Abstract: A towel user identification system or appliance includes one or more identification devices each configured to be removably affixed to a towel or the like, wherein each of the identification devices bears an individual-specific indicium on an outer surface thereof, and wherein each of the identification patches bears a first affixment means permanently attached on an inner surface thereof; and a second affixment means configured to be permanently attached to a towel or the like, the second affixment means configured further to removably capture one of the one or more identification devices thereto by cooperation of the first and second affixment means. Optionally, the system includes a stowing substrate configured to stow a plurality of the one or more identification devices in an array.