Inverness hotel offers helpful advice to guests after one American visitor to the Highlands mistakes complementary tablet for bar of soap
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The Kingsmills Hotel in Inverness has advised guests that the tablets left in rooms should be eaten and not used as soap.
Staff posted a photo on social media showing a sign next to some of the sweet treats which read: "Attention! The Scottish tablet is to be eaten and not used to clean yourself in the shower."
The move followed an incident where an American tourist inadvertently went viral online after making such a mistake while staying at a Skye hotel.
Known only as Thomas, who was staying at The Pink Guest House in Portree this month, he posted a review on Booking.com after his stay.
And while he was complimentary about the accommodation, which he described as beautiful while giving it a nine out of 10 rating, there was just one complaint.
He had tried to use the tablet as soap but was less than impressed with the results.
In his review he wrote: "You have got to do something with that brown tablet bar of soap you put on each of our beds.
"Not only was it gritty and left an oily residue but disintegrated before the shower was done! I have had much better exfoliating bar scrubs."
The review was shared via social media with one tweet gaining more than 26,000 likes.
