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WooHoo! got a new cleaning job

Mary-Beth

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The delivery driver where my husband works happened to mention to him that he wished he could afford a cleaning lady. My husband immediately thought of me because I'm a cleaning lady and I'm the queen of undercharging people. :p

Skip to today. The husband is drunk and I'm halfway there (hey, I've gotta have some kind of fun while football is blaring throughout the house). My husband dials a number on the phone, hands it to me while it's ringing, and says "This guy's looking for a cleaning lady". Good thing for my husband, looks cannot kill.

Anyway the guy sounds cool enough and was understanding about my confusion and questions (Who am I speaking to?). I'm so happy because all the other people I clean for are rich old ladies in huge old houses full of antiques. I can't wait to clean for a single guy with a filthy house! I start Thursday, my birthday coincidently. :crazy02:
 
:roflmao: I can not possibly imagine getting excited about cleaning house. I despise that chore with a passion! :grin01:

On the other hand, ... WooHoo, Mary-Beth! If you're excited about the job, I'm excited for you. Good luck! :wavey:
 
I understand the excitement. Little old rich ladies don't actually *need* someone to come in and clean, so as a house cleaner for them, you desperately try to justify yourself there trying to find something to "clean", while at the same time not break anything.

A dirty house, however, can provide you great satisfaction because you can SEE your progress and know you've actually made an impact. =)

(My mom used to clean houses and I'd go and help her during summer holiday - she had the same kind of clients, hehe.)
 
hehe yep
If someone had told me five years ago that I'd be excited about cleaning a dirty toilet I'd have laughed in their face. Now I realize, dirty toilets being cleaned = snakes! :D

I HATE cleaning, but it's the only work I can get without having to pay for daycare.
 
cassandra said:
I understand the excitement. Little old rich ladies don't actually *need* someone to come in and clean, so as a house cleaner for them, you desperately try to justify yourself there trying to find something to "clean", while at the same time not break anything.

A dirty house, however, can provide you great satisfaction because you can SEE your progress and know you've actually made an impact. =)

(My mom used to clean houses and I'd go and help her during summer holiday - she had the same kind of clients, hehe.)

Absolutely!

I've also found that the little old ladies like to take advantage of me by adding things to my list of things to do after I have set a price, and they add more and more the longer I work for them. One woman has me dusting and vacuuming seven rooms, cleaning four bathrooms, and scrubbing two rooms on my hands and knees for $40 a week. And that's only days when she doesn't want the upstairs bedrooms cleaned. When I started I was only dusting and vacuuming 5 rooms and cleaning two bathrooms. I can't bring myself to ask for more money. :(
 
Hey good for you!
I understand completely about the little old ladies, they were the worst when I had my landscaping business as well.
I don't know why being a 'lol' justifies taking advantage of people for them but I used to get the stuff I was supposed to get done and then it was like 'can you help me with this and this...' After I had already worked for an hour (and I charged an hourly rate). I'm so glad I have a regular job and don't have to deal with it anymore.
Ask for more money, your services are worth it! Especially after dusting off those hundreds of knick knacks they all seem to have...
 
cornspot said:
OMG! how long would it take you to drive to my house???
And when you're done there, would you like to spend some time in sunny california? I have two kids... they make messes even when they aren't home! lol...


Congrats on the new client!

Jenn
 
:cheers: Congrats! I can't stand cleaning, and pay my youngest son to do half a job rather than do it myself...........
 
How far away from Aiken South Carolina are you????? And you'd have the added benefit of playing with my snakes if you want :)
 
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