eli5 Why do hotels all over the world, and so many people at their home use white bed sheets? Aren’t they the easiest to stain and a laundry nightmare?
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Lemme tell ya, I had yellow sheets on my bed for a while and my wife got these new nifty white ones with penguins on em. Every night now I wake up, catch a glimpse of a penguin, think it’s a spider in my bed, jump out of bed and… Well, now I’m awake, fuck.
I’m down for solid color sheets. With white, you can see stains, bugs, w e easier.
I agree thats because bleach and washing up, but seems people forgot one thing: Our brain links white stuff to pure, sensitive, clean…
The company that owns the hotel chain typically has very specific standards about things, one of which is the color of sheets and towels (and often the specific brand that’s allowed).
Because if you need to bleach something to erase a stain, white is the only colour that looks better for it. If you had blue sheets, you have to clean, soak, prewash, whatever, if there is a stubborn stain. With white you just bleach it and it’s good as new.
what? what some other color use? I’ve never seen a bed sheet that wasn’t white / light blue or green in my whole life
i discovered this just the other day when i washed clothes with bleach for the first time ever. the smell of my clothes brought back good memories staying at a hotel with my family
Would you want to sleep in a bed that’s hiding bodily fluids?
White bed sheets have long been associated with a sense of cleanliness and hygiene, as any stains or dirt are immediately visible, prompting regular washing and upkeep.
Their neutral color also allows for easy identification of any potential bed bugs or other pests. White sheets are often made of high-quality materials that can withstand frequent washing at higher temperatures, ensuring thorough sanitation and reducing the risk of allergens or microbial growth.
I used to work in a hotel many years ago and we went through every sheet that came from the cleaners and if they had even the tiniest of stains/markings we would disregard them for use and send them back. We would get new sheets for any “cleaned and stained” ones. With any other colour than white, it’s very hard to see possible stains.
No idea what happened to the “cleaned and stained”.
A lot of hotels, like the one i work at, outsource their laundry to another company.
Housekeeping stuff dirty sheets and towels into big laundry bags, which are collected daily by a big truck that leaves bags of fresh laundry for the day.
It’s much easier if all the hotels have the same colour sheets, and white matches everything.
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