| If you've ever wandered the halls of a hotel searching | | | | belts, pins or scarves should be mandatory and worn |
| for an ice dispenser or snack machine, the most | | | | in a systematic way. Although these extra items may |
| convenient employee to track down is a maid or | | | | be uncomfortable and cause complaints, if one |
| housekeeper. They swarm the halls with carts of | | | | employee is given leeway, others could follow with |
| bedding and cleaning supplies, and can usually be | | | | petty objections and disharmony. |
| spotted in professional-looking maid or housekeeping | | | | Along with fixed accessories, socks and shoes should |
| uniforms, complete with skirts and white tennis shoes. | | | | also be unitary. Whether the standards are white |
| However, on occasion, a hotel or motel's employee | | | | socks with white tennis shoes, or black, rubber-soled, |
| policy doesn't require their cleaning staff to dress in a | | | | non-slick shoes worn with panty hose or knee-highs, all |
| uniform. Instead, they show up to work in street | | | | of the employees should be in unison for that crisp |
| clothes, or whatever they happen to roll out of bed | | | | team look. |
| wearing that morning. This lack of business-like apparel | | | | Although some hotels provide career apparel for their |
| not only sends an arbitrary message to the guests, but | | | | housekeeping employees, others who require more |
| it also makes it difficult for them to track down an | | | | basic clothing (like black pants or white shirts) summon |
| employee when information or accommodations are | | | | prospective workers to purchase their own gear. This |
| needed. | | | | may be easier on the budget of the employer, but |
| Doesn't sound too professional, does it? | | | | may create hardship for the low-income person |
| While a hotel decor may be fancy and well put | | | | attempting to make a living by starting a new job. In |
| together, if the employees appear unkempt or sloppy, | | | | cases like these, perhaps inexpensive clothing articles |
| the reputation of the establishment can easily go out | | | | could be purchased by the employer, deducting small |
| the window. But an establishment that requires their | | | | amounts from the employee's paychecks to reimburse |
| staff to wear maid and housekeeping uniforms will | | | | for the uniform. |
| project a clean and professional environment. | | | | It is important to keep in mind that although the |
| This is easiest accomplished if the management has | | | | employee may wish to make a good impression and |
| pre-selected set of uniforms in tact for housekeeping | | | | look professional, he or she may not have the financial |
| employees, making sure that they are all identical, so | | | | means to go out and purchase necessary items. |
| that they can easily be distinguished by guests. It | | | | Hotel and motel employees have a tough job. Sporting |
| should also be mandatory that uniforms are laundered | | | | professional maid and housekeeping uniforms could not |
| every night and kept ironed and wrinkle-free. Providing | | | | only benefit the demeanor of the hotel or motel, but |
| a few maid and housekeeping uniforms employees | | | | also provide the employee with a lift of self-esteem or |
| could lighten their load of constant upkeep. | | | | sense of belonging by looking fresh and orderly during |
| Any accessories for the uniforms, such as aprons, | | | | their shifts. |