Saturday, February 7, 2009

Smoking

My city has a smoking ban for all public places-- bars, resturants, and hotels are not exempt. To this effect, there are "No Smoking" signs all over the hotel at which I work. These signs also announce a five hundred dollar fine if you are caught smoking or leave evidence that you have been smoking in a room.
This still doesn't stop people from smoking in the hotel.
I really hate it when they do.
I am a housekeeper in a NON-smoking hotel, not a waitress in a bar. I did not sign on for second-hand smoke, nor am I paid enough to stand in your toxic clouds of stink. If you're going to smoke in one of my rooms, either leave a decent tip or leave enough evidence to allow me to smack you with a fine.
Today, I had two rooms in which people smoked. Though they didn't leave a tip, the first wasn't terrible. Once the balcony door was open, I was able to work comfortably. The second also lacked a tip, but it reeked so badly, I could smell it half-way down the hall. But! There were ashes on the night-stand and a cigar-butt on the desk. Plenty of evidence for a justified fine.
So, I walked all the way down to the front desk. I would have asked the head of operations to phone me in said room, but due to the lingering smoke and the smell, I had trouble being actually in that room for any period of time. The head of operations was absolutely delighted to hear my report, as the guest was inexcusably rude... and paid with a credit card.
This made today a pretty good day to be a housekeeper.

2 comments:

  1. A HA! *points at your icon* I know who you are and I know where you live!....you've had me over before. So yes, nice to see you and people are very stupid around here, of course they are addicted to the smoking and don't care if they get fined or arrested if they are caught, they just think about that next fix.

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  2. Ah, hurrah for the small victories. It doesn't win the war, but some days you take what you can get.

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