Thanks, I’ll do it myself
“Who’s that sleeping in my bed?” “Oh, we’re not sleeping; we’re just warming it up for you.”
Not for me, you’re not, and Jennifer is not keen on the idea either:
In the interest of full disclosure, I worked at a Holiday Inn years ago. There is not enough money in the world that would have gotten me to provide this service. No offense to Holiday Inn patrons, but I’ve seen you people eat. Well some of you anyway. Also, I knew the other employees. If you knew what I knew about some of them, you wouldn’t want them warming up your sheets. (*If one of my former coworkers is reading this, just know that you aren’t the one I’m referring to. You know who I’m talking about.)
Besides, as too many of you have read too often, I’m used to a cold, empty bed.
fillyjonk »
26 January 2010 · 8:24 am
It would probably be cheaper in the long run to put microwaves in the room and issue everyone “souvenir” rice bags. (A rice bag is a cloth bag filled with rice or buckwheat; you heat it in the microwave and it acts like a non-leaky hot water bottle)
That’s what I use to keep my feet warm on cold nights. A cat will work, too, but I have these pesky allergies.
CGHill »
26 January 2010 · 8:28 am
And microwaves are now pretty common, at least above the lower price points.
McGehee »
26 January 2010 · 8:47 am
I can’t imagine paying a person so little that this is at all cost-effective. But I suppose one man’s palanquin is another’s coal-fired steam Segway.
fillyjonk »
26 January 2010 · 8:56 am
Actually, I bet it’s mainly an advertising gimmick that will rarely be used, based on the number of people I’ve read who have reacted with mild disgust to the concept.
It’s probably only the most self-entitled of special snowflakes who would like to pretend they have a servant whose job it is to warm their bed up for them.
(But then again: if I were one of those snowflakes and did have a servant? I’d probably rather ask them to heat up a bunch of the aforementioned rice bags, stick them in the bed a half-hour or so before I planned to retire, and then ask them to remove them right before I did. Because a stranger’s body heat? Icky.)