Sunday 27 December 2009

Common Item Left Behind In Hotels


Wooden leg

Both Travelodge and Swallow Hotels claim that they have discovered artificial limbs in their rooms after guests have checked out. In one year, between 2003 and 2004, Travelodge says 80 false limbs were left behind in its various outlets. via and

8 comments:

  1. My friend Jane is a chambermaid at a medium sized hotel. She finds all sorts of stuff of a questionable nature. Punters try to hide it under carpets and behind wardrobes, but it gets found.

    Then there are the businessmen who always ask for the same room...

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  2. Keith, sorry I have no imagination, did they all leave wooden legs behind? The disappointment when they come back and they're gone.

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  3. You take it off when you go to bed, wake up groggy at checkout time, walk out half asleep....it's a MIRACLE!!! But only until you fully wake up and fall over....

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  4. George, all fine and well til you put the clutch in at the top of a hill and realise there's no braking foot :-D

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  5. They must have had them replaced with machine guns.

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  6. Lee, most amazing idea ever. I'm having mine cut off and replaced with them.

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  7. Like the saying, "You'd lose your head if it wasn't attached to you." I suppose.

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  8. Jasmine, aye, right have I got everything...keys, wallet, wtf, where's my head??

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