My Cleaning lady rant
Recently we had a potential cleaning lady come to our house for an evaluation and an estimate. The one thing I learned from this experience is that your house needs to be spotless and tidy if you expect them to clean any thing at all. Spick and Span if you are to pass their test which can be really challenging for someone with adhd.
I have put together a quick little cheat sheet here for you based on my failed experience so that you will know the do’s and don’t of cleaning lady evaluations.
Here is what should NOT happen when you have a potential cleaning lady come over to evaluate your house for an estimate.
- You should not schedule the evaluation on the same day that your husband decides to drain the entire swamp (pool) in your back yard of all its debris and algae which is now spewing all over the driveway.
- You should not have two Adirondack chairs on your porch blockading the front door because you didn’t bother to put them back when you were done with the yard project. Apparently this will cause the cleaning lady to have to climb over the chairs just to reach the doorbell and she will no doubt tell you about it and make certain that you realize what a Irritatedhuge inconvenience this was.
- You should not have the cleaning lady referred to you by your next door neighbor who will no doubt be getting the low down on your absolute inability to change a litter box or put a roll of toilet paper on the holder.
- You should not hear the cleaning lady utter the phrase “I-YIH-YIH!” upon entrance to your kids rooms.
- You should not have a dried banana peel stuck to the side of your TV stand. (Apparently this is frowned upon in the cleaning lady community.)
I never have understood the whole “We need to clean the house because the cleaning lady is coming to clean” concept. It irritates the tar out of me that this is the norm. YOU’RE A FRIGGIN CLEANING LADY! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO CLEAN!!!!
I was terribly irritated when she asked if the clutter would be picked up on the day’s that she would be coming to clean. Umm sure? I mean, yeah we can be messy, but it’s hardly a ”Hoarding” episode in the making.
I realize this is a rather random post but I just had to share. Thanks for listening.
Rant over.
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I think I’d find a new cleaning lady. If I were to offer up cleaning services, I would expect to be going into a messy home. I can’t believe she had the nerve to ask if you would be tidying up before she got there. Um, no, that’s what I’m paying you for!
I know right?
You know, I’ve thought this many a time before in my life. I’ve worked as a cleaner, both domestic and commercial. Obviously commercial – you have to clean the crap, I’ve done bars and even bingo halls. But when I’ve done it domestically, it’s always for people who must clean before we get there. Or who don’t need a cleaner. If I hired a cleaner, I’d expect them to do what I have to do. Clean. I am paying you to do a job I don’t want to/cba to/don’t have the time to do myself with working/am rich enough to pay you for. Delete as applicable. Or am I missing the point? Glad it’s not just me!
I worked with a woman, when I was teaching who had a cleaning lady and will tell me she had to clean a bit before the cleaning lady actually came. I, too, never understood this, because if you are getting paid to clean my house then aren’t paying you to do that. I mean if not I could just pay myself, lol!!
I have to get my house “clean enough for a cleaning lady” as well. Ugggh, I hate it! Holy counter-intuitive Batman! Great post!
My husband and my children laugh at me whenever I ask them to get their rooms ready for the cleaning lady. I have to say, though, that the main reason I do it is because I want my wonderful ladies to do the big stuff I/we hate or dont’ have time for: dusting, windows, shower, toilet, cobwebs, baseboards. I keep a pretty clean house and my kids “pick up” their rooms once or twice a week. But I do make sure to have things de-cluttered before they arrive simply because I don’t want to pay them to do the things I can do and typically do each day.
I want the big crappy jobs that I hate to be their focus. I’ve learned also that if I put in the effort to de-clutter/straighten before they come, they spend the same amount of time but always do something extra- inside of the fridge, all the doors and walls, etc. But there are def times I don’t have time to “prep the house” for them and they do a great job but no extras. I like extras.
Vicky
See now if she was a cleaning lady worth anything she would have sorted the dirty water out, moved the chairs back to a more suitable spot, cleaned the kids rooms and removed the banana peel – all without you even noticing!!!!
So it appears she failed the test and can’t clean – did you tell her that?
My lady is on maternity leave and actually my house has never been cleaner – go figure :-/
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how funny! we recently bought a cleaning service and haven’t even used it because our house is “too dirty” … crazy! I feel like that’s what they do they need to clean. I mean if bills are stacked they can leave them but otherwise clean it..
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I love it! I’m picturing a Nanny McFee-ish woman, looking down her nose as she strolls around in white gloves periodically tsking.