Practicum - Day 6

Today was my final day working with housekeeping. I worked with a completely different supervisor again today and, like the previous two days, it was pretty much exactly the same. She said she fell a week ago and was having back problems so half way through we had to take a break. During the break, she showed me the computer system and how to use it. Being a housekeeper (especially a supervisor) involves a lot of walking between the different floors; they are on their feet all day. It doesn't seem like something I would ever really be interested in doing. Next week I think I begin working behind the front desk.

Today's completed hours: 2
Fake hours completed: 1
Hours left to complete: 21

Practicum - Day 5

Today was very similar to yesterday. Except that the supervisor I shadowed today was a bit more... eccentric? We went from room to room after they had been cleaned to inspect the different rooms. Instead of inspecting them by myself, we did it together and kind of created a system to inspect the rooms. It went by pretty fast and I've learned a lot about the behind the scenes work as I mentioned yesterday.

Today's completed hours: 2
Fake hours completed: 1
Hours left to complete: 24

Practicum - Day 4

Today, I began working with house keeping. I shadowed one of the supervisors mostly. We would go from room to room checking to make sure the housekeepers did what they were supposed to. Each room should be cleaned in less than 30 minutes they said. It was very interesting to get to see the behind-the-scenes work of hotels. I even got to watch someone clean a room. The precision, dexterity, and skill were pretty incredible. After that, the supervisor took me around the hotel and showed me the different suites (the Uga Suite) and all of the little cool things that many people don't get to see. There were times when she would even let me inspect the room by myself. A little over halfway into it, though, there was a VIP emergency. The Vice President of Uganda was staying in the Georgia Center so the supervisors and the housekeeping manager were checking his suite to make sure it was better than best. It was pretty interesting but I'm not sure I would want to do it for a living.

Today's completed hours: 2
Fake hours completed: 1
Hours left to complete: 27