GROSS! Always Tip Your Room Service

[auntiem]

Everyone, PLEASE don't hate me for what I'm about to say, or the visual that it might produce, but:

(Highlight to view)



Was anyone else TERRIFIED while reading that it wasn't chocolate?

Just me?

Oops...sorry.

As someone who had to clean the band's cabin at a lake resort - that was exactly where my mind went. I got out of it fast when I mentioned to co workers that the bands often tipped "herbally".

[Kogarashi]

Everyone, PLEASE don't hate me for what I'm about to say, or the visual that it might produce, but:

(Highlight to view)



Was anyone else TERRIFIED while reading that it wasn't chocolate?

Just me?

Oops...sorry.

Peppergirl, I have a friend who cleaned someone's house to pay off the lady of the house making her a full cloak. She found loaded underwear under the boys' beds in their ultra-messy bedroom. Ugh. Sounds like they've since grown out of it, but seriously, who lets their kids go that long without teaching them you just don't do that?

[Bright_Star]

Why didn't the two of you wear gloves? Working in that kind of environment you MUST wear gloves cause you never know what you'll encounter.

[PepperElf]

I'm sorry... I laughed. But I have been drinking rum tonight.


yikes. And here I thought it was shitty just to leave a normal mess... like one of my old co-workers would make coffee and just leave her coffee remains on the dresser.... (she also tried to put the coffee carafe in the microwave... apparently the concept of metal-doesn't-go-in-microwaves has eluded her!)

Me? I believe in consolidating the trash into as few bags as possible, and leaving the used towels in a pile on the counter.

and leaving a nice tip over the holidays.

course the last time i stayed in a hotel over the holidays i left some of my christmas tree decorations behind in one of the styrofoam cups... candy canes. (yes they were still in the wrappers).




but oy.... nothing nasty like that. if i had anything like *that* it would be in a trash bag! bleh

[Cookiesaur]

We did have gloves, but for whatever reason we hardly ever wore them. Stupid, yes, but the biggest complaint was that they were "uncomfortable"; during the summer, your hands would sweat inside them and they'd stick intimately to the palms of your hands. When you're a whiny little teenager, you're a lot more concerned with the immediate slight to your personal comfort than you are the potential for grossness. As much as she complained about how dirty people were, you'd think C would have been wrapped up in a hazmat suit, but I think she just liked having something to complain about.

I think that was maybe my first encounter with how gross people can be.

[DeltaSierra]

Being as I cleaned hotel rooms for 3 years when I was a teen, my heart goes out to you! I always wore disposable rubber gloves as well because you NEVER knew what you were going to expect - used condoms were the least of it. Try people who broke beer bottles and ground the glass into the carpets, or used the bedside garbage cans as a toilet - HELLO - there's one not 10 feet from the bed!

I rarely ever got tips - I guess back then they never thought about it. Usually the only time I got tips was when there was a person on an extended stay. The place I worked at the longest was a lakeside motel that had regular single/double occupancy rooms as well as 10 multi-room cabins complete with full size kitchens.

The worst time I had was when we had a bunch of forest-fire fighters staying. They'd be out fighting fires for 16 hours straight, come back to the rooms, shower, eat and fall asleep. Sometimes they didn't even take time to shower they were so exhausted so you can imagine the state of the bed linens and the bathroom after encountering all the dirt/soot/ashes they'd track in, not to mention the carpets. A room that usually took about half an hour to clean would take me over an hour easily (I was their only cleaning employee.) I was also only 14 at the time. Since I knew they didn't get back in from fighting until about 10pm their rooms would be left until everything else was done, then usually I'd get theirs finished around 9pm - 5 hours later than I usually ended up working.

I didn't find out until later, but their company had sent a check to my boss as a way of a "thank you" to me for all the work I did. She didn't give it to me! The only reason I found out was because my mother was their accountant and came across the canceled check (with annotated "for the cleaning lady" at the bottom) which she KNEW I had never received. Thanks to her I received the full amount.

[Digitalpotato]

...that's why I'm never gonna work in a hotel.....

[Hobbs]

- A copy of "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand (Geez, if you hate me, why don't you just tell me already instead of leaving this?)

So full of win

And...I really coulda gone without that mental image in my mind...lol

[Soetkin]

Wow, and here I am feeling guilty when I leave an unmade messy bed and a stuffed garbage can when I check out.

[friendofjimmyk]

Ok cookiesaur is now my favorite poster (sorry GK)

I know! The story telling is awesome! Very well written posts...however, GK still takes it on the crazy, HILARIOUS, names and off-the-wall insults that he conjurs up.

[Jester]

I have to say I am a slob. And when I stay in a hotel room, I am somewhat of a slob. I am on vacation, for goodness sake!

But keep in mind, when I say "slob" I mean that I can see seeing the sheets and bed linens in a mess. I can see leaving Chinese food cartons on various surfaces. I can see (and usually am guilty of) leaving my wet towels on the floor or on a surface.

But stuffing the towels behind the toilet? Leaving spilled soda to fester? Throwing used ANYTHING under the beds? Mary, Joseph, Jesus, and Rufus, what in the flying holy hell was this guy thinking? (I know--he wasn't.) Even as a slob, that is revolting to me. Rude, inconsiderate, and just disgusting. As a "normal" slob, I find this guest's actions unforgivable and indefensible.


And by the way, Cookiesaur....you freakin' rock. Keep it up!

[Cookiesaur]

I'm glad to see one of the most horrifying moments of my tender formative years is so entertaining. Experiences like this are why I'm so sensitive to how housekeeping and other related staff are treated. Please, guys, please; tip the people, even just a few bucks. Just because you only left your bed unmade doesn't mean the rest of the hotel was equally as thoughtful. They put up with lots.

Also, when I was sick on my honeymoon last year, the maid brought me a swan she'd made out of flowers and towels, and a bottle of orange juice. She pretty much earned my loyalty right there. I hope everyone in that place tipped her like gangbusters.

[Dreamstalker]

Sounds like some bad roaches.

"That's gotta be some cockroach."
"Bite your head off, man."

[Fire_on_High]

But keep in mind, when I say "slob" I mean that I can see seeing the sheets and bed linens in a mess. I can see leaving Chinese food cartons on various surfaces. I can see (and usually am guilty of) leaving my wet towels on the floor or on a surface.

They're going to have to strip the bed anyway and change it, and if you leave your towels together on top of one, it can be easily gathered up.

[Bella_Vixen]

I feel horribly guilty. Last time I spent the night in a motel, it never once occured to me to leave a tip.



At least we didn't leave a mess for anyone to clean up.