“Pak, apa benar pegawai hotel itu dilarang punya kumis?”
Secara normative memang betul. Semua pegawai hotel dilarang memelihara kumis dan jenggot. Perihal ini dimaksudkan agar tampilan sebagai pegawai ber-DNA BABU itu tampak bersih. Termasuk juga dilarang keras memiliki tatto dan melakukan tindik / piercing baik di telinga, mata, hidung, lidah atau yang kelihatan secara kasat mata.
Kenapa, Pak?
Karena kumis dan jenggot itu berisiko jatuh ke bawah, baik ke makanan maupun ke tempat tidur atau ke lantai yang membuat orang jijik. Bahkan, bisa menghilangkan selera makan orang kalau sampai ada di makanan.
Sedangkan tatto dan tindik itu identik dengan dunia kekerasan atau glamour. Pegawai hotel itu ber-DNA BABU. So, gak masuk akal kalau dia bertatto apalagi punya tindik, kecuali tindik telinga bagi wanita yang pastinya untuk giwang / earings.
Ada semacam hukum kasuitas yang bersifat pamali apabila dilakukan oleh pegawai hotel. Salah satu alasan paling kuat adalah kumis, tatto dan tindik itu merupakan priviledge bagi tamu dan owner. Jadi, pegawai hotel mah pastinya nyadar diri.
Lucunya, saat ini sudah mulai ada beberapa hotel yang menabrak nilai luhur tersebut. Mereka mengusung bahasa marketing nan politis: kebebasan berekspresi.
Hehe.
TIM
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“Sir, is it true that hotel employees are not allowed to have mustaches?”
Normatively speaking – yes, absolutely. Hotel employees are generally forbidden from keeping mustaches and beards. The idea is simple: hotel staff are expected to have what we lovingly call “BABU DNA” meaning they must look spotlessly clean.
This rule also extends to a strict ban on visible tattoos and piercings—ears, eyes, nose, tongue, or anything else the naked eye can easily spot.
Why is that, Sir?
Because mustaches and beards are gravity-risk items. They can fall down—into food, onto beds, or onto the floor—instantly triggering nationwide disgust. Worse, if a mustache hair lands in someone’s meal, it can destroy appetite faster than bad room service.
As for tattoos and piercings, those are traditionally associated with either the “world of violence” or “too much glamour.” And remember—hotel employees have BABU DNA. So it makes zero sense for them to be tattooed or pierced.
Exception? Ear piercings for women, of course—strictly for earrings. Civilization still applies.
There’s also a kind of unwritten mystical rule—a hospitality taboo. One of the strongest arguments is this: mustaches, tattoos, and piercings are privileges reserved for guests and owners. Hotel employees are expected to be self-aware. Very self-aware.
The funny part? Nowadays, some hotels have started crashing straight into these noble values. They proudly parade a very political marketing phrase:
“Freedom of expression.”
Hehe.
THE TEAM
