Do You Have a Cleaning Lady?

[Jack_Dawson]

Cleaning Lady Haiku:



Mine Left, I was sad

Now she's back, and I am stoked.

Don't leave me again.

[kick-ass-bob]

1. not yet, but someday soon...

but I won't be an ass to them like I see so often...

[Jack_Dawson]

2. They kick ass n/t

[LDS Jock]

3. no, I am the haus frau around here

[pagerbear]

17. That pinafore flatters you more than you can know!

[LDS Jock]

19. so its YOU who has been looking through my windows

PERVERT!

[pagerbear]

22. That would be me.

And don't worry--I won't tell people about that thing you do when you're especially lonely.

[GingerSnaps]

4. After my apartment gets dirty I move

:D

[freetobegay]

5. Doesn't everyone?

[redqueen]

6. Your first option is irritating!

:grr:

[kick-ass-bob]

oh, get over it, here:

:spank:

feel better now?

:evilgrin:

[Jack_Dawson]

10. LOL

I'm asking if you scratch a check to someone you don't live with, to clean your house. What's so irritating? :-)

[redqueen]

12. The implication that it's NATURALLY the 'woman's job'.

Dur!

[Jack_Dawson]

14. I'm still LOLing

Don't be so hypersensitive RedQueen!

It's not a woman's JOB, but women seem to enjoy it more than men, that's all.

[redqueen]

23. Oy!

You think we ENJOY it?!

Oh oh oh!!!!

:nuke:

[MissB]

25. I don't think women "enjoy it" more than men

I think women are just less tolerant of living in a hovel.

[Phillycat]

39. Oh look, "hypersensitive". How surprising.

Can "hysterical" and "calm down" be far behind?

[Jack_Dawson]

40. Don't get hysterical...just calm down.

Jeesh! :-)

[efhmc]

18. More than irritating.

Edited to add, probably true which is really irritating. But on the flip side there are many men that clean also.

[Out the Parasites]

7. I had a cleaning service when I worked outside my home...now that

I've moved my office into my house, I canceled the service. I felt like I spent enough time here that I could handle the cleaning myself. But, so far I haven't spent that much time cleaning. I guess I was so used to them coming.

I hate sweeping and moping the floors. Everything else is fine. I'm thinking about hiring them back to just do the floors...but I'm not sure they would be interested.

Good Luck

[Glenda]

8. I wish!

Any takers?

[Glenda]

9. Oooops, that was a joke, I'm not trying to lock this thread!

[johnnie]

11. A what?

:shrug:

[Pithlet]

13. I'm the cleaning lady

Although if we put our house up on the market, I'll probably hire one for one time use, to do a really thorough cleaning. It's hard for me to do that with DU around. And the kids.

[Lavender Brown]

15. No, but my roommate does.

:mad:

[Magrittes Pipe]

16. Only until she moves out.

:P

[Red State Rebel]

20. I'm looking for one....

I don't like the cleaning "services", I want one person I know and trust in my home so I'm scouting around....

[Pithlet]

32. Have you read "Nickled and Dimed?"

I won't hire a franchised service ever after reading that book. If I ever do hire anyone for that one time thorough cleaning, it will be someone independent.

[Jack_Dawson]

41. What's the Book About?

[Pithlet]

42. Here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805063897/002-1378360-9136043?v=glance

It's a great book about the working poor that shatters all kinds of myths that right perpetrates about the working poor. The author writes about her experiences trying to live solely off the types of low wage jobs that millions in America have. One of them was for a "Merry Maids" type cleaning franchise.

[olddem43]

21. Mine is off work -

for the past several years. place is a mess.

[yvr girl]

24. Ya, her name is yvr girl

She's not very good. Of course, I don't pay her well.

[Mizmoon]

26. Yes, and it's the greatest thing on earth

Having a cleaning lady improved my whole life. No kidding.

[Jack_Dawson]

27. See that's what I'm sayin'

There's no other feeling in the world than entering your domicile post-cleaning lady.

[skygazer]

28. Yeah

Her name's "Skygazer".

I've never had any hired help of any sort. I don't think I'd feel comfortable having someone else poking around my house.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

29. I wish

my house is a bleepin' mess right now....

[bloodyjack]

30. we used to keep a house boy back when I was a wee little shit

he was very polite and punctual, he and I got along real swell. and the main reason my parents employed him was because he was trying to save up to pay for his sister's wedding. he finally did, and moved back to a state in India some of you have probably havent heard of.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

31. I had a houseboy, but he went back to UK n/t

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

33. My cleaning ladies are men

[Jack_Dawson]

34. Please elabourate if you would...

[dr.strangelove]

35. Our cleaning lady is wonderful

My wife and I both leave at 6:00 am and get home at 8:00 pm. We honestly don't have time to clean. The cleaning lady comes in every Tuesday and Friday and vacuums, does laundry, dusts and does general straightening up. She is a saint.

[sleepyhead]

38. Laundry?

Sigh. If mine did the laundry she'd be perfect. But there's a laundromat one block away from me with a wash-and-fold service, so I can't complain. We work long hours too, and without the cleaning lady we'd be living in filth. We only have her come once a week (smallish apartment) and she does all the stuff that we would probably never do (vacuums, mops, scrubs the bathroom, etc.) She does have some funny ideas about where things belong (I once found the TV remote in the hall closet) but we have learned most of her quirks and love her anyway. It's so nice to come home to a sparkling clean apartment! If I ever win the lottery I will have her come every day!

[Nikia]

36. I wish

My husband and I both hate cleaning. We'd have someone come in if we could afford it. We probably would have to have less clutter too. One of my high school friend's mom was a cleaning lady and always complained about clutter to clean around. If I get a better job, my husband gets a job or makes some money with his business, and we buy a house, we'll probably find an independent cleaning lady. They are usually cheaper but personally keep more of the money.

[DrZeeLit]

37. No. He's a guy -- my husband, who loves to vaccuum,

dust, and basically clean up. I love it, I must say.

Kerry On!

[democracyindanger]

43. Used to, but I'm even too lazy for a cleaning lady

Geez, setting aside a day every couple of weeks where I have to open the door and swear off the computer for a few hours? Too much trouble.