I WAS HOUSE KEEPER (MAID) FOR A NICE HOTEL. IT WAS SOME OF THE HARDEST WORK I EVER DONE. (AND THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MONEY.) THE THING WAS, I WAS ALWAYS ALWAYS BEHIND ALL THE OTHER WOMEN, AND I FINALLY REALIZED WHY. I WAS ACTUALLY CLEANING THE ROOMS THE WAY MY BOSS HAD SHOWED ME, ACTUALLY CLEANED EVERYTHING IN THE ROOM, THE RIGHT WAY. THE OTHER WOMEN CUT ALL KINDS OF CORNERS, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE, THE MANAGEMENT WAS CONSTANTLY YELLING..FASTER FASTER FASTER!! WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. THERE WAS A REASON FOR THAT. THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO WORK FULL TIME HOURS, BECAUSE THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE US MEDICAL. THEY OPENLY ADMITTED THIS. I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS NO WAY WE COULD THROUGHLY CLEAN THE ROOMS THE RIGHT WAY AND MAKE MANAGEMENT HAPPY TOO. IT WAS VERY DEMEANING THAT JOB. IT REALLY WAS LIKE WE WERE NON-PEOPLE. I REMEMBER THE BIG BOSS (IN HIS FANCY CAR)WOULD SWAGGER IN, AND HE WOULD NEVER LOOK AT US, IT WAS LIKE WE WEREN'T EVEN THERE. AND THEN MANAGEMENT TOLD US FLAT OUT (WITH NOT ONE APOLOGY) THAT OUR CHRISTMAS BONUS HAD BEEN CANCELED. THAT WAS IT. NO EXPLANATION, JUST THE MAIDS WOULD NO LONGER BE RECEIVING CHRISTMAS BONUS. THE OLDER WOMEN REALLY HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO IT TOO. IT WAS A DEPRESSING JOB.

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