The Etiquette of Accepting Lunch or Coffee While Cleaning

April 28, 2009
The Etiquette of Accepting Lunch or Coffee While Cleaning
Some housekeepers are offered coffee, juice and even elegant lunches when they clean. Should they accept them?

These tips should help you decide what to do:
• If you are offered lunch, it seems fine to accept it, as long as having the lunch doesn’t mean you neglect some house cleaning you would have done otherwise. Make sure you will be comfortable eating it and that you clean up after yourself.
• If you are paid by the hour and you are offered lunch, it would be appropriate not to charge for the time spent eating.