Thanks to your comment, I was able to find a Snopes article: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hotel-soap/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hotel-soap/ It st

Thanks to your comment, I was able to find a Snopes article: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hotel-soap/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hotel-soap/ It stated that this story is a work of fiction. Funny story, though! (And another instance of “this is so easy to verify, it couldn’t possibly be false!” which I think I need to be more wary of).