The Case of the Underwear

[HotelMinion]

It was a good night, no one came to bother me all night. I was running my audit like a good little minion. When this huge guy wearing headphones and a large pair of baggy cargo pants saunters by. Something white fell out of the pants and I thought it was a napkin or a handkerchief, so I didn't notice at first. I figured he'd be back. But he wasn't. I figured I'd let the janitor pick it up, but curiosity led me over to investigate after a few hours.
It was a pair of underwear! Briefs; male!
Ewwww.
Since everyone was starting to get up and head down for breakfast, the last thing I needed was my good day to be ruined by someone complaining of left underwear in the lobby, I picked it up with a pen and stuck a note to it. I put it in the back office and told it to Mr. M, my coworker, when he came to relieve me.
"Yeah and, someone left a pair of underwear on the lobby floor. I thought it was a handkerchief but I put it in the back."
"What-do-you-mean-underwear-someone-left-it? I've-never-seen-anything-like-this-happen!"
He was freaking out, which is normal for him, he freaks out about everything.
"It's not dirty,... I think, " I said.
This calmed him down. "What-was-going-on-last-night? Oh-my!"
"It's not what you're thinking, no" I said, figuring he was probably thinking a man threw his underwear at me. Or worse.
My CW waited a while, then threw the undies out, sprayed everything with disinfectant, and washed his hands twice. I then got the reputation of being She Who picks Up Men's Underwear. WIth her Bare Hands (even tho I told them I used a pen!)
I mean really? What was I supposed to do, kick them under the couch? And anyway, who drops their underwear in a hotel lobby like that? I know it wasn't on purpose, but still...

[PastryGal]

Willing to bet they're wearing the same pants as yesterday and when they took them off last night they took their undies off with it thus getting into the leg part and working its way to the floor in your lobby. How do I know this? I have to shake out hubby's pants for socks all the time and there's occasionally a pair of underwear when he stripped out for morning shower after being up and out for a smoke.

[WishfulSpirit]

I've had that happen. A pair of my panties got stuck in the leg of my pants while I was doing laundry, and since the pants were loose-fitting, I didn't notice until they feel out at the cuff.

[Minflick]

Hah! I had a pair of undies fall out at work too. OMG, I didn't know which to do first - bust up laughing or grab them and hide them away... Luckily, I work at a Vet Clinic, where very little is truly surprising....

[wolfie]

Would have been interesting if one of the patients had found them.

[WishfulSpirit]

oh Lord no. As the proud owner / gaurdian of a panty chewer, you don't want vet clinic patients who may already be compromised nomming on undies.

[Ironclad Alibi]

My CW waited a while, then threw the undies out, sprayed everything with disinfectant, and washed his hands twice. I then got the reputation of being She Who picks Up Men's Underwear. WIth her Bare Hands (even tho I told them I used a pen!)

Did you also disinfect the pen you used? Or just toss it out?

[HotelMinion]

I saw the undies fall out of the pocket of his cargo pants. My guess is that he was doing laundry in our guest laundry room, put them in his pocket instead of a laundry bag for some reason. I saw him in there earlier. I figured he'd return, but he never did.
As for the pen, I put it away in the front desk. The undies didn't seem dirty when I picked them up , they were very white. If by chance there was a virus on them then I hope the pen found it's way to the sales manager. She deserves it for booking a million crazy groups with us.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Even more embarrassing is when they fall off of you in public!

As one unfortunate lady discovered years ago to her dismay in the produce department at the store I worked at at the time (this incident was around 15 years ago or so)

Not to mention startling several coworkers who were working in the vicinity. The way I heard it was she was shopping over in the produce department and all of a sudden her bloomers slid off her and fell down around her ankles from underneath her dress.

Classic case of droopy drawers.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Even more embarrassing is when they fall off of you in public!

As one unfortunate lady discovered years ago to her dismay in the produce department at the store I worked at at the time (this incident was around 15 years ago or so)

Not to mention startling several coworkers who were working in the vicinity. The way I heard it was she was shopping over in the produce department and all of a sudden her bloomers slid off her and fell down around her ankles from underneath her dress.

Classic case of droopy drawers.

This situation has been profusely illustrated by the talented Mr Frahm.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

This situation has been profusely illustrated by the talented Mr Frahm.

What I never could understand about those illustrations is the obsession with celery. No matter what else is seen in a bag of groceries, there's always celery.

I must be the only person in the world who only uses celery twice a year . . . Thanksgiving and Christmas when I make my dressing.

[WishfulSpirit]

Same reason there's a loaf of french bread sticking out the top of every grocery bag in every movie: to show you it's a bag of groceries.

[notalwaysright]

Same reason there's a loaf of french bread sticking out the top of every grocery bag in every movie: to show you it's a bag of groceries.

The french bread makes even less sense, at least to me. Since all the bread I buy comes in packages, even french bread which I think comes in a long paper bag.

And celery... Yeah, I buy it about once a month, it goes in a lot of the stuff I cook. Or I just eat it plain. It's interesting, how different everyone shops. For example, bacon. I like bacon, and I don't care that it's 95% fat. Yet each time there's a sale I stand and watch women critically examine each package of cheap-ass bacon to find the one with the least fat. And then I just grab whichever one they discard. I'd be more worried about the sodium, but see that's where we're different.

[WishfulSpirit]

Bacon is fatty. That's just the way it is. Cook it and drain off the greese, and pat with paper towels. That'll remove a lot of the fat. One good way, if you like the taste, is to put it in with other things, like a topping for veggies or mixed into eggs (I use one yolk to every 2-3 whites), so you don't have to use as much.

[TheSHAD0W]

What I never could understand about those illustrations is the obsession with celery. No matter what else is seen in a bag of groceries, there's always celery.

He's obviously a fan of Doctor Who.