I spent an hour last Tuesday cleaning my kitchen before my housekeeper arrived. Wiping down counters. Putting away dishes. Organizing the mail pile. Making sure everything looked… not clean, exactly.

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A hotel housekeeper who's worked at a San Francisco Marriott for 10 years says they love their job. The challenges are cleaning disgusting things and a lack of work when guests decline the service.

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Even when you live by yourself, keeping a house clean and tidy is a chore. Factor in a spouse or roommate — let alone children and four-footed creatures in sundry feral states — and the task becomes a ...