Why Don’t Hotels Provide Toothpaste?
Hotels readily give guests soap, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and even sewing kits. But why don’t we get tubes of toothpaste when we check into a room? The answer is kind of complicated.
Hotels readily give guests soap, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and even sewing kits. But why don’t we get tubes of toothpaste when we check into a room? The answer is kind of complicated.
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