Our first real day of cleaning today.

We marched down to a local hotel, were introduced to the executive housekeeper and were set to work on an entire floor. Two trainees never showed today, so we had three teams of two cleaning nine rooms. Despite the fact that there was no hard lifting, it was hard work. It was constant, and when we were done ( Read more... )

We did cultural differences in training today.

All I can say is, some of my fellow trainees have very funny ideas. Funny how when they say "Australian" what they really mean is "Australians of British descent".

Felt slightly ill after the session (but not because of that) and decided to hang out in a library for an hour or so instead of buying pet ( Read more... )

Much better today - no sickness or headaches.

We looked at "Lost and Found" on the course, and although some of the contents of my bagels had spilt into my backpack, it was still a good day. We watched a video about the hospitality industry that featured a Globologist - a guy who changed some of the 3400 light globes in a large hotel!

Afterwards I ( Read more... )

Felt ill for most of today.

Had a headache, felt shaky, kept losing concentration. I also went to the toilet a lot. As we were studying hygiene and food preparation, it occurred to me that I had Gastroenteritis. It didn't help that we had almost on long session from 9am to 2pm. There was a break at 11am, and the trainer was keen to go all the way ( Read more... )

Today (yesterday?) was Day 3 of the course.

We learnt about industry awards, collective bargaining, legislation and stuff like that. It started late because the trainer had an "overdose of garlic" the previous night. Huh?! We lost one person who couldn't cope, and the rest of the group left a little early (just as well, as I was able to visit Jenn ( Read more... )

It was day 2 of my housekeeping training today (day 1 was yesterday, and I missed it because I didn't know I was "in" until the afternoon). We did Occupational Health & Safety today.

I knew more or less most of this stuff from when I did my library course, but it was more interestingly presented, and more relevant to the subject (housekeeping). In ( Read more... )