On 9/2/2014 1:52 PM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:23:06 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
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>>> The housekeeping staff can be and is often abused.
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>> Having watched a fair number of the programs "Hotel Impossible" and
>> "Hotel Hell" I haven't seen much of that at all.
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>> I have seen rampant disinterest in room condition from clueless owners
>> and a lack of training and standards.
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> I have known people who actually worked as hotel maids - mostly
> through their children. There are official work rules and then
> there's the over and above that they are expected to get done (up to
> twice as many rooms as they are supposed to clean) in order to keep
> their jobs - on top of that, they are part time and on call at the
> drop of a hat. They have weak to non-existent English skills and are
> usually single women with children. What can they do? Someone who
> causes trouble will be fired. They are barely making it week to week
> and don't have the luxury of being able to wait out an appeal process.
> So, they keep their mouths shut and do what they are told because
> there are other female workers with weak to non-existent language
> skills waiting on the sidelines for an available job opening.
Seems to be a common complaint in bottom tier employment of many kinds.
What they can do is learn English, excel at the tasks they do, and
hopefully move up to be the head of housekeeping.
I know this also, if one tips (and one should) they have a shot at
significantly increasing their compensation, whether reported for tax
purposes or not.
We feel housekeeping deserves a nice tip, 5-10$ a day depending on the
price of the room and of course the condition.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/trave...ing17_ST_N.htm
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>>> I would guess that
>>> holds true in hotel kitchens too. Not so much at the front desk, but
>>> you never know what they would expect you to do if the union wasn't
>>> watching your back.
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>> I'm not in that industry, but whatever those expectations might be they
>> certainly seem invisible to me as a guest.
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