AIBU?
AIBU to ask the cleaners not to open the curtains?
ScotsBaby2 · 27/04/2021 18:22
We are staying in a hotel just now and when the cleaners come in they open the curtains in both bedrooms.
I have a one year old and I get him to sleep in my bed then move him into his cot in his room. The curtains are floor to ceiling and they leave a strip of light down the side. I've been climbing into a chair to position them as best I can to reduce the light then then the cleaners comes and opens them when we aren't here.
AIBU to leave a note to ask that the curtains stay shut so I don't need to faff about with them at bedtime?
ScotsBaby2 · 27/04/2021 18:33
@Batteriisincluded
They can put the lights on. In fact I came back today with every single light left on and the curtains open.
ScotsBaby2 · 27/04/2021 18:39
@Beseigedbykillersquirrels
With the sun shining straight onto that window it illuminates the whole room. At home we have blinds and curtains so the room is dark. He is not used to light at bedtime and thinks it's awake time. I'm not going to start messing about getting him to sleep with light when it's a temporary measure.
ScotsBaby2 · 27/04/2021 18:41
@Icequeen01
The windows don't open.
Sparklingbrook · 27/04/2021 18:43
With the sun shining straight onto that window it illuminates the whole room. At home we have blinds and curtains so the room is dark. He is not used to light at bedtime and thinks it's awake time. I'm not going to start messing about getting him to sleep with light when it's a temporary measure
I am confused when you say 'bedtime' is this an afternoon nap?
ScotsBaby2 · 27/04/2021 18:44
@Sparklingbrook
I am confused when you say 'bedtime' is this an afternoon nap?
No. It's 7pm. We are on the 6th floor. The sun is still out and bright.
Dancingsmile · 27/04/2021 18:50
The dark is a signal to the brain to produce the hormone melatonin which enables us to sleep.
Sunlight has the opposite effect as it tells the brain to stop producing melatonin which helps us wake up.
This is one reason why parents may pull up the hood of a pram to help napping in the day time.
Some people are more sensitive to light reacting to just a bit of light so you are not being unreasonable.
I'd leave the cleaning staff a polite note requesting this. Perhaps add your reason to it .
Batteriisincluded · 27/04/2021 18:53
@ScotsBaby2
Well, I've cleaned hotel rooms and we would always pull the curtains back because part of what we are doing is keeping an eye open for damage.
It was never part of the routine to switch all the lights on, but I'll take your word for it that they did.
I'm also surprised that they are just changing the sheets. Daily sheet changing generally only happens in pretty up market hotels. But of course in those hotels they would also clean every day as well. Normally sheets are changed every 2/3 days for longer stays. I've had a few hotel stays during Covid due to work and they all had notices saying they were changing beds less frequently atm (the period varied in different hotels).
So you have cleaners who aren't going in to clean, but to do daily sheet changing. How unusual.
Sparklingbrook · 27/04/2021 18:57
It has air conditioning
Not a replacement for opening a window IMO.
None opening windows aside I would tell them i didn't need the sheets changing daily and ask them not to come at all especially if they aren't cleaning and it's only temporary. Then arrange the curtains as you wish.
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