The following letters are taken from an actual incident between a London
hotel and one of its guests. The Hotel ended up submitting the letters to
the London Sunday Times.

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 Dear Maid,
 Please do not leave any more of those little bars of soap in my bathroom
 since I have brought my own bath-sized Dial. Please remove the six
 unopened little bars from the shelf under the medicine chest and another
 three in the shower soap dish. They are in my way.

 Thank you,
 S. Berman
 

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 Dear Room 635,

 I am not your regular maid. She will be back tomorrow, Thursday,
 from her day off. I took the 3 hotel soaps out of the shower soap dish
 as you requested. The 6 bars on your shelf I took out of your way and put
 on top of your Kleenex dispenser in case you should change your mind.
 This leaves only the 3 bars I left today which my instructions from the
 management is to leave 3 soaps daily. I hope this is satisfactory.

 Kathy, Relief Maid
 

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 Dear Maid - I hope you are my regular maid.

 Apparently Kathy did not tell you about my note to her concerning
 the little bars of soap. When I got back to my room this evening I found
 you had added 3 little Camay's to the shelf under my medicine cabinet. I
 am going to be here in the hotel for two weeks and have brought my own
 bath-size Dial so I won't need those 6 little Camay's which are on the
 shelf. They are in my way when shaving, brushing teeth, etc. Please
 remove them.

 S. Berman
 

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 Dear Mr. Berman,

 My day off was last Wed. so the relief maid left 3 hotel soaps which
 we are instructed by the management. I took the 6 soaps which were in
 your way on the shelf and put them in the soap dish where your Dial
 was. I put the Dial in the medicine cabinet for your convenience. I
 didn't remove the 3 complimentary soaps which are always placed inside
 the medicine cabinet for all new check-ins and which you did not object
 when you checked in last Monday. Please let me know if I can of further
 assistance.

 Your regular maid,
 Dotty
 

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 Dear Mr. Berman,

 The assistant manager, Mr. Kensedder, informed me this morning that
 you called him last evening and said you were unhappy with your maid
 service. I have assigned a new girl to your room. I hope you will
 accept my apologies for any past inconvenience. If you have any future
 complaints please contact me so I can give it my personal attention.
 Call extension 1108 between 8 AM and 5 PM. Thank you.

 Elaine Carmen
 Housekeeper
 

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 Dear Miss Carmen,

 It is impossible to contact you by phone since I leave the hotel
 for business at 7:45 AM and don't get back before 5:30 or 6 PM. That's
 the reason I called Mr. Kensedder last night. You were already off duty.
 I only asked Mr. Kensedder if he could do anything about those little bars
 of soap. The new maid you assigned me must have thought I was a new
 check-in today, since she left another 3 bars of hotel soap in my
 medicine cabinet along with her regular delivery of 3 bars on the
 bathroom shelf. In just 5 days here I have accumulated 24 little bars
 of soap. Why are you doing this to me?

 S. Berman
 

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 Dear Mr. Berman,

 Your maid, Kathy, has been instructed to stop delivering soap to
 your room and remove the extra soaps. If I can be of further assistance,
 case call extension 1108 between 8 AM and 5 PM. Thank you,

 Elaine Carmen,
 Housekeeper
 

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 Dear Mr. Kensedder,

 My bath-size Dial is missing. Every bar of soap was taken from my
 room including my own bath-size Dial. I came in late last night and had
 to call the bellhop to bring me 4 little Cashmere Bouquets.

 S. Berman
 

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 Dear Mr. Berman,

 I have informed our housekeeper, Elaine Carmen, of your soap
 problem. I cannot understand why there was no soap in your room
 since our maids are instructed to leave 3 bars of soap each time they
 service a room. The situation will be rectified immediately. Please
 accept my apologies for the inconvenience.

 Martin L. Kensedder
 Assistant Manager
 

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 Dear Mrs. Carmen,

 Who the hell left 54 little bars of Camay in my room? I came in
 last night and found 54 little bars of soap. I don't want 54 little bars
 of Camay. I want my one damn bar of bath-size Dial. Do you realize I
 have 54 bars of soap in here. All I want is my bath size Dial. Please
 give me back my bath-size Dial.

 S. Berman
 

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 Dear Mr. Berman,

 You complained of too much soap in your room so I had them moved.
 Then you complained to Mr. Kensedder that all your soap was missing so
 I personally returned them. The 24 Camay's which had been taken and
 the 3 Camay's you are supposed to receive daily. I don't know anything
 about the 4 Cashmere Bouquets. Obviously your maid, Kathy, did not
 know I had returned your soaps so she also brought 24 Camay's plus
 the 3 daily Camay's. I don't know where you got the idea this hotel
 issues bath-size Dial. I was able to locate some bath-size Ivory which I
 left in your room.

 Elaine Carmen
 Housekeeper

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 Dear Mrs. Carmen,

 Just a short note to bring you up-to-date on my latest soap
 inventory. As of today I possess:

 - On the shelf under medicine cabinet - 18 Camay's  in 4 stacks of 4
 and 1 stack of 2.

 - On the Kleenex dispenser - 11 Camay's  in 2 stacks of 4 and 1 stack
 of 3.

 - On the bedroom dresser - 1 stack of 3 Cashmere Bouquet,

 - 1 stack of 4 hotel-size Ivory, and 8 Camay's in 2 stacks of 4.

 - Inside the medicine cabinet - 14 Camay's in 3 stacks of 4 and 1
 stack of 2.

 - In the shower soap dish - 6 Camay's, very moist.

 - On the northeast corner of tub - 1 Cashmere Bouquet, slightly
 used.

 - On the northwest corner of tub - 6 Camay's in 2 stacks of 3.

 Please ask Kathy when she services my room to make sure the
 stacks are neatly piled and dusted. Also, please advise her that stacks
 of more than 4 have a tendency to tip. May I suggest that my bedroom
 window sill is not in use and will make an excellent spot for future
 soap deliveries. One more item, I have purchased another bar of
 bath-sized Dial which I am keeping in the hotel vault in order to avoid
further misunderstandings.

 S. Berman