Stangest Job......

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I was a dustman - because I was casual I moved around. One week I was assigned to the small lorry that scraped dead cats and dogs off the road. We also went to vets and the PDSA and collected dead cats dogs rabbits etc. We threw them all in the back of our small lorry and took them to a plant where they were crushed and used to make bonemeal fertiliser

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Years ago I was an assistant manager in a hotel. Occasionally I'd have to play at being night porter when they rang in sick.

When I wasn't slumped asleep on the reception desk, what amused me most was the number of hookers who visited at all hours.

The door was locked at 11pm and anyone who wanted to come in after this time would have to come past me at reception and show their room key. It always used to tickle me when drunk men would wander down and sheepishly tell me that their "girlfriend" was coming to visit in a while. Said hooker would then arrive and leave usually an hour later. These chaps were even more embarrassed when they saw me at breakfast the next morning

I later found out that one of the night porters (who was slightly older but a bit of a wide boy) had been getting backhanders from an escort agency for recommending them to male guests

This reminds me of one time when I was married - my wife was coming to stay for a couple of nights at the hotel where I'd been staying for months. I went to the reception desk to ask for an extra key. The receptionist was doing fine until she said "and do you know your wife's name?" at the time it seemed odd but I think I see what she was thinking now.

[NickFitz]

The receptionist was doing fine until she said "and do you know your wife's name?"

That wins the thread

[DS23]

whs!

[NotAllThere]

This reminds me of one time when I was married - my wife was coming to stay for a couple of nights at the hotel where I'd been staying for months. I went to the reception desk to ask for an extra key. The receptionist was doing fine until she said "and do you know your wife's name?" at the time it seemed odd but I think I see what she was thinking now.

Similar happened to me. When she turned up, 8 months pregnant and in full "beached whale mode", I got some very strange looks.

[Spacecadet]

Years ago I was an assistant manager in a hotel. Occasionally I'd have to play at being night porter when they rang in sick.

When I wasn't slumped asleep on the reception desk, what amused me most was the number of hookers who visited at all hours.

The door was locked at 11pm and anyone who wanted to come in after this time would have to come past me at reception and show their room key. It always used to tickle me when drunk men would wander down and sheepishly tell me that their "girlfriend" was coming to visit in a while. Said hooker would then arrive and leave usually an hour later. These chaps were even more embarrassed when they saw me at breakfast the next morning

I later found out that one of the night porters (who was slightly older but a bit of a wide boy) had been getting backhanders from an escort agency for recommending them to male guests

Happens in most hotels unless they take a line against it. although I think most just turn a blind eye.

I was chatting to the hotel bar man about this at the place I stay mid week at the moment. They've had problems with the pimps waiting in their cars right outside the front door... the staff have to go out and ask them to park round the back as their presence is intimidating the other guests.

Its not unknown for some guests to get multiple visits in the same night!

[d000hg]

Its not unknown for highly paid contractors like me to get multiple visits in the same night!