Bed Jumping Banned

An anonymous reader writes "We are able to be the first to report that the practice of “bed jumping” has been banned by most major US hotel chains. From the article: 'The new internet sensation of bed jumping has cost the hospitality industry almost $52,000,000.00 in the last quarter alone. Most customers are not aware of the high cost of commercial mattresses. While manufactures are prepared for children to “bed jump,” the mattresses are not designed for jumpers over ~100lbs. Preliminary tests show that a mattress needs to be replaced after only 10-15 adult jumpers. In the current economic market, it is not feasible for our members to absorb this high cost. The ban is meant to prevent hotels from adding a “jumping charge” to every room they book, which would increase the rate an average of $4 for every night.'"

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[HyperCalcium]

Are they stealing fizzy lifting drink from the minibar? Is that $52,000,000.00 is the cost of making oompa loompas clean the fingerprints off of the ceiling fans?

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[happy_place]

It's getting as though one can't even be demonically possessed and stage a true exorcism in hotels anymore! Just makes me sick... Urp! Oh there goes my pea-soup again!!

Really fun sex acts get banned too...

[tacarat]

So much for my "circus clown and trapeze artist" themed roleplay this weekend. I wonder if our sexually active gymnast population is going to take this lying down.

Wrong response

[Locke2005]

Clearly the hotels could increase their income by offering optional in-room trampolines!

As a former hotel employee...

[NoPantsJim]

What about fat people having sex? Probably just as detrimental.

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[Anonymous Coward]

I am fat, you insensitive clod!

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[NoPantsJim]

Good fucking Christ, is that really cmdrtaco?

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[tomhudson]

Good fucking Christ, is that really cmdrtaco?

It could be worse ... is this CowboyNeal [shelleytherepublican.com] and the slashmobile [shelleytherepublican.com]?

Natural selection didn't work ... and it's certainly not "Intelligent" design ...

Strange..

[Thelasko]

because I heard the fad was started by hotel chains to increase business. Source [foxnews.com]

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[tsalmark]

Nobody ever said the guys in marketing were smart.

$52 million?

[Valdrax]

Just how much could these mattresses cost anyway, and what possible justification is their for buying them at this inflated rate rather than just going with regular consumer-grade mattresses and replacing them more often?

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[a_nonamiss]

More important, why is there a difference in consumer versus commercial grade mattresses? I mean, take a vacuum cleaner for example. A commercial vacuum gets used for 8-12 hours a day, 5-7 days a week. My home vacuum cleaner gets used once a week for a couple hours. My $50 vacuum cleaner would last about 3 weeks in a hotel, so I can understand that there can and should be a fundamental difference in how they are built. But hotel mattresses get slept on just as much as my mattress at home. There is no differ

Little Felons

[happy_place]

Welp, it looks like all my kids are doomed to a life of crime... cuz that's the first thing they do when they arrive at a new hotel.

Children Story

[amazingxkcd]

Great. Now we have to add to the story of the 5 monkeys "And lawyers in front of the mommy and said ' They were jumping right on the bed'" and then something about paying fees for having fun Stop screwing up my childhood!

First Church of Atheism

[TornCityVenz]

From First Church of Atheism? Anonymous December 16th, 2009 at 10:46 am Nice try, except that “the US Hospitality Trade Association” appears not to exist, and there is nothing about this in any news feed anywhere. All the links on the web point back to this one page. So either provide a source for the story or you’re a liar.