DU hockey fans traveling to Grand Forks for this weekend’s DU-North Dakota rivalry series, be warned. Following a news report that a Fargo hotel was doing its laundry in a public hot tub (and stirring with a broom), our in-depth research has identified 10 other tricks used by North Dakota  Hoteliers to ‘streamline’ their business operations:

Guests at an Expressway Suites in Fargo recorded a worker washing hotel sheets in the chlorinated pool and stirring them with a broomstick

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• Instead of vacuums, staff use rakes and leaf blowers to clean their shag carpet.

• Hotel maintenance staff fill bullet holes with toothpaste

• Guest breakfast is complimentary between 6am – 10am. Rodents eat free.

• Hotel kiddie pools are often closed due to algae blooms.

• Thermostats are not hooked up. Hotel accountants hope the ‘placebo effect’ warms occupants.

• Maids recycle soiled pillows in a solution of baking soda, vinegar, and Angry Orange and dry in the hotel sauna during off-hours.

• Guest services collect pet fur from local dog groomers and sprinkle it in bedroom corners to coax bedbugs away from linens.

• Front desk personnel encourage guests to wear complimentary latex gloves when operating TV remotes.

• Plugged bathtub drains leave grey water soap rings on guests’ upper ankles, resulting in what local immunologists have labeled ‘Grand Forks Fungal Disease’.

• The four standard operating procedures for guest fatalities: 1. Call the coroner. 2. Fabreeze. 3. Charge room, tax, and late checkout fee. 3. Mattress flip. 

#9 Denver travels to Grand Forks this weekend to take on #5 North Dakota in the only regular-season matchup of the year between the two long-time rivals. In the midst of a 5-game winless streak, the Pioneers are looking to get back on track as the stretch run arrives, while the Fighting Hawks are hoping to keep the good times rolling, having won nine of their last 10 games.