Night porter

Night porter
For the movie, see The Night Porter.

A night porter is a porter who is on duty during the night. A hotel commonly has a night porter to attend to the needs of guests and other incidents during the night. [1] They may also be required to perform sundry maintenance and cleaning tasks such as polishing boots, emptying spittoons and laying fires.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Chris Shaw, Life as a night porter, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oO15AAAACAAJ 
  2. ^ A night porter's duties, NZ Truth, 25 August 1906, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZTR19060825.2.65 

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