Staying at a hotel: we don’t think much about it, but it’s kind of an odd experience. You’re temporarily living next door to plenty of strangers, all while being served by a dedicated staff of cooks, cleaners, and hotel employees. In the end, it makes for a pleasant experience that’s meant to make you forget everything about your way-too-stressful life back home. But how much do we know about what’s going on at hotels out there?
While we’re outside, enjoying our vacation, hotel staff are cleaning our rooms diligently. But is that all they do? Or have they been keeping some secrets from us? It turns out there are a lot of hidden practices to the job, and some of those are not very nice to know about, especially if you happen to be a regular hotel visitor. Today, let’s take a look at all the secret stuff hotel employees love to do, as exposed by real-life staff who are not afraid to share. Spoiler alert: Some of these may be kind of shocking!
Yes, They Will Sleep On The Bed
This one is kind of obvious, but still shocking. Whenever housekeeping has the chance, they will lay down on your bed and take a nap. There’s just no way you can resist a freshly-made bed after a hardworking morning, and housekeeping has plenty of those to choose from!
If you don’t think much about it, it’s not that bad. After all, thousands of people have already slept in the hotel bed you’re paying for! Still, a mattress is not something most people would want to share with a total stranger.
They Will Try Your Finest Clothes
This one is probably not standard practice, but housekeeping has admitted to trying on expensive clothes of guests, just for the thrill of it. We get it: the hotel housekeeping salaries are not that great, and some hotels receive extremely wealthy guests all the time.
For many housekeeping staff members, this may be the only chance they’ll ever have to try a Gucci dress or a luxury Italian suit. Still, it’s not cool. When you’re paying for a room, you at least expect nobody to mess with your stuff!