Hidden Hotel Secrets: Confessions Of Housekeeping Staff

Their Jobs Can Be Incredibly Dangerous

You might think the biggest danger facing a hotel housekeeper might be inhaling cleaning fumes or encountering soiled linens. But it turns out that many of them have dealt with some really scary situations while on the job.

A Redditor who goes by “allthecatsplease” shared a story about working as a maid in a vacation cottage when she was only 16 years old. She wrote that she “knocked and called loudly before I walked in. He sat there with a big creepy grin on his face. [I] fumbled my way out the door, turned the color of beetroot while saying sorry repeatedly. Then ran out of the house with the other girl who was working with me.” Who knows what could have happened if she hadn’t been so quick-thinking?