Hostel Blog

So, now I not only clean hotel rooms for money, I also clean them for free. Sort of. I clean rooms at a hostel for 3 hours a day and I get to stay there for free. Now I usually spend a good 9 hours a day cleaning. It’s pretty sweet. The good thing about cleaning for accommodation though is that you really don’t have to give a shit at all, because when you think about it, I work for 3 hours every day, and in return I get a shitty bunk in room full of strangers. Most shifts I’m not even supervised so I as long as everything looks clean, then as far as I’m concerned, it is. After everything is clean in appearance, I get to go back to doing nothing.

Today I was cleaning the kitchen after lunch and some lady and her kid were there talking to this other guy who works at the hostel. For some reason this kid wasn’t wearing shoes even though it has been raining all day, and he managed to step in some broken glass. After inspecting the floor the lady looked at me, as if I was responsible, and said, “There’s glass all over the floor.”
My dry, uncaring response: “Yeah, I’m gonna vacuum in a minute.” What I really wanted to say was, “Where the hell are your kid’s shoes?” This is a hostel and its cleaner than most, but I never walk around barefoot here. I decided not to mention that the glass was from a coffee carafe I had broken that morning and had only done a half-assed job of cleaning it up. I didn’t figure any rednecks and their barefoot children would be wandering through the kitchen.