When I Was a Chambermaid

When I was twenty-two and lived

In Israel for a spell,

I needed cash and got a job

In a small seaside hotel.

We worked in teams to clean the rooms;

We vacuumed, dusted, scrubbed -

The hardest work I’d ever done

(‘Til teaching, when I subbed).

One little tidbit I recall

Involved the bathroom goals -

Fresh towels, washcloths, bath mat

And new toilet paper rolls.

We never left a started roll

Nor tissue box half-filled,

For seeing something someone used

Would make guests less than thrilled.

I doubt if that’s the case today.

Though I don’t really care, 

In my current hotel bathroom,

Two half-rolls were hanging there.