To think these women are arseholes?

[Flypaperforarseholes]

Spent the weekend away with a group of women (most of whom I don't know) for a friend's birthday.
10 of us in total, 2 of whom (including the Laura, whose birthday we were celebrating) I have been friends with for 10+ years.
Shared a twin with Nora, on Sunday morning, before going to breakfast, we packed ready to check out. I then stripped the beds and collected the used towels together.
We went down for breakfast and Laura laughingly asked if I'd stripped the beds yet. It is a bit of a standing joke amongst us because it's something I've always done in hotels. One of the other women, Paula, asked what it was about and I explained. She was quite taken aback and asked why I felt the need to do it/don't I like to relax etc. She drew it to the attention of the whole group and took to calling me Mrs Mop for the rest of the day. A bit irritating but didn't bother me really.
This evening, a message from Paula came up in the watsapp group which had been set up at the planning stage of the trip.
"Thank you for a lovely weekend, girls. Laura, do give me flypaperforarseholes number, good help is so hard to come by these days. LOL!"
A few laughter emojis and "LOL"'s from some of the other women. Nothing from Paula or Nora yet.
Am I BU to think these women are arseholes?! It hasn't bothered me massively, in large part due to the fact that I found Paula a pretentious bore of a woman and thus give a minimum of fucks about what she thinks of me but I'm surprised that this such a small thing seems to have become quite the focal point for her. I'm assuming she doesn't realise I'm on the group chat because I haven't actually messaged on it. These women are school mum friends of Lauras and I don't want her to get caught in the middle so haven't replied...yet.

[JonesyAndTheSalad]

If you tried to strip my bed after I'd shared a room with you I'd tell you to get off it!

It's a bit weird OP. It's not your job. But they were rude too.

[Guiltypleasures001]

I always strip beds, it helps the chamber maids out I hope, I've been thanked on Trip Adviser for it 😏

[ArriettyClock1]

I just saw that the OP stacks plates in restaurants too.

That's just poor etiquette and uneccessary.

[DartmoorDoughnut]

morning people also get paid to pick up litter, doesn't mean you should drop it!!

[Oblomov17]

You strip beds? Wow. Wierd. Let it go.
Or text back about your hourly rate.

[Edballsisoneniftydancer]

By the end of the weekend there were a few eye rolls behind her back from some of her friends so I felt a bit sorry for her


AHA!!!!!!!!! So you see that eye rolling behind her back is something you actually felt sorry for her about...so from that you can see that the laughing about something you did WITH you is actually much nicer.

But in the light of your update yes she sounds a bit of a pill, but not, imho, for the bed stripping ribbing

[Flypaperforarseholes]

BillSykesDog I only knew 2 members of our party so no "you are not one of our group and can't join in" from me.

Laura rang me this morning when she saw the message and is furious, apparently two of the other women on the chat messaged her to say I was the butt of "jokes" about my background from Paula and a couple of her lackeys over the weekend.

[FeralBeryl]

Bed stripper here if I'm not too hungover to bend over the next morning
I think it's probably a split between those of us who have done it for a living in some shape or form and appreciate any little thing to get the job done quicker.
How the fuck anyone can think that's patronising beats me.

The text - I think that was a clumsy attempt to be 'in' on your joke.
I'm visualising Alan Partridge telling the men at the bar he was sick in the sink because he's a bloody bloke. Trying to ingratiate himself but sooo wide of the mark.
The fact is, if you'd liked her and she'd said it, you may have smiled, it was because you'd already decided she wasn't a nice person.

And finally....
Navy is a fully fledged non cunt.
Encouraging discussion or challenging opinion isn't goady. This is a discussion board.
I don't always agree with her point of view but I certainly wouldn't call GF.

[Pardonwhat]

I can't imagine being offended by it. Very clearly a joke.

Never heard of bed stripping in hotels.

[LatinForTelly]

I agree with the PP who said stripping beds is a kindness, and why would you sneer at a kindness? (I've also been a chambermaid and it's hard, hard work.)

Also, go on the AIBU thread called Ew Ew Ew Ew or somesuch and read it. We need to strip the beds, people!

OP, I wouldn't rise to her baiting. She's obviously a bit of a twunt.

[ArgyMargy]

I also want to know whether the bed strippers remove duvets and pillows from their covers as part of the service.

Personally I help the chambermaid by leaving the room clean and tidy. That is basic manners, I think.

Mind you, I have no problem sleeping on a sheet that someone else has slept on for a night or two. That probably makes me weird in many people's eyes.

[ImperialBlether]

I really hate it when people start to scrape plates at the table, whether I'm at home or in a restaurant. Just take the plates to the kitchen and sort them out there! Who wants to see the remains of several people's dinners all scraped onto a plate?

[CardinalCat]

They sound superior and not very much fun, but by letting it fester in your head you are giving them head space that they just don't deserve! Send back a chirpy 'what a great time girls!' and leave it at that with no mention of the previous exchange. And don't go away with them again.

[CardinalCat]

Plate scraping and stacking- completely counterproductive as it is very annoying for waiting staff. Obviously it is foul table manners too, but I can't imagine anyone who doesn't have OCD doing this so, being kind, I would never say something if somebody at my table did it (not least because calling out bad table manners is as uncouth as the manners breach itself, imo.)

[Flypaperforarseholes]

JonesyAndTheSalad I wouldn't strip.anyone's else's bed, the woman I was sharing with is a friend.
Wizard I don't agree that it's unhelpful to stack plates when eating out, it allows the waiter or waitress to collect the plates with a minimum of fuss instead of having to reach round everyone at the table and make several trips. Years spent waitress in and I was never irritated or annoyed by someone stacking plates, quite the opposite.
As I said, I'm aware it's not expected of me and that it's not my job. Do the people mentioning this only do things that are expected of them or in their job description?
Navy what unpleasant remarks have I made about her?

[Trifleorbust]

Plate stacking is different - grabbing someone else's plate from under their nose is a bit like 'playing mum' and also trying to signal to others that the party is over, as it were. I can see why that would grate. I can't see why someone else choosing to strip the bed they just slept in affects anyone else at all. I think it only annoys snobs who think that because it is a hotel, 'a 'common' to chip in and help the staff in any way because you have paid for that etc. Quite defensive and classist and usually an attitude that comes from people who are insecure about their own backgrounds.

[ItsAMessyLife]

Laura rang me this morning when she saw the message and is furious, apparently two of the other women on the chat messaged her to say I was the butt of "jokes" about my background from Paula and a couple of her lackeys over the weekend.

Laura is a shitstirrer.

What exactly would Paula have to do for you to admit that she's a bit of an arsehole Navy?

[ArriettyClock1]

I will admit to being an inveterate snob.

Plate stacking implies you don't know how to behave in a restaurant and I'd find it quite embarrassing.

[splendide]

I think the bed stripping is nice and helpful (although I can also see it might be annoying depending on when/how you did it).

The plate stacking must stop - please!