If the tale of Cinderella
was written nowadays, it would probably take its inspiration from The Other Cinderella. Actually it could be based on the life of many people who are the vicitims of cold capitalism, like her. The Other Cendrillon works for a hotel. A beautiful, very expensive hotel. But all day long it is not beauty and money that she deals with. She is a cleaner and very badly paid one.
was written nowadays, it would probably take its inspiration from The Other Cinderella. Actually it could be based on the life of many people who are the vicitims of cold capitalism, like her. The Other Cendrillon works for a hotel. A beautiful, very expensive hotel. But all day long it is not beauty and money that she deals with. She is a cleaner and very badly paid one.
The Other Cinderella, is the kind of person who is ashamed to ask for holidays or payrise, and who works harder than many because she doesn't want to let her colleagues down or to give a bad impression to the guests. Those guests can be arrogant twats, it doesnt matter, its not about them but about her pride. Some would find it strange since her job is to clean toilets and pick up the shit they leave in their room, but whatever you do, you can always choose to do it with class or not.
or payrise, and who works harder than many because she doesn't want to let her colleagues down or to give a bad impression to the guests. Those guests can be arrogant twats, it doesnt matter, its not about them but about her pride. Some would find it strange since her job is to clean toilets and pick up the shit they leave in their room, but whatever you do, you can always choose to do it with class or not.
The Other Cinderella is not a big girl. Her dark eyes, and her short black hair could give her some kind of cold looks. But once she has opened her mouth it all goes away. There's only smiles and glitter coming out. You can't leave her 5 minutes in the street without taking the risk of having to talk to the 10 person she has just met. Nothing sexual (she's in a long and happy relationship), she just wants to talk, to everybody, all the time. Being Italian might add up to this obsessive-compulsive disorder.
. Her dark eyes, and her short black hair could give her some kind of cold looks. But once she has opened her mouth it all goes away. There's only smiles and glitter coming out. You can't leave her 5 minutes in the street without taking the risk of having to talk to the 10 person she has just met. Nothing sexual (she's in a long and happy relationship), she just wants to talk, to everybody, all the time. Being Italian might add up to this obsessive-compulsive disorder.. But in London, with her salary, it's impossible. She can hardly live, survivre more like it. I will never understand why a company (or in this case a hotel) which makes so much money doesn't think appropriate to pay their employees a fair salary. Wouldn't they work harder and/or better if they felt respected? Wouldn't they want to stay longer? Wouldn't it give a better image of this company (or hotel)? The gap, which separates the top jobs from the low ones, is getting bigger and this leads to troubles. I might be idealistic but I think a fair salary throughough the company is healthier, for everybody.
Some people think you can't blame the guest. They earned money, they spend it, fair enough. The Other Cinderella and I would disagree. When you know (and if you are not a selfish moron, you should) that the person cleaning your room is earning approximatly nothing compare to you, the least you can do is leave a tip. The Other Cinderealla was suprised to see how only few of them do. Surprised as well to see how they would behave by trying on her, being rude, ignoring her. All those kind of behaviour she doens't know.
When The Other Cinderella started working for this hotel, she knew it wouldnt be fun. But she didnt expect to be treated as a slave. If Cinderella was written nowadays, it wouldn't be about marrying a Prince but a rich guy. Before, you could be a Noble without having any money. Now the richs are in charge. And they make a hell of a good job telling the others that they do not care about them more than Nobles cared about the rest of the population. Hopefully for her, The Other Cinderella wants something money can't buy, she just wants to be happy.
. If Cinderella was written nowadays, it wouldn't be about marrying a Prince but a rich guy. Before, you could be a Noble without having any money. Now the richs are in charge. And they make a hell of a good job telling the others that they do not care about them more than Nobles cared about the rest of the population. Hopefully for her, The Other Cinderella wants something money can't buy, she just wants to be happy. 
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