Now you know where your chairty money goes.

[biznaga]

Now you know where money youdonate goes. it goes for $200 a night hotel rooms for the "executives" that sponge off you.





Barbara Huberman wants fresh sheets on her hotel bed every night.



She's annoyed that a growing number of lodgings are now changing them less often. "It's ridiculous," says the executive for a Washington-based charitable organization who stays up to 100 nights each year in a hotel. "I have always looked forward to that feel of clean pressed sheets every night. At $200-plus a night, I think I deserve this."



Story on Yahoo news

 

[The Ape]

I fail to see the problem. She works a third of the year away from her family and is working to raise money. I think she is right, and as for the 200 bucks a night, why not. Would you gove money to someone who says in a Motel 6?



Ape Out.

 

[Mike Wilson]

I'll tell you what I will do. I will give up my grandkid's birthday money and some of their

college fund, if you will, to make sure that this woman does not experience one moment

of discomfort!!!...Just Kidding...If this woman is so dirty that she needs her sheets changed

every night, then maybe she needs to look at herself. (P.S. I DID take this post seriously.)

 

[biznaga]

I would be more apt to give it to someone who was more frugal with my donation.



I stay at Motel 6s sometimes or any cheap motel. They are good enough for me.



So at that rate if I donated $20,000 (like that would happen) all would go for her hotel bill. No thanks.

 

[The Ape]

Do what ya gotta do.



Ape Out.

 

[Mike Wilson]

P.S.Post...Did not read the article, and to see Ape's side, if she is working for a

charity or non-profit, she should not be that concerned about clean-pressed-sheets,

but more so for the organization that she is working for, and their bottom line.

 

[Tom Schindler]

Corporate attitude. It is the same all over.





Tom

 

[Mike Wilson]

P.S.S....Another thought . If this woman is doing honest charity work, she should not

have to sleep in squalor-conditions, yet, should not expect her sheets clean-pressed

every night. That is what I love about this site, we can agree to disagree. Honest

Opinions...

 

[Tom Schindler]

I don't expect anyone to stay at a Motel 6 or Red Roof Inn. Both are nasty in my opinion. At the same time, I don't think anyone should be spending $200.00/night for a hotel. A Nice Best Western, Super 8, or any other fair hotel is fin for just about anyone. I have beed to a few hotels that are plain outright nasty. I wouldn't let my dog sleep there, and if you give her the chance, she would roll in other animal turds.





Tom

 

[Thomas Rogers]

>> At the same time, I don't think anyone should be spending $200.00/night for a hotel.



Depends on where you are. In many cities all you can find is $150 to $200 a night hotels.



TJR

 

[Tom Schindler]

TJR,



Good point. In many other cities, a $200.00/night hotel is way too expensive. The post above really defines her attitude.

"I have always looked forward to that feel of clean pressed sheets every night. At $200-plus a night, I think I deserve this."

I wonder if she changes her sheets everyday.





Tom

 

[Dre L]

Don't get upset.



The corporate way:



A $200 a night hotel is basically a business class hotel which offers many services (hilton, sheraton, westin, etc...) They generally offer room service, dry cleaning / laundry services, have onsite office services, broadband, restaurants, 24/7 security, you get the idea...



That $200/night quickly becomes $100/night on the corporate rate they offer, just to get your company's business, since they know a business traveler will use them a lot. Since she's charitable, it may be even less.



Now a company pays this amount, because all the services that the exec needs to work 24/7 are in house, they don't need car rental, because they can take a cab or shuttle from the hotel. There's no need for t he exec to go to a copy shop, post office, tailor, bar, restaurant, off the premises, where they can be hurt, engage in illegal activities, etc...



That expensive hotel saves the company $$$ in safety, insurance, and embarrassment.



Me, I like to drive around and go eat where I want to. When on emergency dispatch, I would get a rental to my target location, then stay in a simple place nearby (hampton inn or something similar). For extended stays, I'd grab a suite somewhere. I thought I was saving the company money, and I did. However God forbid something would have happened to me out there in terms of an accident, or crime, they would be paying through the nose via a lawsuit.

 

[Paul Maurer 2]

Her attitude stinks-not to mention the wasted resources and pollution that daily washing entails. Its good to see that many hotels now do daily sheets only on request.

 

[Dale Carter]

Nobleman - Bravo!



Regarding $ 200/night rooms. Go on Expedia and find business class hotels (Sheraton, Westin, Marriot, etc) in a major city (NYC, ATL, LA, Chicago where the big donors live) for significantly less than that. Keep in mind the safety and security of a woman travelling alone in an urban environment. Hampton Inn and Fairfield (used as an example) usually are not safe in those locations.



Yes, I know that women can protect themselves and men are not bulletproof, but women are victimized by violent crime more than men. Check the FBI UCR if you don't believe me.

 

[Gerald Pierce]

I could care less where she stays or pays for the room, regardless of who she works for. When I travel for the govt, I stay n the best room I can get for the amount they will pay. I spend up to the last penny.



BUT, what does bother me is the lack of respect for our natural resources. There is no reason to change the sheets every night--unless she is one nasty pig OR has a different bed fellow each night.

Shower before bed, maid will make the bed up in the morning--the only germs are hers. This wastes alot of water and electricity.



If everyone asked for clean sheets everyday, the 200.00 hotels would be 225.00 or more.



My .02

 

[Booker T]

Someone post the story...let's talk in context!