"More Soap, Please!"

August 13, 2011 3:07 PM

Does anyone remember the "more soap please" room service story?

Somewhere on the blue, a few years ago, there was a comment in a thread in which the person described staying in a hotel and leaving tips for room service with notes asking for "more soap, please!" He would stockpile all the soap in the room safe. It was an utterly charming story, and I have been searching for it to no avail.

I am currently staying at the Bellagio for a week, working a large conference, and attempting the same thing. When I described it to a co-worker she thought I was a little bit nuts (not that that's unusual), and I want to be able to point her to the original story.

posted by Lokheed to Grab Bag (7 answers total)

Best answer: This?
posted by robself at 3:09 PM on August 13, 2011 [2 favorites]

Response by poster: Two minutes. Nice!
posted by Lokheed at 3:10 PM on August 13, 2011

On a related note, there's also the old no hotel soap story, featuring a guest with very much the opposite philosophy to herrdoktor.
posted by zachlipton at 3:54 PM on August 13, 2011 [2 favorites]

Soap? It's the bath gel that's valuable.
posted by Ideefixe at 7:07 PM on August 13, 2011

Response by poster: I've been at the hotel for a day and a half, and so far I have acquired ten small facial bars, one larger bath bar, and two really nice round bath bars. Not a bad start.
posted by Lokheed at 11:35 PM on August 13, 2011 [2 favorites]

Ask for (more) matches. I usually end up with tens of packs after a few days stay.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 10:17 PM on August 14, 2011

Soap? It's the bath gel that's valuable.

Lube?
posted by Halloween Jack at 11:41 AM on August 15, 2011