Malone, Grunger
You will be pleased to hear that I am on a 3-man short list for the chambermaid job. Ida Down asked me to go to the Glitz hotel this morning for a second interview.
“The post has been re-named Bedroom Assistant” she told me. “The hotel has been criticised for having an all-male board, and an all-female housekeeping staff, so we are trying to redress the balance.”
“You probably can’t service a room in 12 minutes, but your references show that you are a “people person”. Guests won’t mind a less than perfect room, if you are friendly to them”.
“I don’t know about that” I said. “By the way, what are you calling the staff who clean the reception rooms?”
“Parlourmaids” she said.
I thought that had disappeared with Miss Marple, but I can’t think of a better word.