I am Rude. Or so my new cleaning lady informed me.

@Quimliqer Thank you!!! The cleaning service obviously doesn't think so...but that was great to hear!

@Quimliqer You get best comment because you made me feel better. I may be RUDE, but I am RIGHT!!!

@GJOFJ3 More reassurance!!! I am so glad I posted this. I feel better all the time. Thank you!

@Teslin That's what I said to the supervisor! I don't want to get sick from taking off my shoes after they have touched the filth on the floor in the kitchen!

@4meAndyou
I don't want my pillows on the floor.
There are always other places to place them

@Teslin Like the empty chair across the room. I mentioned that to her.

@gdon39 They were probably looking for valuables. It's always a mistake to leave cleaning people alone in the house.

@4meAndyou it’s crazy how you can be so considerate of their needs and pay better than standard wages and still be treated poorly. Ugh!

What do you think they were thinking about when taking private adult toys out of the bedside table and moving them around? It sounds unbelievable but I assure you I am serious.

@gdon39 I have no idea what they might have been thinking, but they were clearly out of line.

@Valerian I plan to hire a private cleaner.

@4meAndyou that's my suggestion...
Maid companies hire anyone, the people resent cleaning your nicer home, will steal, will half-ass do things... They don't want to be there they just need the paycheck

@4meAndyou you can also throw a moist microfibre cloth on the floor, (hang onto the bench if you need to), put your foot on the cloth, (maybe even have one under each foot) , and shuffle along the floor.

Yes...i kniwit sounds amd looks funny. But it works .
And you use a grabby thingy to pick up the cloths off the floor.

This actually works better than mopping, as your increased weight really pushes the microfibre into all the fine irregularities of the floor.

If its a big floor , have multiple cloths, and then throw them in the washing machine .

Cleaning with physical limitations needs to be worked around, otherwise it just hurts so much 🥺

@OogieBoogie Actually I did something like that today, after Miss Useless left. I poured a bit of straight cleaner on the spots she would not clean, let it soak for a few minutes, brushed it THREE times with the broom brush, and then put a wad of paper towels down to sop up the excess cleaner. Of course then I decided I had to clean the floorboard, because if I don't overdo it's just not me...🤣🤣🤣. And I thought I got away with it till later when my spine started to spaz out in the middle of my back. At least that was a different spot than usual...🙄

I used my feet as I was sitting in the office chair to push the wad of paper towels around, and didn't even need the grabby thing as a corner was not wet or dirty...so I picked it up by that corner.

Only one problem...I managed to rip something in my wrist and hand that had more or less healed till today. So I won't be able to do more for several days till that stops feeling like it's ripped.

@4meAndyou that really sucks that you can't r do the things you want to do, the way yoi want to do it.
Why do our bodies have to betray us?
Life is challenge enough .

I hope your nexr cleaner is a good one 🙏😊

@Indy74 Thank you for your support and sympathy. 🤗

I got REALLY angry earlier when I wheeled my office chair into the kitchen, poured straight Mr. Clean on the black floor spots, and i[i]t only took three light swipes with my long handled broom brush[/i] to lift the spots and the dried on food.

But the start of our arguments today...NO scrubbing. Pfft!!! I couldn't even call what I did scrubbing.

@4meAndyou I tell you....people are so rude, and obviously she didnt know how to clean for heaven sakes!! She was hired for a reason. Its your money shes getting paid with!! 🙏

@Sepia Well, I [i]had[/i] to say something.

@OogieBoogie And this girl today definitely didn't know it. Plus I saw her mopping the bathroom first, and the bedroom second, so all those bathroom floor germs are on my pillow.

This girl confirmed what you are saying last week. She said none of them are being trained in how to clean a house.

@4meAndyou ewww!
Oh dear!
This is all wrong!

Im a professional cleaner . And to be honest, ive spent hundreds of hours looking stuff up, because even my training was sketchy .
Plus , i have a brother who knows a lot about chemicals.

The stories i have of what some cleaners do are both horrific and funny . And many are truly disgusting .

I do have a word of advice tho .
Cleaners talk . And you dont want to piss off your cleaner 😅

I recommend you Change agencies , and start afresh .
And if you find anything like this again - DONT complain to the cleaner . Just ask for a different one .
Youre paying , you dont have to say why you want a different one.
Coz you dont want to get complained about by your cleaner , and get an unjust reputation as a 'difficult client'.
Coz ive heard some stories of what cleaners will do for revenge. And its not pretty .

You have a right to change your mind on who you want , and have hygienic expectations.
If youre lucky , you might get someone who is OCD - they are the flipping BEST cleaners ever!

@OogieBoogie Wow! Cool! I did have a couple of subs who were OCD, and they were awesome!

@4meAndyou well try again find someone that understands or a different company

@Havesomefun2 No one wants to work anymore, and I had to wait almost a year for a new cleaning lady because ALL of the services are so short handed.

@4meAndyou loads of people in England do them type of hub they need more helpers

@Degbeme Well, it's sort of like NOT having one, really, so don't be jealous. And I don't have one at all anymore.

The 1st cleaning lady was always late, did a lousy job cleaning, and usually called in sick every week on [i]my[/i] day.

I was having nightmares about her toward the end...where she dashed through my whole apartment in about 10 seconds, wet mopping with a filthy black string mop...🤣🤣🤣

I can't even believe that there is actually someone worse out there, but there is...and I found her! 🤣🤣🤣

@4meAndyou Just the thought of that mop made me have chills. 😖

@bowman81 Have I told you lately that I wuv you? 🤣🤣🤣

@Royrogers Thank you. I sure do appreciate the support and the kindness.

@BizSuitStacy Believe me, I thought about that with my previous cleaning lady.

@UnderLockDown I've noticed that. It wouldn't be so awful except I have had substitute cleaners come in from the SAME company quite often, when my first cleaning lady used to call in sick, (which was frequently), and they did such an awesome job that I would call the company with tears in my eyes to thank them for sending me someone SO good!.

This one today wanted to argue about everything and definitely didn't want to work.

@Fluffybull I am thinking of hiring someone private from an online source.

@Fluffybull That's the pure truth.

@4meAndyou Find an independent cleaner, get your own mop buckets with matching mop handles. Say, green for kitchen, yellow for general areas, red for bathrooms. Explain you'd like them used in separate areas and the mops cleaned separately, not just dumped in together at the end of the day. 👍

@Fluffybull I now have my own O'Cedar mop which was recommended to me by one of my substitute cleaners because you can use your own cleaning solutions in the refillable solution container.

It sprays a light mist, and depending on the angle you hold the stick, sprays in either a long arc or a very short one. It has three washable cloth covers, and I soak and wash the cover myself in the small washtub with a tide pod and bleach.



I suppose I have been remiss in communicating with the cleaners, but I suppose I thought that if the cleaner started mopping in the kitchen, then mopped the dining and living room, then the bedroom and the bathroom last and flipped the mop head to the second side when it got blackened, that one mop head would be sufficient.