Short sheeted.

• Author: Mangu-Ward, Katherine
• Position: Hotel-room mandates - Brief article

CALIFORNIA: The land of sunshine, palm trees, and ... fitted sheets? If a bill introduced by state Sen. Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) passes, every bed in every hotel in the Golden State could soon sport a fitted bottom sheet, rather than the tightly tucked pair of flat sheets the hotel industry favors. De Leon says the new rule, proposed as part of worker safety bill S.B. 432 in February, will improve working conditions for hotel housekeepers, who must lift heavy mattresses many times a day when making beds.

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Just one problem: "There is absolutely no scientific proof that fitted sheets are safer than flat sheets," California Hotel Association spokesman Randi Knott told the ABC affiliate in Sacramento. In fact, under the proposed rules maids could wind up lifting mattresses...