article_snippet.sent: Human error, over-stocking, failure to re-stock, errant charges from weighted items being shifted but not consumed, all of these lead the front desk to spend hours a day slicing off incorrect charges.'
article_snippet.sent: He also notes that the 'items are purchased in bulk and sold at an absurd mark-up.' '
article_snippet.sent: Mike Holovacs, a front office supervisor at a major hotel chain and an adjunct hospitality instructor, adds: 'If an item has not sold, an item's just like any other retail setting - the item is pulled when an item reaches an item expiration date.'
article_snippet.sent: Usually the ordering is done by a housekeeping manager who takes into account the current supply and the average monthly uses from years past,' Tomsky reveals. '
article_snippet.sent: It's a rather intriguing ordering process based on a large amount of collected data. '