Jun 2018

.

Hotels and motels, well, because they are hotels and motels--all transient guests from all over.

Airplanes should seem safe, as their lights are mostly on, even during most deadeye flights.

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Civic Justice

(870 posts)
7. Hotels actually have "good quality mattresses"...
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 07:31 PM
Jun 2018

they have to ... because they want people to come back and stay with them, so they have to negotiate for a better quality than the average low budget stores can offer.

Even if he tried to donate them to the low income, the stores that sell low cost matters, would say it hurt their profit margin.

Its a very interesting situations, beause there are lots of people who can't afford the standard of quality of mattress that Hotels use.

I don't know what the correct answer is, as to how to dispose of them.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
10. But why would Pruitt want one?
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 07:53 PM
Jun 2018

It's icky-- "I want a USED mattress, USED by Trump's hotel!"

He sounds like a fanboy, only grosser.

onethatcares

(16,173 posts)
13. how would one say?
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 08:20 PM
Jun 2018

once the DNA has been splattered, the third time doesn't matter who was in the room.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
8. You've seen "Let's Make A Deal"?
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 07:42 PM
Jun 2018

Well behind one door is a mattress stuffed with money, behind another door is a mattress soaked in urine (plus an all expenses paid trip to Moscow with Russian hookers included), and the third door has an indictment with Pruitt's name on it.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
9. I cannot think of anything more disgusting than a used hotel/motel mattress.
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 07:51 PM
Jun 2018

I don't care how good the quality unless it came from one owner and it was someone that I knew very well. Why would anyone want a mattress used by many anonymous people doing who knows what on it? And then yes, there is that bedbug thing. Eeeeecchh!

Lars39

(26,109 posts)
11. Why are they allowed to sell used mattresses?
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 07:58 PM
Jun 2018

Even here in TN you can’t even give a used mattress to resell at thrift stores.

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