I always used to make fun of people who cleaned before their maids came. I've never done that during the times in my life when I've been lucky enough to have a maid. I mean, I'm paying THEM to clean, why would I bother? Are people so insecure that they care what strangers think? Wellllllllllllllll, my sister is coming over tomorrow with her entourage of sponges and I just cleaned my kitchen because she'll probably ask me where the grout cleaner is. And then will roll her eyes when I ask, "What kind of fish is that?"
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009
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I beleieve that you GOTTA clean before the maids come and this is why!!
ReplyDelete(a) they are already judging you - and probably going through your stuff as well. What if they have a "check out this shit" blog and post pics of your house!!
(b) They will spend all their time picking up the crap I've left laying around and won't get to the bathrooms - which is why I hire maids in the first place - because ewweee!
Alright, for me it's Michel's "b." And here's one that just cheeses me right off. I hate when they throw whatever they find in a drawer of their choice and it takes me a week to find shit. Shit i use. That's what it was doing laying out in the first place. Lesson to me, put it where it belongs first, and then the maids won't help me lose it.
ReplyDeleteMy best friend cleans before her cleaning lady too. I thought you had to. Will they even put away the crap??
ReplyDeleteWhen I had a maid (oh, why did I ever give that up?), I would clean so she could deep-clean. Then again, I am your sister.
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ReplyDeleteI don't want a maid to clean up the easy mess - I want one to get the cobwebs in the high corners and do the floors, doors, stuff I can't reach/be bothered with.
ReplyDeleteSince I have no maid, it's all moot.
When I cleaned people's homes (specializing in kitchens and bathrooms), I never really thought about their mess or lack thereof - usually I was too busy trying not to barf, because have you ever cleaned the toilet for a fifty-something bachelor? Yeah, best diet ever - the "I can't eat anything because I can still see that toilet" plan. I charged extra if anything waved at me.
Shade and Sweetwater,
K (who wouldn't clean her own house for pay, now, let alone anyone else's)
I would never clean before a maid came to clean, if anything, I'd make an even bigger mess! Who cares what she thinks.
ReplyDeleteBut, if family was coming to help me clean, I'd clean before hand. I don't want them to know I'm a pig.
On the rare occasions that someone else cleans my house, I don't pre-clean; that's what the cleaners are getting paid to do. I have more important things to do - like match up all my knee-highs or purge panties that have gotten too ... holey, yeah that's it - holey.
ReplyDeleteOh, MereCat - after the first time of not being able to find shit when the cleaner is gone, I just tell them to put everything on the kitchen table, and I'll put it away. They need to get on with CLEANING, not stowing.
I,ve never had a maid (sexist Pun deleted).however i get real paranoid ,in a similar way,about window cleaners.......I wish they would close eyes as they climb that ladder!
ReplyDeleteI've never had a maid. My aunt does and when I stay there it's never clean enough. I think if she would pick up at least a little, the maid could then focus on the real dirt and grime.
ReplyDeleteErm...what kind of fish is a maid?
ReplyDeleteYou know, I decided not to get a maid and just get a wife. My husband seems to enjoy his.
ReplyDeleteMy husband does that. We have someone who comes every two weeks but the place is so clean by the time she gets here I think she just hangs around outside and smokes on our deck. (Seriously, that's what she was doing when I came home early last time...) Who can blame her? There's nothing to do!
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