Why do hotel rooms so often have a wastebasket barely large enough for two coffee cups? After a few days there's a pile of packaging and tissues next to it, and I feel oddly guilty about asking housekeeping for another bag. Is it mainly about saving floor space, encouraging daily cleaning, or something else? It's one of those tiny design decisions I never notice until a longer stay.
Why hotel rooms often use tiny trash bins even on longer stays
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Probably a little of all three. Small bins are cheap, easy to empty, and they also nudge people to use the big trash points in hallways inst...
Probably a little of all three. Small bins are cheap, easy to empty, and they also nudge people to use the big trash points in hallways instead of filling the room with garbage.
That makes sense to me. I think a larger bin in every room would just mean fewer housekeeping visits and more mess tucked out of sight.
Also, hotels assume a lot of waste happens outside the room now. Takeout boxes, snack wrappers, that sort of thing usually pile up in common areas or get tossed on the way out.
As someone who has run a small place, bigger bins also disappear under desks awkwardly. Then guests notice the furniture, not the room, whic...
I never thought about asking for a second liner, but that is probably the least weird solution. Better than balancing wrappers on top of the...