On 29 Jun 2003 20:50:28 -0700, worthj1970@yahoo.com  ...
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>Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson <knicolson@pobox.com> wrote in message
>news:<fgttfv8hbvpivgmbin3ojus73pph27ktu1@4ax.com>...
>> ...with five tonnes of omiyage (and she forgot a few people) and ten
>> tonnes of hotel soap and tea and sugar and crap. Is it a common
>> Japanese trait to ensure the hotel room is stripped clean of all
>> available freebies?
>> 
>This is pretty common everywhere, I thought. Every time we take a trip
>we make certain to pick up all the free shampoo and stuff. I can't
>think of a really good reason not to.
>

a lot of places don't have individual packs anymore but instead a dispenser.
That would be a good reason not to.

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