Merry Maids...Not so Merry...

[eyescene]

Merry Maids: we ain't THAT merry... (http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/chi/268061591.html)

In fact, we're not merry at all. This is for all people who have cleaning services, not just merry maids customers.

If you have a cleaning service, a housekeeper, or are thinking about employing one, there are a couple things I would looove to point out to you. Let's call them tips from the expert, shall we?

1. MAIDS, NOT MIRACLE WORKERS - If your brat of screaming bastard child spills grape juice on your white counters and your lazy ass lets it sit there for a WEEK, don't bitch at me when your counters have a wonderful purple hue to them even after I scrub it. If you haven't dusted your shelves or scrubbed your tubs in the five ****ing years you've lived in your shit hole, IT'S NOT GOING TO SPARKLE AFTER ONE CLEANING, SORRY. It's called UPKEEP, people. In the wonderful time between your cleanings, take a vacuum to the carpets, dust a lil something, if you miss the toilet WIPE IT UP. Otherwise, don't expect me to pull out my magic maid wand and turn your place from a pumpkin to a carriage.

2. YOU ARE NOT, I REPEAT NOT, BETTER THAN ME - You know how I know this? Because we snoop. We snoop through everything you ****ing own. I know about the kinky sex toys you have under your bed, the naked pictures you have of yourself in the desk drawer and I've heard the bill collectors leave messages on your answering machine. I clean houses because it's putting me through college, not because I love finding used condoms under your sofa cushions. (Which, by the way, I ****ing adore little presents like that. It's almost as if you left them there just for me; like little love letters slipped into my locker in high school. le sigh.) One day, I'll be a computer programmer and I wont have to pick up after you. Until then, don't talk to me like I'm a **** ass idiot slave.

3. TIP, TIP, TIP - I understand that you have to shell out 200 bucks a cleaning. I agree, it is a ridiculous price. Guess how little of that $200 I actually see? VERY ****ING LITTLE. You tip the mailman, your waitress, the guy who put in that hideous carpet, and you even throw a couple bucks at the homeless guy downtown but you don't tip the maid who cleans the piss off of your toilets? For shame. Also, houses that tip get cleaned better. Oh, is that a surprise to you? It's called incentive, ass hat.

There's more see the link above.

[carsalesguy]

lol. i'm gonna get satan to read this while i throw her a $10 bill

[Baloo]

eyescene, that is hysterical!!! Thanks so much for that post... having cleaned businesses and houses and rental cabins I can relate to that post and every bit of it is true! :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Scarlett O'Hara]

It is so true.

[SoMissTV]

lol. i'm gonna get satan to read this while i throw her a $10 bill

ten singles will last longer.

[carsalesguy]

how about quarters?

[eyescene]

quarters would hurt!

[eyescene]

eyescene, that is hysterical!!! Thanks so much for that post... having cleaned businesses and houses and rental cabins I can relate to that post and every bit of it is true! :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: Yell I cleaned a few houses in a few gated communities and shewwwww doggie they have some nice toys....:kekeke: did I just say that :kekeke:

[Manon]

I find that thoroughly entertaining. I also didn't realize a cleaning was two hundred bucks.

[proudtobefrompetal]

I cleaned houses for a short period of time and believe me there's lots of nasty people out there. I definitely feel better about myself.

It amazes me what people will allow their children to do in their own home. Their pets, too.

After cleaning, I would rush home to scrub myself down. I felt as nasty as the house I had just cleaned.

[jmb]

$200 a cleaning??? Guess that's why I don't have a maid! lol

[Maggie-Doodle]

Geez, $200 a cleaning! I wonder if that is the standard rate or how they charge. My next door neighbor has Molly Maids come in every other week to clean...her house can't be that bad....she is hardly ever there. Maybe I need to ask IF I can have the job...$400 extra a month would help pad my pocketbook nicely! :)

[proudtobefrompetal]

That's how much Merry Maids charge. An individual will charge a whole lot less. My friend only pays $50 every other week. And I think my mom only pays $40/week.

[TheCapitalist]

Applications being accepted. Please PM pics in French maid costume!!!! Nice fringe benefits. Ha. Just Kidding!! Before the stuff hits the fan!!

[eyescene]

I was amazed at how nasty some of the wealthier were....clothes piled high! I guess if there is nothing to wear you just run out and buy something else. Oh and they did not want to pay any extra for all the extra work.

[justme]

I have had a maid and I was paying $50 a week. I have been through a few actually. All I want every week is to the have my floors done- and done right. My kitchen cleaned and the bathrooms done. And every thing dusted really good. These are very simple things that no one seems to do without cutting corneres and skimping. One maid did not move canisters and clean behind appliances. No one ever really did the hard wood floors right and swept under the furniture. (it is not heavy or hard to move) - so now I just get by- i really need a maid, but I have not been able to find someone who doesn't just get by on a clean smell and enough to look clean. if you have a good maid PM me i would love to know who she is.

[onlyme]

I'd hate to have some stranger in the house while I am gone - I don't care how many references they bring. I am not going to pay anyone to touch, move and investigate my personal belongings. The military pays for our moves and the movers/packers but I always pack my own clothes, unspeakables and other very personal items because I can't stand the thought of having some sweaty, half-drunk ( yes, we've had plenty of those in the past ) packer touch them. I am also uncomfortable with people who insist on showing me their whole house. I have no interest in other people's bedrooms and bathrooms or how they organize their closets. Maybe I am just weird ;). Keeping a house in decent shape is not that difficult if you invest about 30 minutes a day for everyday upkeep and do a thorough deep-clean every now and then. If I needed more time than that it would be time to downgrade to a smaller house.

[countrygirl]

Before I retired, it wasn't the regular cleaning like floors and bathrooms that bothered me. I hated stuff like cleaning out the fridge and closets and doing windows....I never saw the point in having someone come in once a week to do bathrooms, fold clothes, sweep, ect. when some of it would just need to be done again the next day...

[dyates]

Ugh, why not clean your own house ....talk about lazy! :-?

[LipsofanAngel]

I guess I got this from my mother, but I have no intentions of ever having someone else clean my house. I understand that we all get busy and it's probably even worse once you have kids... but I can't stand the thought of someone being in my home or going through my stuff. It creeps me out enough having housekeeping at a hotel come in while my things are in there. Plus, for that money- I'd rather clean my house myself, and use that money on children or traveling... or a new Coach purse ;)

[petalgirl00]

I'm going to pay one of my friends to help me clean my house while my husband is deployed. Work, school, and the boys keep me busy. The poor house gets the shaft end of the deal lol.

[fuzzis]

One of the suggestions that the marriage counselor gave my friends whose marriage has just imploded was that they hire a housekeeper. With three kids, pets, and schedules that don't necessarily synch, they spent more time taking care of the house than they did with each other. $50/week seems like nothing in that context.

[jkspatty]

I used to think I would never let anyone clean my house too. Well, for the last year I have worked 50-60 hours a week, my husband works 40-50 with a lengthy commute. We have no children, but plenty of pets. We share the household chores, but dang it is hard. I have seriously considered hiring a housekeeper if only for a couple days a week. It has nothing to do with being lazy, it is called exhaustion. I just don't see how families with children do it. So if you need to hire a housekeeper to make things easier, I say go for it.

[amanda]

One, I don't like having people go through my things. Two, they probably wouldn't do it to my satisfaction anyway. Three, I've never been at that point in my life where I had an extra 50.00 to let anyone clean my house. Even with my insane schedule, my house still manages to stay clean and neat, clothes washed, and everyone fed. So, I think I'll give myself that 50.00 a week and treat myself to something special. :)

[Honey]

When we move we call the maids to come in and clean once the movers have gotten everything out. It is a load off my list of things to do and I can focus on the new house.

[LipsofanAngel]

I guess there's all different reasons for hiring a cleaning service... I completely understand if you hire someone so that you ae able to spend time with your children and husband at night and on the weekends or because you're just too exhausted from the workweek... I guess I just consider it lazy when it's the rich little housewives that just don't want to clean.

[Honey]

Hey Lips even the poor housewives don't want to clean either. But when giving the option of electricity or maid service I'm gonna go with the lights and A/C everytime.

[LipsofanAngel]

well I don't suppose anyone really wants to clean... but if you have the time and resources and it doesn't interfere with your family life- then I see absolutely no reason not to clean a home yourself. Just my opinion is all. It very well could change later in life... but for now, that's how I see it.

[Hermione]

When we move we call the maids to come in and clean once the movers have gotten everything out. It is a load off my list of things to do and I can focus on the new house.

I'm doing that this time. Just too busy, too old, and too tired. Although I took the fridge with me, and usually that's the worst part of post-move cleaning.

I would love to pay somebody to come in once a month to deep-clean (baseboards, fan blades, that kind of stuff.) The thing I don't want is for anyone to fool with the laundry -- one of the few things I'm actually fussy about.

[Honey]

I kinda funny about people touching my stuff too. Now I would give you anything I got just about but don't touch it when I'm gone. It's a germ thing to me. Speaking of cleaning I should sweep and mop. But I can do that while talking on here too.

[jkspatty]

Hey Lips even the poor housewives don't want to clean either. But when giving the option of electricity or maid service I'm gonna go with the lights and A/C everytime.


Not trying to be smart here, but what do the housewives want to do if not clean? That is what a housewife is, you stay at home and take care of the house right?

[LipsofanAngel]

Not trying to be smart here, but what do the housewives want to do if not clean? That is what a housewife is, you stay at home and take care of the house right?
I guess I'm on the same line of thinking as you on this one... I'm not trying to sound rude or judgemental by any means... but, rich or poor- if you stay at home... isn't it your responsibility to take care of the house? What's the point of being a housewife if you're not willing to do that? especially if the kids are in school... why would you not clean your own home if your a stay at home wife/mother?

[Honey]

Oh I stay busy all the time. When the kids were little I did the school classroom mom thing all the time. Also, I cooked at the church on wednesday nights which meant buying the groceries too. I chaired or co-chaired on this and that organization. I was director of this and that, too. Volunteered at this and that evertime they called. Taught Sunday School which believe it or not takes more than an hour on Sunday. Once a week us housewives did the playgroup thing. And remember if someone is in need of something like helping the elderly or helping with their errands us housewives are there to help. We fix casseroles and visit the sick in the hospital. All this stuff is also done by working mothers too. I got my college education while being a mother and a housewife. And remember I owned a 120 acres working cattle farm and it didn't run itself. Both my children were competive gymnast and since they couldn't drive a car it meant I was at their gym five days a week from 3 til 9 and then traveled all over this country for competitions on the weekends. I have many many friends who work and when their babies are sick it is us housewives who pinch in and take care of the little ones or that could just be with me though. I have written about seven books some of which are not finished though (I don't have the time). And then there is the ever growing list of things my hubby needed to have done. I am in charge of the family tree and have researched as far back as I can. I also do a newsletter that goes all over this country. Now although I am still a housewife by trade I have earned this free time and I don't always want to spend it dusting the ceiling fans. Oh and did I mention I have owned a business for 20 years. Being a housewife is what I love to do all the other stuff is what I do to fill up the rest of the minutes in the day. I would not change it for the world and my hubby groans loudly at the mention of me going back to work. And that is fine by me. Us housewives are busier than you think.

[justme]

I honestly barely have time to get the laundry washed- we come home from work/ school. Do homework, cook dinner, eat, take baths and go to bed. Depending on the sports season we are busy with a practice or two. During the fall the weekends are full - always. So unless I burn the midnight oil after everyone is in bed- we do good to have clean clothes, sometimes put away, and clean bathrooms. The kitchen is never perfect- there are always dirty dishes. It just can't get done- So to have someone come in and make sure that the floors, bathrooms, kitchen etc. are clean - perfectly clean one day a week- is really great. Everyone is happier and there is not a time when Mom can't play on the weekends because I have to spend all day saturday cleaning or I am exhausted all the time becuase I put cleaning over sleeping. I need to be able to function at work so sleep is necessary! If I was a SAHM then I would love to clean. I actually like to clean, i just don't have time.

[onlyme]

Not trying to be smart here, but what do the housewives want to do if not clean? That is what a housewife is, you stay at home and take care of the house right?

I prefer to post on MH :kekeke:
No, seriously. I am a "little housewife" but I don't spend all waking hurs chasing dustbunnies. Mornings are for exercise, schoolwork ( even housewives have a brain that wants to be fed ), long walks with the dog and preparation for dinner; afternoons are spent with the kids, helping with homework, driving them around to their various activities or just playing games with them. All that is much more enjoyable than scrubbing every little speck that might be hiding. Don't get me wrong, my house is clean but a museum it is not.

[eyescene]

I have had a maid and I was paying $50 a week. I have been through a few actually. All I want every week is to the have my floors done- and done right. My kitchen cleaned and the bathrooms done. And every thing dusted really good. These are very simple things that no one seems to do without cutting corneres and skimping. One maid did not move canisters and clean behind appliances. No one ever really did the hard wood floors right and swept under the furniture. (it is not heavy or hard to move) - so now I just get by- i really need a maid, but I have not been able to find someone who doesn't just get by on a clean smell and enough to look clean. if you have a good maid PM me i would love to know who she is.

I went through 3 maids, 2 were friends of family and one professional. The professionals wide flat mop was so dirty I wondered how that dirty thing would clean my floor. Now I do it myself. I'd rather hurt than pay someone to half ass do it. :smt009 :smt086