Confession

Okay. New week, new confession.
This time, 'round it's why the hell I started this:
A few days before I started this blog, I came across an MSN article "Confessions of a Housekeeper." Ho, man. The writer implied that she got paid by the hour and only had to do 12-15 rooms a day. AND it takes twenty minutes to make a bed.
Duuude.
First off, it takes me twenty minutes or so to clean a *whole* room, depending on how dirty it is. I need ten minutes to strip down the room, make the bed back up, change pillow cases and dust. The rest of the time is used to clean the bathroom. I tell you, no shortcuts are allowed there. My bosses are sharp-eyed and picky as all hell. Our bosses do check, and score us. We're not allowed to get anything less than an 85 per-cent, or we go on probation.
The next thing you all need to know, is that we're NOT paid by the hour. We're paid by the room. Some days it's not too bad. Other days, it sucks like woah. These days are usually Sundays, when everyone and their brother is checking out of the hotel, and the queen-bed rooms are almost all doubles. The dirtier the room, the longer it'll take me, and double rooms take me at least a half-hour.
And the last point, I'm so jealous of all the hotels that can get away with 12-15 room boards. We have to do anywhere from 14 on up. The average board, however, is 18 rooms. Because we have *so many*, we tend not to take breaks. Though, we are required to attend the 1015 meeting during the week, and since the restau closes at 1000, we take the oppertunity to snatch some breakfast.
A last thing... the article mentioned that housekeepers are supposed to clean water glasses. We're not allowed to do that. In fact, our glasses are now wrapped after they come out of the dishwasher and before they're put in the guest rooms. Apparently, we did have housekeepers that tried to cheat, and that's how the bosses put a stop to it.
...Though, I'm not sure *why* the housekeepers would bother with washing or wiping out glasses. It takes less time to switch dirty for clean. *shrugs*
So, yeah. The "Confessions of a Housekeeper" article on MSN doesn't really paint an accurate picture of housekeeping.