Forgive me for bringing up such a minute issue. But this is something I really don’t get.
Call me mababaw, call me ignoramus, but please tell me, why, oh why, do we use the towels in hotels as floor mats in the bathrooms?
I rarely stay in plush hotels, even when traveling. I prefer the homey, bed-and-breakfast type of accommodations. But of course, there will be times you cannot get away from these nice hotels.
One practice I noticed that has evolved through the years is the use of hotel towels, most of the time WHITE towels, as floor mats! I don’t get it! I mean, aren’t towels supposed to be used for the body? Is there an unwritten rule about this? Or do these towels have a fine print stating that these should be used as mats? Have I been so out of the loop that I am unaware that hotel towels are now actually made for this purpose?

I remember this conversation between me and my sister years ago when the two of us stayed in a hotel:
KG: Pa-abot nga nung towel.
Sister: Tawag ka na lang sa housekeeping, hingi ka na lang.
KG: Asan na yung mga towels? Dalawa yun diba? Bakit pa ako hihingi ng isa?
Sister: Ginamit ko na yung isa. Yung isa asa sahig na.
KG: What????
For goodness sake! These are T-O-W-E-L-S!
I really didn’t get it. For a time, I was in denial. For me, it just didn’t feel right. I didn’t want to do it, and I refused to do it. But there’s no escaping it, because if I am not the one to do it, whoever I’m with will beat me to it. The towel always ends up on the floor.
To ease this curiosity [and, to tell you truthfully, bit of annoyance], I decided to do a little research…just to see the rationale of the whole thing. Along the way, I find the definition of the word towel, which, according to Merriam Webster, means “an absorbent cloth or paper for drying.”
Aha! Ayun naman pala! So these towels must be for the feet only, for they do end up on the floor! Pwede naman pala sya gamitin sa floor…
So now, I am making an arguable conclusion: There is no one else to blame here but the hotels themselves! Ha! I am saying this for the simple reason that I’m pretty sure they know that people are doing this but are not doing anything about it.
I remember staying in a hotel and making a quick survey of the room, only to find three sets of towels: a bath towel, a hand towel, and a face towel [what we call bimpo], but alas, no floor mat [or even a foot towel]. So again, the towel ends up on the floor.
So, I make this request to the hotels around the world, I beg you, please, please, place floor mats in your bathrooms so that these white, fluffy, soft towels will actually be used for their purpose! I don’t want to see white towels on the floor again [unless they truly are foot towels]!
Otherwise, I really need someone to give me an acceptable explanation. 
