'"Have fun!" I said, as I clocked out': Hotel housekeeper 'sorts' linens exactly how boss directs them to

Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor

Jul 17, 2023 3:00 PM EDT

Don't tell this housekeeper how to do their job. Their boss tried, and it didn't end well.

When you do something for long enough, you start to develop shortcuts to make your life easier. Maybe you have a template you use to save time while writing emails if you're at an office job. Or for those in retail, maybe you're super fast at making drinks because you're used to measuring things by sight. You get into a rhythm and try to do your job as quickly and accurately as possible.

Enter this employee, who is a housekeeper at a hotel. That's known for being a physically demanding job — how would you feel if you had to strip dozens of beds, vacuum, clean surfaces, remake the beds, change linens like towels and washcloths, and more tasks, all in a few minutes. And after all that, not every hotel room will even leave a tip for their housekeeping staff.

This person is used to the daily grind of laundering linens, but their boss doesn't seem to have much faith in their sorting abilities. At least this housekeeper was able to maliciously comply. Their pettiness meant that their boss was stuck doing more sorting.

Next up, this wing shop chef doesn't understand what he's doing wrong — all while breaking one health code after another.