Chukwuneta Oby
The following is a message I received from a young friend as he shared his experiences from his job (as a hotel staff) with me.
It should rather be a jab on the conscience of those of us who don’t know what it means to take care of (what I call) ‘your private mess’.
‘’I am in my mid 20s. I am in the University and also work at a hotel (house keeping) to support myself.
I have come to realize that loving or hating one’s job depends on the attitude of the people you meet-sometimes.
To a large extent, I love my job because I have really met some people who have been so encouraging – sometimes with kind words, other times with cash gifts.
However, there are also people you meet in this line of job and you are left questioning your worth as a human being.
It’s so disappointing to imagine that a lot of people still don’t bother with courteous efforts in this modern age.
Sister Oby, I am talking about supposed big men who don’t bother to flush the toilet well after depositing ‘the big one’ there and ladies who openly discard their ‘intimate towel’.
I grew up with my three sisters in the village and they are all older than me.
In all our years together in the house, I had never seen what a pad looked like or what it was used for.
I got to know all that on this job -as female colleagues cuss out female guests who don’t make the efforts to dispose of such properly.
I am beginning to appreciate the training that my mother gave to my sisters.
Uneducated woman-yet experiencing the habits of some City girls, made me appreciate the village upbringing that she gave to my sisters.
Some people would smoke and leave cigarette ashes on the table while the ash tray is right there beside them.
Honestly, this job has taught me that you can’t really speak comprehensively about a personality until you have witnessed his/her ‘private’ habits.
Did I tell you that some people do not even have the decency of putting used condoms in the waste bin? It is discarded right there on the floor!
At least, all these have taught me to be more conscious of my ‘private habits’. And it is one of the things that I am grateful for about this job.’’
Oby’s take on the matter…
People, please take care of your ‘private mess’.
Always bother with a second look before exiting a restroom.
If you met it clean, you SHOULD leave it clean for the next user.
It doesn’t matter how much you pay as hotel bills, the cleaners are humans too!
Don’t strip dignity off anybody through careless habits.
Ladies, tossing a used pad in the view of another is bad manners. It is also a whole new ‘low’ on you as a woman and it doesn’t matter how ‘expensive’ you are.
Wrap it up before ‘binning’ it.
It’s not about people not knowing the real you. It’s about knowing (within you) that all that ‘classy’ appearance also obtains on the inside.
YOUR ‘PRIVATE MESS’ ARE FOR YOUR EYES ONLY except when one can’t help it e.g. in situations of ill health or a physical disadvantage.
Your efforts with your ‘private mess’ speak volumes about your personal grooming. And personal grooming doesn’t end with the expensive perfumes and wears!
A personal grooming reflects on (even) your conduct in public spaces.
Someone once said that some people (in this clime) have a split personality. Because when they travel abroad, they need no prompting to observe all the rules and regulations; but the moment they are back home, all that ‘decorum’ is quickly thrown out of the window-as the habit of gross indiscipline returns.
Always let your efforts or mannerisms reflect your values!
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