ATLANTA: Filthy drinking glasses even at Ritz Carlton - (HealthInspections.com)
November 30, 2007 – 7:09 pmhttp://www.healthinspections.com/articles.cfm?YXJ0aWNsZUlEPTkx
The video is stunning. And, it’s gross.
A hotel housekeeper wearing a bright yellow glove, cleans a toilet in a hotel room — then she picks up a dirty wash cloth and sniffs it.
She uses that cloth to wipe off a couple of drinking glasses that were used by the guest.
No wash, no rinse. Just a few swipes with a dirty wash cloth, then she sets them up for the next guest to use.
It happened at an upscale Sheraton Hotel in Atlanta.
The guest who drinks from those glasses will assume they’re clean. But, they are loaded with disease causing bacteria.
The story, by Atlanta’s Fox-5 television, will make you think twice about using the drinking glasses in hotel rooms.
The station found the same nasty, lack-of-washing at Holiday Inn, Embassy Suites, and even the swanky Ritz Carlton.
Georgia health inspectors have started focusing on the problem as a result of the television station’s investigation.
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