Motel housekeeper when I was 16. That was a physically demanding and disgusting
Posted By: motel housekeeper on 2005-11-17
In Reply to: What is the worst job U have ever had? - RadGuy
job. The supervisor was always riding us to clean faster, but we made less money if we got the job done in fewer hours. Why on earth would we work faster to clean a room in 20 minutes or less just so they could pay us less?
Anyway, it was a nasty job. The things people do in motel rooms were often immoral and illegal. I had teenaged boys on a soccer team throwing condoms at me. People used to rent rooms to party, get drunk, do drugs, and other things. They left behind pornography and other things an innocent 16 y.o. had never even seen before.
Then this adult male "guest" was wandering down the hallway in just a pair of shorts. We were supposed to help the "guests" so I asked if he had misplaced his room key. He pulled his shorts off and came after me. I grabbed a bottle of acid to spray him in the eyes and called security, but the cops never found him. He had overturned the bed in his room and set up a pup tent in there. What a weirdo. I quit that same week because the housekeeper supervisor was a shrew. She's still there 20 years later. Never had any motivation to do anything else, I guess. That job taught me how to clean thoroughly and quickly, but also taught me that I would never be anyone's grunt.
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Too physically demanding
That is the reason I put when I quit a standing all day/heavy lifting job in bank operations after a few months. And it was true, too. I was dog tired and not good for anything after my 4-5 hour shift of standing, walking, bending, and heavy lifting, most of which I didn't know was involved when taking the job.
Avoid the "hostile work environment" excuse. Potential employers will think you are the troublemaker. Sad but true.
Heck, coding is complex, but definitely FINITE and physically non-demanding. sm
Typing can get to you, physically. And coding has SO many resources, catalogs, books, online resources. Once you understand the concepts and rules, it's kinda like playing a card game, and not that difficult. I think MT is way more demanding, mentally.
Why not call motel and ask them how this
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How do you do MT from motel room?
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How do you go wireless in a motel and as one said, in the car? Desperately need to know.
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Verbally and physically abusive to all of you -- sm
That's the line that jumps out at me in your post. I know you're scared, but you've got a responsibility to your children and yourself to leave if this is true.
Start planning. Contact your YWCA. They have free counseling. If there's no YWCA near you, look in the phone book for other numbers. Women like you leave their abusive spouses all the time, and they have children just like you do. There are resources. Courage, lady. Bolster yourself up and find them. You have to do this for your children and yourself regardless of fear.
Hugs and prayers...
If you physically work at a company in another
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No, I mean physically type faster with my hands.
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That kind of stuff makes me physically
I have one doctor who always has a piece of hard candy rolling around in his mouth. For some reason, I just feel sick to my stomach whenever he stops talking to roll that around, and he does it often. It's so bad, I've sometimes wondered if I will have to give up that account because of it. It's just a little side thing I do, but it just grates on me so much and makes me feel so ill. Ugh.
Question on training at a company physically?? sm
The few that I have ever trained for were done through conference calls. Never physically going there. I have check about this company called Silent Type on the board, and read several other posts that say you have to physically train there. That is possible, as I am in NY state, but isn't this sort of out dated in this technology. Does anyone who work for them that reads this can you shed some light on this? I have 3 under the age of 12 and not sure how that would work?? Is it worth it?? javascript:editor_insertHTML('text',' ');
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Well, then I am gonna be more demanding
as some of these posts seem to be. There is not 1 single person that I know of, have ever known of, probably will ever know of that has a company pay them to come into the office to work. If a traveling salesman, I could see that but more likely a company could hire plenty of others who are glad to show up and have a job rather than thinking it was their place to pay for gas. I still find that post AMAZING.
It seems like a lot, but I have demanding clients
who don't telecommute, so I have to drive 44 MI each day to pick up and drop off. I have to print the original note and any copies, print envelopes. If they call and need something ASAP, I am expected to drop everything and type and fax it to them. If I am out sick or on vacation, I am not permitted to subcontract it out to another MT. It sits until I get back and then I am expected to work extra hours to make up the work. There are only a couple of MT's, who work from home, and we are supposd to complete dictation for 9 Drs/NP's in 24 hr turnaround. Also, I am supposed to abbreviate as much as possible to cut down costs.
Housekeeper
Yes, every other week, $70 for a 2900 sq ft house. Don't do a good job though, but at least I do not have to do it. You are very, very lucky!!!
Housekeeper
Yes, I do have a housekeeper. My time is too valuable to spend on chores. Do the math. Think how much you make in an hour of transcribing. Think what an hour of cleaning costs. Hire a cleaning person, pay them well, be kind to them, and they will make your life increasibly easy.
HOUSEKEEPER
 Yes, have had one for the last couple of years, referred from a friend. She cleans every other Thursday and does a wonderful job! $50 - it is definitely worth it! I figure if i'm gonna be chained to this desk all day every day (well M-F !) i deserve to have her. She's awesome!
housekeeper
I have an Amish lady who comes in every other week. She does everything - cleans bathrooms, dusts, cleans fans, vacuums, cleans kitchen, washes kitchen and bathroom floors on her hands and knees. $50. You know, if you are an IC, you can claim a housekeeper as an expense. And I, too, would rather work a few extra hours and pay to have her. I'd much rather do what I do than what she does, at least while I'm still working.
Housekeeper
I did the same thing!!! Except we only had the cleaning lady come in once so far. But it was great. I hoped to have her every 2 weeks, but can't afford it right now with the price of gas and my husband commuting. But when you think about it if we type and let someone else clean, we actually probably clear some money. The sad thing is we are messy too with 3 kids, but a housekeeper won't clean clutter. She just cleans dirt. At this point, I am walking over Thomas the Train tracks all through the house and in the middle of the night, well, I just might crush one. Oh well, too bad, so sad. I work at night and the trains are in my way! LOL.
Feeling healthy mentally and physically and being grateful for that. nm
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Do you follow the BOS when you test? Are you demanding too
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"Suggesting" is entirely different from demanding a set shift.
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You're anonymous and demanding to know? Who cares? We come
to chat and get advice and these boards are made available to us at no charge. Who cares who "owns" it?
Ugly, physically repulsive people with nasty attitudes have that effect on me.
Ugly, ugly, ugly
I worked as a housekeeper as a teen.
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.
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.
My housekeeper lives off Bankhead
so I definitely know what it is called and hear it all the time, just trying to be a little politically correct here. She is one who says skrimp (for shrimp) and strap cake for cake made from scratch.
Actually what my housekeeper made yesterday was more than
what you made. I paid her $65.00 for 2 hours, cash so no taxes on her part. If younger, probably would go that way. She can fit in 4-5 homes a day at that rate and she is probably not counting on taxes, so you see always somebody making out a little better- I guess you can say she has her own accounts.
Part-timer here and I have housekeeper
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Don't forget Marilyn Monroe for being too demanding of the president.
Subversives, all of them! LOL
Well, you're a rare one... mostly I get newbies demanding I hire them...sm
for a variety of reasons- because I really-really-really want this job, because I have to work at home to take care of my kids/mother/handicapped sister/old dog, because how can I get experience if you DON'T hire me, etc. etc. Most can't pass a grammar test to show they can use effect/affect effectively, and some even reply with emails riddled with typos and sloppy work. So good for you, but you're about one in a million...sad to say
Good grief! Housekeeper in the South? SM
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.
My husband is not a gourmet chef and I don't have a housekeeper... SM
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.
Always thought housekeeper good altern. for MT.
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My housekeeper telling me cake from strap??
She meant scratch but she just sweats her way is what she knows.
Send him a certified letter with bill demanding payment within
within five days from receipt (make it RRR). You have your proof that you notified him. If it is not picked up or signed for, you have your proof that occurred to. All these things go in your favor when trying to collect money. that's just a starter. I would never have let him get away with it this long. Once would have been it.
No, that is disgusting!
Nasty!
That is truly disgusting. nm
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that's disgusting
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Yes, it is disgusting. SM
I go to several MT jobs boards and they are all alike. I have been in this business for a long time and can do most specialties including hospital reports to include operative reports. I see the ads where they want "client ready" transcription and have to chuckle when they offer 7 to 9 cpl. I have gotten to the point where I will not even apply for those positions. Do I have hospital experience? You bet I do. So why are overseas transcriptionists taking my money when the MTs in the States can do the job better and just as fast. I stopped applying to those companies with their insulting line rates. Then they try to screw you over some more by not paying for spaces. If US MTs refuse to work for these companies and they are not allowed to send the work overseas, who is going to suffer? A lot of hospitals and states are now making it known that the work is not to be sent overseas and it is in their contracts. Are things looking up? I truly hope so, but I doubt it.
That is disgusting. nm
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That's disgusting. nm
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OMG. That's disgusting. Especially after just lowering our pay.
You are disgusting yourself to post
about another human being!! You ought to be ashamed.
and sin is sin. it's abominable, disgusting, and
you'll never be saved and do that.
I never thought he was hot. He's disgusting. sm
And his personal antics with many women (other than his wives, that is other women when he is still married) make him someone I would never admire in any way. As someone said below, GROSS. Ugh! Like a spindly leg strutting spider with 20 pounds of collagen in their lips. Yes, I know they are real. But Ugh still stands!
disgusting husband
Is she a friend of yours or just an acquaintance? Perhaps you could talk to her. She can't possibly be happy. Maybe all she needs is some support to get out on her own and away from him. 
I would report that. It is disgusting.
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Wow - how disgusting is right. Sure shows you
It's right up there on the Sickening Scale with that video someone posted a while back of "trainers" teaching companies how to bypass American workers' job applications, so they can then justify their outsourcing by saying there "aren't enough American workers".
There sure aren't - not when you kick all their applications under the rug or into the round file!
We need to lobby for laws in this country that will put a heavy tax on companies who outsource American livelihoods to other countries. We might as well put "For Sale" signs on our beaches, farmland, and national parks, because that's what'll be coming next.
kind of sick and disgusting...
Disgusting commercial, huh?! Hahaha
I use Brawny paper towels and Lysol Kitchen spray on counters and appliances. I use plastic scrubbies on the sink and anything I need to scrub up before the dishwasher and the put the scrubbie in the dishwasher as well. I spray Lysol on the sink and faucets before I go to bed.
I started this when I saw Oprah's show on women who horde and won't clean/throw away anything. The experts she had on the show had checked one woman's kitchen sink for bacteria and compared it to her commode and the commode was cleaner! I about fell over. I have dishcloths and dishtowels but they are washed after every single use! Ewwwwww!
Yes, he was out of breath - could hardly get words out - it was disgusting
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the game sounds pretty disgusting...
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