Greetings,
Should you find yourself traveling lots and living in odd parts of the world, the idea of a cleaning lady will certainly cross your mind. I am currently living in squalor and it’s pathetic but there is one thing I hate more than walking over my own trash and filth to get to the fridge; that’s inviting a spy into my house.
All cleaning ladies will spy on you just like all general contractors will overstate their talents; you can count on that and if you don’t believe me than by all means go find out for yourself. You see, the term “cleaning lady” is actually a synonym for the word spy. They will spy on you and how can they not? They are bored as shit cleaning up your stuff and if something goes missing, usually a good person to start interrogating.
I don’t like cleaning ladies for the same reason I loathe living with other people; you see I like to spread out like a diseases, a mold of sorts whenever I have a space to call my own. The concept of putting stuff away after yourself never really grew on me and now I’m all grown up with the habits of a lazy seven year old. I also hate garbage as the tropics are filled with small insects so I am considering buying a small fridge, ripping out the shelves and using it to store trash.
I digress.
So I want to ask you, the distinguished gentleman and degenerates alike of iBankCoin, what are your thoughts on cleaning ladies? Have you had one? A good way to deal with them? I could in theory put everything in my room then lock it but if I’m going to go to that trouble, why don’t I just clean the place myself? The small house is 625 square feet and the patio is 70 square feet so only really 555 square feet to clean. These are the issues I’m facing on this Thursday morning as I sit by the sea watching couples eat over priced breakfasts.
There is this one sports bar which I loathe because the waitresses literally make you feel like you’re an unwelcome houseguest. The kind of person who stays at a party long after the host has been making it clear that your company is not wanted and their hospitality has finished. These ladies are more of the non-verbal communication style and their long faces tell stories which will shun most customers; which is their plan. You see, this is the fastest place for me to upload so what is a man to do?
Apart from that, I’d also like to mention that holiday destinations have a real couples problem. They swarm these places like locust stinking up all the good joints. They speak to very little people besides themselves or “friends’ on their fucking phones and usually one of them looks like they wish they had broken up years ago. Anyways, these couples are a real hassle and I don’t see the pleasures in traveling as a couple, talk about taking sand to the beach. I once traveled with a girl named Marissa and I had to break up with her on Mirissa Beach despite it being known as a romantic get away. From the moment I landed in Sri Lanka and opened the hotel room to her waiting, I immediately knew I had made a grave error.
I’m literally surrounded by couples and none of them look like they’re having fun. I’ll tell you how their day has gone so far. The man or woman woke up early to the other one is lazy and wanted to stay in bed. The active one would have loved to have a breakfast and explored the island but they waited because they have been trained to be a submissive to their lazy partner and then had that common and boring chat of what the other wants for breakfast. They are both being overly polite so they end up settling on somewhere neither wants. Than they strolled here at a snails pace and came to stink up this cafe with no character.
There is one girl here who is single and quite friendly. The only problem is she was a bartender in Banff for three years which is the STD capital of Canada and that makes me cringe. My insane 900mb upload at a 0.28u speed is coming to a close, it’s time for me to leave and sit in my filthy kitchen staring at my mess while deciding what to do about it. Later it’s time to see what the work crew is up to, Alta Vista aka “High View” for those of you who don’t speak Spanish is well under way – stay tuned.
That’s enough for now, so your thoughts on cleaning ladies?
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Ask around for references. Once you have identified one with a good reputation, male sure to pay them well. Also, a team of cleaning ladies helps to keep each honest IMO.
Your place is small enough that daily maintenance wouldn’t be too bad. Have them come once or twice a month for a thorough cleaning to get all the stuff that takes time to clean.
Yes, a little each day goes a long way but I’ve had the builder in again putting shelves in and such, drilling cement blah it gets messy.
Get on your hands and knees and scrub it yourself. You soiled it, you clean it. Have some pride. IMO.
I didn’t think Canadians could catch STDs?
I think you are actually expressing how you feel about your house, not cleaning ladies. Having said that, it is possible your town does not have housekeeping help that can be trusted to be professional.
Sounds like you need to keep your place secure and private, and clean up when you feel like it. Listen to your instinct, and I read it is telling you to not bring strangers into your house right now.
I know what it is like to not be able to trust people who are in your home. It is absolutely terrible, an unsettled way to live. DO NOT put yourself in this position. You’ll be much happier if you don’t feel the need to secure your things in your own home.
I have a few people in mind, I think if I have internet I can just sit around for a few hours but if not, it’s like I’m paying for someone to clean and my time is spent sitting around.
I don’t like strangers seeing the inside of my house, and taking an inventory of my possessions. I’ve even resorted to figuring out a few appliance repairs, in trying to cock block potential evil-doers. Here’s another step I’ll take: when calling for a cab to the airport, I’ll give them my neighbors address, and then just stand out on the sidewalk in front of their house, so some hard for cash cabbie and his buddies won’t be paying my place a visit, knowing I’m out of town for a bit….
I don’t like anyone in my house. I know I share lots online but behind closed doors I’m a very private person. I like your idea about neighbours house, well played.
Life is full of compromises. Your cleaning lady topic is one of them but so is the good high speed internet access in the sports bar that you loathe and the couples having to deal with each other.
As far as the cleaning lady. There are number of things you might have to consider. The fact that you live on a small island and the pool of “trustworthy” candidates may be small. Some of these folks tend to not show up on time, skip days without notice and quit without saying a thing. Not to mention the fact that they might steal from you if you are not there to keep watch. Then there is the fact that they may not clean the way you want them to clean. Word of mouth to get someone good/trustworthy usually works for us but we live in a place where the pool of candidates is huge, Miami, FL. Do you know anyone on the island that has a cleaning lady now that might be good with working for you once in a while?
There are other options. You could find yourself a good wife that also cleans but then you’d have to deal with all that other stuff…lol. Honestly though, it doesn’t sound like you want to deal with anyone in your house or a partner traveling with you. I get it. It’s easier to move around on your own. Well, that only leaves one option…
You only have 555 square feet to clean…C’mon man!
Good advice kdog, yes it’s small so I think I might end up doing what others used to do. When people clean before the cleaning lady I was always like huh?! Now I get it.