I’m going to try and get a cleaner.
I am a crap at cleaning, The Husband ends up doing most of it which causes no end of tension and tutting.
I am aware that good cleaners are like gold dust in the village. The cream of the crop charges £10 an hour and doesn’t have any availability … and she has a waiting list.
I saw an advert in the local newsagent for Sandy*, who charges £6.50 an hour. In brackets (special offer 4 hours for £30!!). Now I’m bad at maths, but still, I’m not sure that is a special offer. Still, beggars can’t be choosers, I assumed that I could point out her mistake when she came round to see me. Only she didn’t answer her phone. Rather than leave her a waffley answer phone message I decided I’d call again after work.
Half way through the afternoon I got a text message. It said “Who this please it Sandy”.
I’m now assuming that not only is addition not Sandy’s strong point, but nor is English.
I’m wondering whether to ring her back tomorrow, or confuse her further with a text saying “It me Sandy, you polish my house and clean toilet?”.
*Names have been changed to protect the mathematically challenged.
13 Comments on "Beggars can’t be choosers"
I wish I had someone to help me clean! *sigh* My laundry’s never ending. As for Sandy as long as she’s not saying “me love you long time” I think you’re good! *grin*
I’ll do it for a fiver an hour if you throw in the air fare! I can try right? I used to have a cleaning service when I was working all those years ago and it was lovely but I always found myself cleaning for them!
Do it. Do it.
The language problem won’t be much of a problem as long as you make it very clear what you want her to do. Some of them (over here at least) come in, tell you what they will do and expect you to fall in line. I have (not enough) cleaning help and am terrible at being the boss. I have found my really upper crust friends have no problems at all with issuing orders, and their “staff” don’ t argue. Just pretend you’re on “Upstairs Downstairs”.
I have a cleaner and am flippin’ glad I do cos I hate doing it too. My cleaner charges £6.50 an hour but she works hard for that. I do know some charge £10 an hr which I think is a bit much, but I guess it depends on the state of your house!
CJ xx
weep…that’s fun!
Saint Janet has left me recently. I have a fill in ‘Tash’ until my MALE and POLISH cleaner starts. Interesting….I bet he’s fab.. although I’m suddenly reminded of male cleaners i’ve had in the past (but not like that) who had a penchant for my underwear. Sigh. Dirty underwear….urgh! Hopefully my big ‘ol mummy pants won’t be such a draw this time.
Loving mummyfiles’ sister…. ‘have fun’. Priceless!
My sister has a Polish cleaner and when we left the house once while she was there, my sister called up the stairs “we’re off now, have fun”.
Not sure if cleaning was her first choice of job, so being instructed to have fun cleaning her house might have been a bit too much!. Ooops
we paid £10 in central London. I’ve been looking for a cleaner too, but refuse to pay £10 in suburbia sorry but childminders are charging £4.50 ut here lol
I had a polish girl and she was fab, never knock the lack of English
This is a touchy subject for me at the mo.
As Jim is ‘pursuing his dream’ (which means getting paid frock all to do what he loves) we can’t afford a cleaner.
When I say ‘we’ I mean ‘he’ and I genuinely can’t afford to pay £40 per month on my own.
And wooden floors get SO BLOODY DUSTY!! I am at OCD levels of floor dusting at the moment
*sigh*
That’s so funny! I too am without cleaner and in need of some housewifely help…. Did you text her back?
Move ‘Up North’ and I’ll do it for you, 4hrs for £28
A bargain surely? (And my texts contain full english and no text speak) :p
Might be worth waiting for someone else to come along!
Snorted with laughter when I read this on Twitter yet somehow it’s still funny. Husband has now given me permission to get a cleaner – let me know how Sandy turns out.
Wait, ten quid an hour? I don’t do my own cleaning for considerably less than that! I could pop round and not do yours…?
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