JOURNAL
What happens to all that leftover hotel soap? Fourteen years ago, one man asked that very question.
One man, a pickle bucket, and a potato peeler
The thought first struck Shawn Seipler in 2008 while staying at a hotel in Minneapolis.
Seipler was a road dog. A technology executive, he spent 150 days per year in hotels on business trips. And one night, after a few room service cocktails, he wondered what became of unused hotel room soap.
So, he called the front desk and asked.
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