Yes it happens all the time and the hotel do encourage you to go to lunch but the workload makes it impossible . Try working in Las Vegas where there is a union. The best way to describe my work is a intense cardio workout or 8 hours, again I repeat you are encouraged to go to lunch but the workload makes it impossible!!!

Good lord, you’re awful, Coop. I bet you are a riot at parties.

What GRA like to see is a neat room, not too messy and tip. But I prefer a messy room over a Don’t Disturb sign, because Don’t disturb sign make me feel rejected. Because the guests are interacting with bellperson, front desk, server, sometimes tip those workers, and are complicating housekeepers work without knowing it. When the room is not cleaned daily, it is harder to be cleaned when checked out. And we don’t have that extra time for a longer vacuum, longer dusting etc… The worst that could happen is to have all your room messy. A neat room helps you save time to clean a messy room. But all people are different. I don’t expect all people to neat. That is 75% impossible. Some people will be naturally messy. Some will be messy based of their current situation ( depression, under substance influence, or depends on how many people are in the room, if they drink, smoke weeds or not, or partying.)
Never think that a housekeeper can do bad thing to your belongings. They are workers like other workers. They have family, and bill to pay, they have responsibility. They need their job. People with bad intention are different, they don’t need to be housekeeper to do bad thing to you.
They are great people. Their perception of life or current situation (foreign mothers who have to contribute to household income and don’t have enough time to learn english and go to school), or people who recently migrated from another state, us territories (like Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Samoa) or other countries who were directed to housekeeping by workforce office. They are under pressure to get hired so they can live on their own, be independent. I Hope my answer will help

Don’t Disturb sign or refusing service makes the job more difficult, because they will give you rooms in different floors, you have to travel in the building with heavy carts or you may have to go early home if there is no more room to give to you. So you are losing money, and no tip to compensate those lost hours. And you cannot say that you clean the room, you must report that they refuse service. All those money that supposed to pay housekeepers stay in the wealthy casino owners pocket. And if there is no Don’t disturb sign, they will hire more housekeepers. More people will work, and unemployment will go down a little bit. Less people will depend on welfare.

Some housekeepers (mostly seniors take their lunch), it depends. Some skip it and tell their supervisor that they took lunch, or if they go to lunch, only eat for 10mns, because you will never be able to meet your quota. The number of rooms that they expect you to clean is crazy. I am always frustrated to see that other employees have time to enjoy their lunch and got paid higher than us housekeepers while we work harder then them, it is unfair. I applied for guest room attendant because I know I have more chance to get hired as housekeeper than front desk, cocktail server etc… not that I am not qualified for those positions (I have BA degree and am stereo-typically attractive). housekeepers are not really well perceived socially and it is hard, it is why the majority of housekeepers population is composed by foreigners. So I will be working as guest room attendant in Vegas for 2 year (very max) in a luxury casino resort (because pay is better than retail, or other industries, there are not enough jobs for graduated people in Vegas) and try to grow in the company. Since I don’t have any friend in HR, if I cannot grow. Bye casino resort even Bye Nevada.
The rare tip in the room is what make my day or keep me as housekeeper.

You nailed it!!

I’m sorry for committing such an infraction that my comment was deleted. I am sorry, Scott. And I am sorry, Mike L. My bad.

This may vary, but this information came from someone who oversees teams of housekeepers at major Las Vegas hotels, so it’s prevalent.