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Cleaning takes place Saturday morning, the idea being we can chill the rest of the weekend or go out, but my wife's full of random questions like:
'when's the last time the sofas were leather wiped?' the very concept is alien to me.
'Are you cleaning down there Michael or on your phone?' errrr.
got to go....
My biggest mistake in life thus far was to use my vouchers that I got from my old work to buy a Gtech multi.
I’m going to need new bloody carpets at this rate, the slightest hint of dirt and out it comes.
Sounds like you’ve got the right idea.
Let the little lady do it.
Its nice outside this time of year..
Mrs K does the cleaning on Thursdays - she works part time and this is here first day off and the kids are off school.
She has a cleaning mode which basically engages here brain in such a way that:
a) Its not possible for me to clean "properly"
b) If you stand in the way of the resulting frantic whirlwind of activity you too will get cleaned.
Best leave her to it and she does a bloody good job. Paying the bills, cleaning toilets and Leather cleaning the sofa are my jobs.
Get a cleaner, money well spent.
How much does a cleaner generally cost?
Around £15 an hour here, we pay ours a tenner a week more than she asked for
Don't you feel a capitalist scumbag as she cleans whilst you sit around playing video games?
I don't own any video games, so no.
Our cleaner does 90 min 2 times a week. Costs me £45. That is money very well spent as it means I have to do bugger all.
I can think of better things to do with £200 a month, I'm not too up my own arse to drag a brush around a toilet.
YMMV
We both work so are out all day. However, the dog is home and we've been told she's very trainable...
Up my own arse...brush....toilet
Which reminds me:
I've been toying with the idea of getting a cleaner. I keep the place reasonably tidy, but it's the details - the shower, mirrors, the shitter, oven, windows, surfaces and floors etc. It just doesn't get done until I get sick of it/have people round. Then it seems to take a weekend just to get it straight. Paying a cleaner for an hour or two once a week sounds like sound economy when I can then do other more fun or productive things.
Kryton, it's not about 'being up your own arse'. It's about having things you'd rather do instead/laziness. And it gives someone else employment.
Yes I know, I'm sorry. It was tongue in cheek 😉 but doesn't come across that way - I get the reasoning.
The reason we don't have one - because I would definitely - is that Mrs K doesn't trust it'd be done to her liking, and she doesn't like the idea of having someone else in the house.
I've often thought I'd just book a cleaner for an ad hoc clean whilst she's at work one week just to surprise her and perhaps that'd provide some evidence based conviction.
"I can think of better things to do with £200 a month, I’m not too up my own arse to drag a brush around a toilet."
I can't we, both have busy full time jobs, paying someone to do something which would eat into our limited free time is money well spent. Stealth edit after your last post
Mrs K sounds awesome. Does she want (another) job?
Lol. When KJ02 started school and her Thursday/Friday became free I did my best to convince her to find some personal time for herself - nails, toes, massage, lunch at David Lloyd kind of thing.
My perspective is that if I could get her to trust in a cleaner its makes that time for her. She does deserve it, full time Mum part time job and we all know competitive cyclists are arseholes so she has to put up with that also.