Front Desk? Please Send a Bed-warmer To My Room. Thank You.

By Minnesotastan in Everything Else on Jan 21, 2010 at 11:36 pm

This winter has been unusually cold in Britain. In response, three Holiday Inn hotels there are offeering to provide guests with bed-warmers. Human bed-warmers.

If requested, a willing staff-member at two of the chain’s London hotels and one in the northern English city of Manchester will dress in an all-in-one fleece sleeper suit before slipping between the sheets.

Holiday Inn said the warmer would be fully dressed and leave the bed before the guest occupied it. They could not confirm if the warmer would shower first, but said hair would be covered.

Link. Pictured in the inset is a traditional English copper bed warmer.

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Johnny Cat
Jan 21st, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Eh? For me, one of life’s great joys is slipping into a cold bed and warming it up with my own body heat. Great sloshing about and kicking activity creates unique and rewarding moments of life!
Kaboom
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 12:50 am
Are these some of the Green Jobs we keep hearing about??

Sky: “Plankton! What does your Earth-Mother do for a living?”

Plankton: “My Earth-Mother is a bed-warmer for Holiday-Inn!”

Sky: “Woah! That’s cool!”

Plankton: “No, she can’t be cool, otherwise she will lose her Green Job!”
Alex
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 1:43 am
If they’re attractive females, send two bed warmers pleeeze!
Woogie
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 1:56 am
Bloody English wusses. (I say that as a former one.)

A few Saturday’s ago where I live (Edmonton, Alberta) for a brief while we were the coldest place on Earth. Read that again, we were officially THE COLDEST PLACE ON EARTH.

We spent two months below -20 celsius in the run up to Christmas.

People need to visit somewhere REALLY cold and then stop bothering the nice Holiday Inn people with their asinine requests for a warm bed.

Holiday Inn should just say “Okay Sir” and set fire to the bed. “Warm enough now, Sir?”
Foreigner1
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 3:37 am
Ahhhh this reminds me somewhat of the Good Old Days when one had a whole bunch of slaves standing by just to provide this kind of services…..

…Bizarre……..
Bhutt Warner
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 5:29 am
Two words: Electric Blanket.

This story smacks of nonsense.
Joyous
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 7:15 am
Yuck. An opportunity for full-body shoeburyness.
Skipweasel
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 7:34 am
Joyous – ah, but if they haven’t left in time you could well end up with a sittingbourne.

I seriously doubt this is anything more than a publicity stunt.
Zanuha
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 7:53 am
@woogie: Meh, in finland, minus 20c is a refreshing breeze.
Zo
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 11:42 am
Oh man. I work at the front desk of a hotel in Miami, and there were 2 weeks after christmas when we were in the 30s and 40s…which we NEVER get. Guests would come down or call yelling because their heater doesn’t work. All I could do is say…I’m sorry… this is Miami we never get this cold so most buildings don’t even HAVE heaters.

It would’ve been helpful to have these bed warmers…
felixthecat
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Why cannot prostitutes and bums be hired for this job?
Christophe
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 2:55 pm
No burritos allowed…
Zaulankris
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Alex! I’m surprised at you; that was a very sexist comment.
whitcwa
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Alex would have been sexist if he said “don’t send women” I think he just expressed what the rest of us guys were thinking.

What is the proper tip for a bed warmer? Do you pay more if the room is colder, or if the warmer has more heat?
VonSkippy
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 9:17 pm
What’s next for the Brits – restaurants with complimentary food chewers?
Alex
Jan 23rd, 2010 at 4:16 am
It’s only sexist when done right
electricninja
Feb 5th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
This is the kind of token “innovation” from a socialist state where the most ludicrously useless jobs are fully backed by government healthcare and whatnot. In the U.S. something as stupid as bed warmers would be laughed out of the boardroom and nobody would spend a dime for them.

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