Borrowing hotel glassware?

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I'm away on business in Ireland. I happen to like Irish whiskey a great deal. I'm blowed though if I'll spend bar prices to drink the stuff so I bought my own bottle. I asked in the bar if I could take a clean whiskey glass to my room. They were fine, but got some very demeaning looks from fellow hotel guests who overheard the conversation.
So: is my behaviour acceptable or have I crossed some unwritten societal guideline I never knew existed?
 
They probably just thought you had an alcohol problem! You are in a hotel full of people you do not know, don't worry. No convention crossed in my eyes.
 
Nothing at all wrong with what you've done. I travel quite a lot for work and will often have a bottle of wine in my room. 5 euros from the local shop or 20 euros in the hotel bar. It's a no brainer.
 
Slab said:
Not much wrong but you might have bought the first whisky from the bar then you've go the glass you needed
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In most cases I'd agree but yesterday I was up at 4.15 and didn't get to my hotel until 8.30pm. After finding food I was bushed and just wanted to watch TV in my underwear sipping sweet nectar. ;)
 
You're doing hotels wrong. The way you do it is...

Imagine a guy, who might be called Jim, is staying in hotel in L.A.
He gets back to his room drunk, hungry and thirsty for a nightcap...
Phones room service for filet mignon and whisky...
Passes time by getting ready for bed.
Shows the porter in to leave his food on the table.
Eats his steak.
Drinks his whisky.
And then he realises he only had a tshirt on.
Did the porter see Mr Winky?
Jim will never know...
 
I've asked for an ice bucket and a couple of champagne glasses before now. What you drink in the room you are paying a lot of money for is your business. Using their glassware is just part of the service they should offer and I would seriously judge a hotel who refused a request like this. It costs them nothing at the end of the day.
 
jdpjamesp said:
I'm away on business in Ireland. I happen to like Irish whiskey a great deal. I'm blowed though if I'll spend bar prices to drink the stuff so I bought my own bottle. I asked in the bar if I could take a clean whiskey glass to my room. They were fine, but got some very demeaning looks from fellow hotel guests who overheard the conversation.
So: is my behaviour acceptable or have I crossed some unwritten societal guideline I never knew existed?
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It's never a problem if you ask first. They can then say yes or no, up to them.
 
Fyldewhite said:
I've asked for an ice bucket and a couple of champagne glasses before now. What you drink in the room you are paying a lot of money for is your business. Using their glassware is just part of the service they should offer and I would seriously judge a hotel who refused a request like this. It costs them nothing at the end of the day.
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This hotel has ice machines on every floor so they must expect people to drink in their rooms.
 
jdpjamesp said:
In most cases I'd agree but yesterday I was up at 4.15 and didn't get to my hotel until 8.30pm. After finding food I was bushed and just wanted to watch TV in my underwear sipping sweet nectar. ;)
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I am doing my best not to imagine that picture, but it is very graphic.😑
 
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