Hotel Tales: "Short, Sweet and Nasty" Edition

[BroSCFischer]

I went in the Men's Room, and I noticed something unusual on the ceiling. At first, I thought it was a bug.

On closer inspection, I found it was a wad of gum.

It was still moist , so it was fairly recent which also made it easier to clean up.

I think my title says it all.

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[sms001]

I often wonder just what is going through their little minds when they pull stuff like this. 'cause that obviously isn't just standard "I don't give a crap, I'll throw it anywhere."

[PepperElf]

like some of the females on my first ship. they would take the gum out and put it on the soap dish holder.

although I'm glad it was gum in the story ... cos i was imagining a piece of something worse...

[siskaren]

although I'm glad it was gum in the story ... cos i was imagining a piece of something worse...

Seriously. Given the fact that this was in a bathroom (and the fact that I've read too many posts about you-know-what being found smeared everywhere in bathrooms), I was definitely imagining the worst.

[raudf]

Seriously. Given the fact that this was in a bathroom (and the fact that I've read too many posts about you-know-what being found smeared everywhere in bathrooms), I was definitely imagining the worst.

Me too. As in, "How the heck did they manage to get THAT up there?!" worst. Gum, while wet and disgusting is at least... tolerable. Still makes me wish you could catch the culprit and make them scrape it off the ceiling.

[Tama]

How do you get gum to stick to the ceiling, anyway? It seems like it'd be really hard to do.

[Jay 2K Winger]

How do you get gum to stick to the ceiling, anyway? It seems like it'd be really hard to do.

If it's wet and sticky enough, spit it at it?

How high is the ceiling we're talking about?

[BroSCFischer]

If it's wet and sticky enough, spit it at it?

How high is the ceiling we're talking about?

Well, I'm 5'10" and the ceiling was just out of my reach (I had to get an old broom handle), so maybe 8' at the most.

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[Jay 2K Winger]

Well, I'm 5'10" and the ceiling was just out of my reach (I had to get an old broom handle), so maybe 8' at the most.

SC

Fair enough. I'm 6'2", and the bathroom ceilings at the wholesale club were easily within my reach, but I need to remember not everyone gets to be GLORIOUSLY TALL.

[lvceline]

People that do stupid things like that shouldn't be allowed to function in a normal society. They do that crap just to be a pain in the butt. There was clearly a garbage in the bathroom, so why would anyone with a functioning brain stick their gum on the ceiling?

[Jester]

I have one word: teenagers.

See, I can totally see doing something that stupid when I was a teenager, or seeing one of my friends do it back then. Hell, we did far stupider than that. But yeah, flinging some used gum up to a ceiling to see if it would stick? Totally a bored teenager kinda thing to do, and it doesn't automatically mean they were completely failures in life after that. Doesn't mean they weren't, of course, but doesn't mean they were.

Did I ever do that? Nope. Did I ever do stuff like that, or stuff worse, stupider, or more inconsiderate than that? Of course.

I was a teenager.

[BlaqueKatt]

Fair enough. I'm 6'2",<snip> but I need to remember not everyone gets to be GLORIOUSLY TALL.

Yes we can, but the shoes are expensive*

*I'm 5'5" but with my current heels I'm 5'10", I have owned heels that made me 6'1", they were around $300.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Yes we can, but the shoes are expensive*

*I'm 5'5" but with my current heels I'm 5'10", I have owned heels that made me 6'1", they were around $300.

Let me re-state:

Not everyone gets to be GLORIOUSLY TALL ... naturally.

[dalesys]

Let me re-state:

Not everyone gets to be GLORIOUSLY TALL ... naturally.

And with a good goose you'll be even higher and mightier.