I have a cleaner. Not a very good one, but she's ever so nice. She took early retirement from her (real) job and thought "I'll do some cleaning. It can't be that difficult...I do my own!" I probably should've gone and looked at her house before I said yes. I can do my own but I'm not very good at it.
Anyway, like I said...she's not that good, but I wanted someone to come on a Friday to make it all nice for the weekend. I wanted it all spick and span. I wanted to smell the polish as I came through the door and I wanted it to last until the next week. Obviously my expectations are too high. She doesn't like my Dyson and doesn't like cleaning under the sofa...I have to do that. She doesn't like spiders (OK, I do) and I hate anyone squashing them so I go around the homestead trying to find the little critters in case she leaves! She won't pick up anything from the floor but will maneuver her vacuum around them. But she's very nice.
I had a cleaner a couple of years ago as Miriam (the au pair) was totally rubbish. The cleaner I had was very nice and very good. We negotiated for three hours. I would make her a coffee and she'd sit...and sit...and sit. She'd sit for an hour and I'd have to pay her for her sit down time! In the end I had to say I was having work done and I'd call her when I needed her back...I obviously didn't make that call.
Last week, I asked her how it was going. She was looking for some extra work and a lady (why do cleaners always call their cleaning jobs "Lady"?) she works for mentioned she knew someone who needed a cleaner. She said she'd give her a trial. "It was filthy!" she told me in disgust. "I mean, who lives like that? I'm not going back!" I thought the purpose of a cleaner was to get your home into tip top shape. Being a cleaner entails...surprise, surprise...cleaning!
My sis told me that her cleaner moans about the windows. "You must open them every day for two hours.They get dirty as they are not opened." Sis just laughs. She pays her to clean, and if the windows get dirty week after week...too bad!
I liked her because she loved the dogs...and the kids. Maybe I should've asked her to be the au-pair?
Anyway, like I said...she's not that good, but I wanted someone to come on a Friday to make it all nice for the weekend. I wanted it all spick and span. I wanted to smell the polish as I came through the door and I wanted it to last until the next week. Obviously my expectations are too high. She doesn't like my Dyson and doesn't like cleaning under the sofa...I have to do that. She doesn't like spiders (OK, I do) and I hate anyone squashing them so I go around the homestead trying to find the little critters in case she leaves! She won't pick up anything from the floor but will maneuver her vacuum around them. But she's very nice.
I had a cleaner a couple of years ago as Miriam (the au pair) was totally rubbish. The cleaner I had was very nice and very good. We negotiated for three hours. I would make her a coffee and she'd sit...and sit...and sit. She'd sit for an hour and I'd have to pay her for her sit down time! In the end I had to say I was having work done and I'd call her when I needed her back...I obviously didn't make that call.
Last week, I asked her how it was going. She was looking for some extra work and a lady (why do cleaners always call their cleaning jobs "Lady"?) she works for mentioned she knew someone who needed a cleaner. She said she'd give her a trial. "It was filthy!" she told me in disgust. "I mean, who lives like that? I'm not going back!" I thought the purpose of a cleaner was to get your home into tip top shape. Being a cleaner entails...surprise, surprise...cleaning!
My sis told me that her cleaner moans about the windows. "You must open them every day for two hours.They get dirty as they are not opened." Sis just laughs. She pays her to clean, and if the windows get dirty week after week...too bad!
I liked her because she loved the dogs...and the kids. Maybe I should've asked her to be the au-pair?
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