Just because "it's my job" to clean your room doesn't mean you can treat it like a pig sty, amirite?

If they pay you it's fine. Or u need to tell THEM

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I have a family member who is like my second mom. She always enforced and taught us kids to make sure we left a place or an item the way we found it. So in hotel rooms, the expectation was to always have all trash thrown away, items put away, towels in a pile, etc. i also remember her slightly shaming me one time while clothes shopping because I grabbed a shirt and it fell on the floor. I remember saying, "well… that's someone's job to pick that up!" Because that's what my mom would always do/say. I remember my family member being like, "NO. That is your responsibility, pick it up". I think about it everytime I am in a store or an Airbnb/hotel.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

if you pull something off a clothes rack and it falls to the floor, look down, shrug and walk away you are a monster

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Isn't the real issue here that they assign you too many rooms then?

by Anonymous 11 months ago

So true, but I imagine someone sitting behind a desk being a paper pusher is the one who determines that. it's easy for them to demand a certain number of rooms to be cleaned when they aren't doing it themselves.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I'm positive that every hotel chain has a lot of research that went into how long it should take to clean a room, it's not just someone guessing

by Anonymous 11 months ago

For the standard time yes, but obviously not for all the extras as OP is talking about. Research and reality are sometimes actually different.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

OP didn't actually mention any extras. And you can't plan for every room to have poop in the bed and pizza on the ceiling, you have to go by average time

by Anonymous 11 months ago

That's why I customarily leave pizza in the bed and poop on the ceiling. Much easier to clean

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Just put caution tape on the door and call it a day 🤝

by Anonymous 11 months ago

No you don't. I'd rather let my employees have some time in between rooms than stressing over a guest who made a bigger mess than "average".

by Anonymous 11 months ago

OP literally mentioned extras

by Anonymous 11 months ago

He says the word "extras" and then lists the bare minimums. He didn't actually list any extras

by Anonymous 11 months ago

🤦‍♀️

by Anonymous 11 months ago

And after the research comes up with a time, some senior manager shaves 10-20% off that time.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Yup, corporate business operations is an unforgiving world

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Just so you know, some rooms will only need the bed made/changed and the towels swapped out. I've been a housekeeper before, I know how tough of a job it is, and not all rooms will take a full 30 minutes but some could take much longer.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

No, but the average time includes the messy ones at the end of the day. So it's still bad planning.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Chip crumbs on the floor, really? That's not out of the ordinary at all. I get what you're saying but you're also doing too much. I'm not asking for a vacuum to clean up crumbs and the last hotel I stayed in, the trash can was microscopic. I'm also not sure why it would take 50 minutes to clean a single room, that seems excessive unless it's larger than a standard hotel room.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

So...you aren't vacuuming the carpet if there aren't crumbs...?

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Vacuuming should be done regardless of chip crumbs on the floor. You're complaining about things that don't let you cut corners.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Look, dude, I didn't set your schedule. I was forced to pay a cleaning fee. Thus, it's not my responsibility. In my actual home, I don't pay people to clean it.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

i'm not gonna trash the room because i can't relax in a messy space. BUT i pay more than enough for one of those rooms to completely trash it. if you aren't given enough time to clean it, that's between you and your greedy employer. not me who, just staying one night, will pay more than your entire week's check. that does include fees for cleaning.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

The bare minimum is putting all dirty linens together and getting your trash together.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I agree with the sentiment of the whole thing, people need to be more responsible with their messes. However, 40-50 minutes a room for the experienced employees? I don't see it. My only experience is cleaning apartments with my grandma at 12-14. I am practically amateur, but I could do it in 20 easy. I can clean the main floor of my house in about 40 mins. That's a kitchen, bathroom, 2 bedrooms, dining room, and living room; and my roommates are *really* messy.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

First, your math doesn't add up even close. Try again

by Anonymous 11 months ago

it... kinda does lol

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Most people have zero respect for cleaners of any sort

by Anonymous 11 months ago

If your employer doesn't give you enough time to do the job they want you to do, that's an issue between you and the employer. The guest is paying for you to clean the room, they shouldn't be expected to clean and even if they did want to they usually cant because its your job

by Anonymous 11 months ago

😂😂 OP you're complaining about crumbs?!? You're fussing about having to vacuum when you already should've been vacuuming 😂😂😂I understand complaining about rooms that are actually trashed but how in the heck are you taking 40-50 minutes to clean and disinfect a standard double room? I have worked in housekeeping. I currently work in hospitality. I know how long it takes to "Covid clean" a hotel room. Extra crumbs and overflowing trash cans don't take 50 minutes. Towels "all over the room"?!? How big are these rooms you're cleaning? 😂😂😂

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Actually Common decency means they shouldn't treat it that way. But, You're job IS to deal with those who have none from time to time.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I get ya, I have heard horror stories of trashed rooms. I used to clean theaters and that some stuff we found was ick.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I agree that I should, and always do, keep a hotel room in a 'tidy' condition, however.....it is not my problem that Hotel management don't employ enough staff to cover the housekeeping needs. Perhaps if there is a problem cleaning all the rooms assigned to you, get together with the other staff and let the management team know. Now, clearly, they don't want to employ more staff than they want to but, when I am paying for a hotel room - which includes cleaning - I am not going to feel guilty for 'living' in that room.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I answer phones at a hotel, and the amount of people who will call down the morning after their first night in the room (check in is at 4pm, so the call is always less than 24 hours later) and they demand their room be cleaned immediately. It's just like, how messy are you that you can't be in a room for less than a day and you already need someone to come clean up after you. My kid is cleaner than that.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I think this problem is due to your employer assigning too many rooms per day to you. Even if people would take much more care on their room saving you 10 minutes per room, you will just be assigned more rooms.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Heh. Reminds me so often of my dork brother dropping something on the ground at a restaurant or a store and instead of picking it up, he'd just say "Hey. i gave someone a job!" lol what a clown.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Totally agree. People are inconsiderate and dirty. This is why I always do my best to make sure that the room is as clean as possible…I always make sure that the garbage is where it should be, dishes are neatly placed on the counter, towels etc are in the tub. Fridge is empty and any extra spills etc have been cleaned. Put away anything you used where you found it. Basically all you should have to do when you clean is change the beds, replace dirty linens, wipe down everything (bathroom), change sheets, empty garbage, replenish supplies and vacuum.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Some people are assholes.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

People treating it like their home is probably the source of the problem.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

People don't treat it like their home. And they shouldn't. They're paying for a service and an experience.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

You signed up for the job. If they left their rooms clean you wouldn't have a shift

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I can't imagine being a housekeeper cause I'd hate to deal with people like that. If I had a housekeeper, it would just be to take care of the stuff I don't really have time for.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I think this is largely a popular opinion.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

If I have to assist you with your job, I'll use whatever your tip was going to be to pay myself for time and labor

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I see the task of a cleaning staff as having to clean, not organize. If I'm staying at a hotel, I will leave bedding on the bed in a pile, towels all together, garbage all together, no spills or messes, etc. I won't however be scrubbing the floors or cleaning the toilet. And I always leave a tip with a thank-you note in the room.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Just imagine what their home looks/ smells like. Dismiss the animals and move on.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

What is up with all these people who refuse to clean up after themselves?!? Unless you are actually bedridden or paralyzed, there is no GD reason you cannot clean up after yourself, whether it's a hotel room or your own home!!

by Anonymous 11 months ago

It's a hotel. Cleaning is included in the price. If they want me to clean the room before I leave, they better give the room to me for a lower price.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I used to work in a Inn a few years back. Some rooms I've seen were appaling to say the least.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I'm one of the guests you would like. I clean up and make my bed when I am staying at a hotel. Just will request towels.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Except that should be taking off all the bedding to be washed so it doesn't really help

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Many hotels don't change sheets if you are only staying for a few days. I don't wash my sheets everyday at home, so why would I have the hotel do it. I guess you haven't been to an environmental conscious hotel.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

But there is a difference between you sleeping in your bed for a few days and possibly multiple strangers sleeping in the same sheets and sweating and do god knows what.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

You can tell what clean sheets look like. We bring our own blankets because hotels don't wash the comforters.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I don't really care if I can't see that the sheets are dirty. I don't want to possibly sleep in someone's cum or bodily fluids because a hotel wants to save a bit of money on washing, hand-wash the sheets then.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

You can look at sheets and know they are clean. They don't have body sweat and cum on them. I would rather stay in an eco friendly hotel than one that isn't. There is no need to change my sheets everyday. We can agree to disagree.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Okay but washing sheets doesn't make a whole lot of difference. And yes you would be sleeping on peoples body sweat because every human sweats when they sleep, and this sheets ARE dirty. You are getting peoples bodily fluids on them and yes potentially you can't always tell if they're clean or not but the fact of the matter is that they should be bloody cleaned. What if someone has a bunch of pollen on them and slept in those sheets and then someone with a pollen allergy sleeps in those same unwashed sheets?

by Anonymous 11 months ago

They change the sheets between guests. They aren't leaving the sheets on the bed. JFC.

by Anonymous 11 months ago