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It’s the second card that’ll getcha. 
Yesterday I wrote about the card on my pillow at the Hilton. To be fair, this card or a version of it, is in a lot of hotels as the greening of American consciousness takes its toll by shutting off critical examination of the blather placed before us and presented as “facts.”
Back here, I also wrote about how the lockstep-without-thinking ideology was affecting local businesses.
The second card was strategically positioned on the bathroom’s towel rack. You couldn’t move a towel without dealing with The Card (cue ominous music).
It read,
‘Every day, tons of detergent and millions of gallons of water are used to wash towels which have only been used once.
“Here’s how you can help: A towel on the rack means, ‘I’ll use it again.’ A towel on the floor means, ‘Please exchange.’
Yeah? And my foot on your ass means “I don’t think so.”
First, notice the presumption that I (and you) want to help them, that we want to participate in their pet project. A pet project that only they will profit from, not you. Oh no, you get to continue to pay the same amount while they’re trying to guilt you into giving less service by letting the maid do less work.
How attractive is their pet eco-project sounding now?
Second, notice how The Towel now has a symbolic meaning. Here’s what The Towel means (according to hotel PC Eco Bully appeasement rules). Leaving the towel on the rack now means “I’m a good (and morally superior) person who cares about global warming.”
And the ones on the floor now impugn your character by implying, ”I’m a sloven self-centered pigpen of a lowlife who cares not a whit about protecting our planet.”
You know, just like they’ve made placing the card on the pillow to now mean “I am a spoiled prima donna without interest in protecting my planet and fellow humans.”
I don’t know who came up with this passive-aggressive bullying for services we pay for, but I suspect they were smoking their own green stuff with Towelie when they did so.
Point is, once upon a time, when you went to a strange city in a faraway land and checked into your hotel, didn’t it mean that you were getting a respite from your real life by checking out of it?
Remember those days, folks? When a hotel stay meant crisp, clean sheets every night, stupid quantities of fluffy-fresh towels, unused soap, and room service dancing in attendance? It was great, wasn’t it?
Now it’s supposed to be my privilege to pay close to $400/night just to nagged by the co-opted hospitality arm of the Eco Bullies?
I’ve got my answer to all that . . .
“I don’t think so. Homey don’t play that.”
For me, the sheets get changed every day and every frakin’ towel on the floor before I leave the room. I paid for those amenities and no one’s gonna guilt-trip me out of them.
I suggest you do the same and feel free to join me in the Greening Disobedience Movement.
I think we need our own T-shirt. What do you think?
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By Walter |
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Comments
And the ones on the floor now impugn your character by implying, ”I’m a sloven self-centered pigpen of a lowlife who cares not a whit about protecting our planet.”
June 13th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Seriously, where’s their discount for compliance?
With their logic, there should be a little card next to every light, coffee maker and electric outlet in the room… oh wait, those are the do-it-yourself energy consuming amenities.
June 14th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
If they’re serious about conservation and high-minded public service, one day there’ll be this sign on your bed,
“Next time just stay home to save on precious fuel and limit greenhouse gasses. We’re in business to save the planet now, rather than to provide hospitality to the travelling public.”
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Walter’s comment:
That’s such a damn-good point, I’m jealous I didn’t think of it first! Thanks for making it, Rob.