Housekeepers, working for motels, hotels, resorts or cruise ships, what is the most...

What the fudge?

Weird or awkward situation that you've stumbled into at work.

I worked at this one hotel and a guy bought in a mini propane grill and started grilling chicken in his room. We found out when the whole

hall started to smell delicious. Unfortunately, we did have to make him stop. I was the night manager

and housekeeping told me there was blood on the walls. I went to the room and, oh my God,

the girl was shooting something up and obviously the blood

had sprayed everywhere. She tried to extend her stay. Turns out she was just a really crafty working

girl. She'd have the first John pay her room through Expedia, use it all night, and then use the money

to stay again. She was permaband after the blood, though.

I worked with a woman who was the head of housekeeping for a large hotel in the area who told me

this story. There was this woman and her daughter who were local, but checked into the hotel for a few days.

One of the housekeepers came in to service the room one morning while the mum was outside by the pool.

The housekeeper walked in and found the girl in bed with blood everywhere.

Turns out the girl came to town to have an operation to not have the baby, and mum needed to hide it from dad.

The girl started hemorrhaging in her sleep while mum was already outside the room,

and the housekeeper

actually found her in time to save her life. The housekeeper was too distraught, after all was

said and done, to clean the room. I can't remember if she quit or not. Another housekeeper was

brought in to finish. My mom was a hotel general manager, and I basically grew up in hotels.

The worst was a man who strung himself up in his hotel room, on Christmas Eve. He had driven through the night to see

his kids for Christmas, and his ex wouldn't let him see them. So he went back to his hotel room,

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