http://www.nydailynews.co...o_war.html

Guests who don’t want to hop into a cold bed at one English hotel now have a novel way to warm up: by enlisting a staff member to do it for them.

The Holiday Inn's Kensington, London, location will offer a free five-minute “human bed warming” service throughout next week, according to Britain's Sky News.

So what does a human bed warmer do? A hotel staffer, dressed from head-to-toe in a white, fleecy getup that looks like a cross between a footed pajama set and a snowsuit, will get into your bed upon request and move around, generating some heat between those chilly sheets.

It's akin to “having a giant hot water bottle in your bed,” Holiday Inn spokesperson Jane Bednall told Sky News.

The service may be well worth waiting around for five minutes before bedtime, since the UK has been experiencing notably nasty weather this winter.

Dr. Chris Idzikowski of the Edinburgh Sleep Center told Sky News that a warm bed is important for a good night's rest.

"There's plenty of scientific evidence to show that sleep starts at the beginning of the night when body temperature starts to drop," he said. "A warm bed - approximately 20 to 24C - is a good way to start this process, whereas a cold bed would inhibit sleep."

With that in mind, it seems like inviting a stranger into your hotel bed may not be such a bad idea - at least in this case.

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[Edited 1/27/10 11:55am]

Unless it's a hot chick, no thanks! I don't care how much fleece they're wearing.

Yuk. I wouldn't want any staffers getting into my bed. Unless they were hot, naked, and planning to stay for a while.

knock knock " Hello you ordered a bed warm up?"

What if they rip one before they get out of bed

Ick

ThreadCula said:

And I love a cold bed.

I prefer a cold bed. And my own germs.

Ewww! I'll pass on that service.

Whatever happened to electric blankets...

my boy told me about this yesterday... i don't want nobody in bed unless i bring them there

Eww. Eww. Eww Eww. Eww.

How would you be able to tell if housekeeping staff just didn't make the bed in the fist place?

Butt funky sheets! How lovely

paintedlady said:

Is that how they warm the bed... eww.

pplrain said:

Could you imagine you entering your room to have some 400lb woman half naked smoking a cigarette, climb outta the bed and say...

"Oh hey love! The bed's all nice and warm now for sure!" (as some old creepy guy comes out the bathroom buttoning up his trousers)

Only my lady can warm up the bed for me anyone else, yuck. Who knows what they do... I bet that goes just like with food service. You never know what they do with our food either...

paintedlady said:

I would hate to see strangers in my bed. I like my bed smelling of freshly laundered sheets.

I think it's a cute gimmick so long as the hotel has got ways to keep it lighthearted and in check. One person with screwed-up motives could turn good, clean fun into a major problem.

Efan said:

FUCK NO

I heard about this on the radio. Sounds a little creepy to me.

THIS. IS. BULLSHIT.

You generally are sleeping on hotel sheets that have
been jizzed all over anyway. They just have been
washed.

phunkdaddy said:

Yep recycled jizz sheets all sorts of half dried dead children that didn't reach their destination.... which is why I bring my own sheets ( for hotel use only) to sleep on, which get washed or thrown in a separate bag to be properly disinfected and laundered.

utopia7 said:

ghosts?

ufoclub said:

ghosts? The children? ahahaha nah more like splattered eggs (chicken babies) oh I forgot about the dead human skin and hair so I don't want anyone "warming"the bed as hotel perk.

ThreadCula said:

That's how they're trained to warm it up

Bed Warming Service? hmm that's not we called it at the front desk back in the day.

lazycrockett said: