If you have ever worked as a hotel housekeeper, you'd know.

Let's see, here.  People can't hit the toilet.  People can't hit their mouths with their food.  People do nasty, kinky things and leave it for the "maid" to deal with.  People do illegal and immoral things, and also leave those for the "maid" to clean up.  The hotels are hush hush about it so they don't lose clientele.  The "guests" treat the housekeeper like a peon.  You are only there to serve them in their superiority.  Most of your coworkers don't speak English.

• Housekeeping as an alternative ... - Molly
  • Try this web site to place an ad. I think it is free. - check it out.
  • Call your local paper and see if they have a route - paper "boy"
  • housekeeping - westchester MT
  • I agree with the others about maybe running an ad in the - ebay?
  • supplement income by cleaning houses. - alternative
  • A relative of mine used to be..... - SM
    • It would take a new level of destitution, that's for sure - gross is right!
  • Pet sitting - Love Animals
    • I do dog sitting but screen owner and pets carefully. I won't take just anyone. - nm
      • Absolutely! There are so many people who need this service - that we can be picky. Very true!
    • Me too! It's so gratifying, fun, and gets us out of the house! - great idea!
  • how about cleaning - agj
  • Thanks to all who commented... - Molly
    • Och, lassie! Dinna be talking like that. - you sound bummed
  • Have yo thought about - Dano
  • You might try cleaning for MDs or lawyers, might make more money :) - IN MT
    • cleaning for businesses - Borgontia
    • I don't think so - Dano
    • DH and I used to clean lawyers' offices for supplemental income. sm - anon
  • OMG! Never! - So humiliating!
    • My husband makes a LOT more money than me.. - Janitor's wife
      • I doubt very much they "promised" you a particular salary. nm - get real
      • If $13.50 an hour sounds like a lot of money to you - there's something very wrong
        • Yes, 13.50 wouldn't rent you a studio apartment where I live. And agree - about unionts. Their day is over. nm
    • Humiliating? How can you say such a thing? - txmt
      • If you don't think any job is humiliating - THERE lies the problem
      • If you have ever worked as a hotel housekeeper, you'd know. - ex-housekeeper
        • I would agree. Cleaning toilets up after people every day would SICKEN me. - No thanks, I'd do anything else. nm
    • why so? - nee
    • Not true. Housekeeping is a VERY necessary job! - MT
  • I did it in my 20s - darwin
  • Good grief! Housekeeper in the South? SM - Lulu
  • When I am bummed out on MT ... - hm
    • Yeah, I've been thinking about that lately. - barrista
  • If you don't need benefits, look into - sm
  • How about a home health aide or an aide for Hospice? Get paid weekly, too. nm - passing thru
  • I worked as a housekeeper as a teen. - yeah, but...
  • DON'T DO IT!!!!! - (sm)

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It paid maybe $.20 more than minimum wage.  I think you can make more than that as an MT, don't you?  You just haven't found your fit yet.  If housekeeping is something you really want to do, go for it.  It was a really nasty job, though.  I'd rather do transcription at home than clean up after a bunch of slobs.  Oh, disgusting.  And the things people would leave behind in their rooms.

I am lookng for a modestly priced hotel in Allentow PA for October 7th and 8.  I am going to J C Birney Stadium  to hear College bands.  Any suggestions.  

to be sure that their internet service will allow you to connect to your VPN, if you use one.  I have had a few occasions when travelling that I was unable to connect to my VPNs and was not able to work. It had something to do with the hotel's internet security settings not allowing it. 

The best thing to do would be to call the customer care number 1-800-219-4606 CST.  I do know that they always charge your card for the full amount of the stay, but if they didn't have the room, it should have all been refunded.  I thought that when you book through a website like this each website booking company has a set number of rooms available in the hotel.  If the hotel used one of the rooms set aside for hotels.com without the knowledge of hotels.com, then the hotel would be responsible for giving you an upgraded room.  If there were no rooms available at all, then hotels.com should refund everything (not sure about the overage charge, though).

If you are set on housekeeping, I do know people who clean houses for a living and do very well. One woman even went on to own her own business. But in a HOTEL? I'm sorry to say this, but are you nuts?

If your MT skills need polishing, there are different tapes and courses and WHATEVER you can use. Perhaps someone here can assist you.

As another 50 something year old woman, who works for a National, so far I have made $30,000 this year. I realize that is not a lot of money, I'm not exactly busting my behind, but you can make money. Please stick this thing out. Housekeeping is not an option, except in one's own home.

So consequently, cooking falls to me and cleaning the house falls to me.  My husband helps, but let's be honest husbands can sometimes be as needy as the kids.

Minnie, do you hear yourself?  You have a housekeeper, your husband cooks, your kids are grown.  That's great for you.  It sounds like you work because you want to and that's great again, but most of work because we have to.  We don't have a choice and we have to find a way to make money and be a good mom and a good wife all at the same time.  It's hard.  My kids are a priority and my paycheck is a priority, but if one of my kids wants to sit down and talk to me for a few minutes, then I'm going to listen.  If that makes me unprofessional, then I guess I am.

That doesn't mean I don't get upset with my kids when they interrupt me for silly things.  I do and they know when I'm mad, but that isn't going to stop them from doing it again, because they are, after all, just kids and what is important to them, may not seem important to me, but it IS important nevertheless.  No, I don't have them trained like dogs with the wave of my hand, but they're good kids and I am eternally grateful that I can take them and pick them up from school and I always know where they're at and what they are doing and when they'll be home.  I'm not calling from an in-office job wondering why my kids are answering the phone.  I know their teachers and friends and friends' parents.  Sure, my production may slip from time to time, but I've learned to adapt and I'm willing to sacrifice for what I view is the best reason to be an MT right now.

You have to be disciplined to make yourself work when baby is napping instead of maybe watching TV or doing housework, etc.   

I might also go the route of having a teen come into your home, or either trying a mother's morning out program at a local church/daycare.   I've been home since my youngest was born and he has never been in all-day daycare, but I did have him in a mother's morning out program 15 hours a week at a local church.   It didn't help a lot with my work schedule because I had an older son in school and was a room mom and tutored other kids, but that might be an option.  The only problem with the mother's morning out program is they are around other kids and tend to pick up every germ.  I finally took my DS out of the program because he stayed sick.  You were supposed to keep them off if they had green nasal discharge and I did, but no one else did.  Every time I got him well after 2 to 3 days back he would be sick again.  Other than that it was very good for him because he would not have had a chance to be around kids his age otherwise. 

who always wanted perfect documents.  Even worse was when I found out there were other MTs making a bunch of mistakes and leaving a lot of blanks on the same account!  So I was to do perfect documents while the others were turning in crap?  No less than 8 mistakes or blanks on one page?

I finally wisened up and quit.  They're always behind and looking for people, I wonder why, duh.

When I worked 3rd shift, at first I tried going to bed around 10 in the morning and getting up around 5 p.m. when my husband got off work.  However, it got to the point that I felt like I didn't have a life at all.  I didn't have time to run any errands or even do simple things like clean my house because all I wanted to do was sleep.  What worked best was when I started staying up until around 2 p.m and then sleeping from then until around 7:30 p.m.  That gave me time to do everything I needed to do during the day and feel like I was able to function, and getting out in daylight instead of only being awake when it's dark definitely improved my mood, too. 

It took me a good 2 months before I got adjusted to 3rd shift, but I actually ended up enjoying it more.  If you do decide to go to 3rd, put up dark curtains, blinds, whatever you need to do to make your room feel like nighttime when you're trying to sleep.  Also make sure you turn off the ringers on your phones because there are always people who don't understand what it's like to work nights and will call you when you're trying to sleep. 

As far as staying awake during your shift, make sure you get up and move around every so often, keep the room very bright and a little cool, and keep the Mountain Dew or the coffee handy.  Go luck! 

I had trouble getting paid as an IC until I did the following:  I started billing on the 1st and 15th of each month.  I put a 10-day balance due date on the bill.  There is a note at the bottom of the bill that says if any balance is carried more than five days past the due date, the old balance PLUS the new balance is due before transcription services are resumed.  Its a bit aggressive, but I was tired of making less because of paying late fees on my bills.  Since I started this policy, I'm paid ON TIME by all of my docs. 

Just look at the symbol:    < >

The widest part of the symbol is next to the larger number:  7 < 9
9 is larger than 7
The smaller part of the symbol is next to the smaller number:   10 > 8
8 is smaller than 10

I did turn on the lawn sprinkler and it worked like a charm.   The neighbors on both sides also ended up turning theirs own as well to keep the kids away. 

I think I started something!  

So glad I quit!   

I wish you the VERY best of luck and medical care.   I'm a survivor and if you ever need to vent, talk, whatever (even though you don't know me and I don't know you), feel free to email.  Sometimes its easier to sound-off at someone you don't know, ya know?  Actually what worked best for me was humor, I'd laugh at the silliest (and DUMBEST) stuff!

Incidentally ...... did you find a crockpot or toaster oven in that throwing out stuff?? hehe