This is soooo true!

Got this forwarded email from our Executive Housekeeper Marianne today, it's so true!

To those of you who work in the hotel like me, see how many of the following statement have you "hit".

You might be in the hotel industry if....

• You had four different desks in the last 6 years and worked for 8 different Managers
• Going for cocktails and dinner is NOT your idea of a nice evening
• When someone asks you your exact job profile, you lie
• You get really excited about a 2% pay increase
• It's dark on your drive to and from work *even in the summer
• Communication is something your 'group' is having problems with
• You see a good-looking person and you know it's a visitor/guest
• Food left over from a banquet or meeting is your main staple diet
• You forget what you look like in anything but a suit, *or you've actually worn hose with
  sandals
• All the work you were hired to do gets done before 9 and after 5
• You're already late on an assignment you just received
• Your boss's favorite lines are
  a. When you get a minute....
  b. In your spare time...
  c. I have an opportunity for you...
• 50% of the people in your company don't know what you do, the other 50% of the people in your company don't care what you do
• Vacation is something you roll over to next year, if you are allowed
• Change is the norm
• Nepotism is encouraged
• Six months is considered to be substantial longevity
• You dial '9' before the number no matter where you are calling from
• When you are walking in public, you have to fight the urge to pick up scraps of paper and rubbish on the floor
• You smile and say 'good morning' to total strangers in the street
• When changing your toilet paper at home you automatically fold a triangle on the first sheet
• You answer the phone at home 'GOOD MORNING - AFTERNOON EVENING - this is...., how may I help you?'
• You would rather die than eat in hotel restaurants
• You inspect your hotel room when traveling
• Most of all, You read this entire list and understand it....