Used Hotel Soaps | The Economics of Everyday Things | Episode 4

Hotel guests adore those cute little soaps, but is it just a one-night stand? Zachary Crockett discovers what happens when we love ’em and leave ’em.
This episode was originally published February 12, 2023.
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[@SarahDeshay]

I never wondered because I take it with me.

[@cosmicdust8185]

What do you do with them after you take them with you?????????

[@renanee]

Love your approach to balancing out academics'. Topics would love to hear more about:
- builders (small to big) and how their world changed in this economic downturn.
- skilled blue-collar workers and small business owners hiring in this labor shortage time (many are retiring while there is not much interest in the younger generation to grow into these jobs)
- the economics of running a small labor business with heavy seasonalities (snowplowing, lawn, and garden)
- kids' summer camps (it's the season when parents are madly competitive in signing up for summer camps...)

[@stoundingresults]

I do my part being green by working all week all year non stop and not taking vacations. Thus no hotel visits.

[@glorfindel17]

So I need to change my behaviour!
I always flush mine down the toilet as I thought the person cleaning my room would prefer not to touch it 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@NewParentsInTraining]

Good show, hopefully you do come back with a new season!

[@Phlegethon]

Just take them home don’t doesn’t go to waste

[@ryhol5417]

I take them home and use them for vacations or day trips or guests

[@ChessCat9]

Is this a story about people who have nothing better to do?

[@KevinNeustadter]

Always take it with us

[@aroundandround]

0:33 It never occurred to me because, being environment conscious, I just eat any unused soap in my hotel rooms.

[@chadjones1266]

Thesis again

[@vgs05002]

Please come back with more! Loved it!