If I kept all the items my guests left behind, I could open a shop. Over the years, overnight guests have come and go. Often, they bought too many stuff, they had to leave behind some personal items. Some will say, later when so and so come, ask her/him to bring along. That so and so come and they too have too many item to bring home. The items left behind are usually old pajamas, old boxer shorts, thong slipper (sandal jepit) or other old footwear, bottles of shampoo, foam, hair-spray, leftover food, T-shirt, magazines, newspaper, old towels, local coins (1 cents and 5 cents), receipts of their purchases and the packaging, and many more.
Most will just leave their unwanted items without further instruction. Some have the audacity to ask me to keep them so that on the next visit, they don't need to bring the items again. In space scarce Singapore homes, do we need other people unwanted items to look after? No matter what they say, the truth is those items are left behind because they are not as wanted as the ones brought home. What were they thinking? Do my guests actually believe that I will gleefully look at the "loot" and say, "Goodie, half a bottle of Pantene, hmmmm ... half a carton of juice, oo0h... oo0h... cold hard coins, hair-spray ... yipeee, sandal jepit... hooraaaay?" Sigh ...
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Ah...ha! I suppose most of your guests have done so much shopping that, of course, they don't have enough space in their luggage!! I think it's plain ignorance.
KATRIN
Yeah I know what you mean. I often wanted to be candid and plainly told my guests that I couldn't offer storage and disposal services, but Stefanus didn't think I should do that :-(
I am just feeling tired and used. Maybe I should just declare this year to be sabbatical year from hostessing. But then, there are relatives whom I really enjoy hosting.
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