Comments on: Out with the new, in with the old http://mothergoosemouse.com/2008/06/22/out-with-the-new-in-with-the-old/ A first-grader destined for a career as a lawyer, a pre-schooler whose screams can shatter glass, a bouncing baby boy who evaded an IUD, a man who can drink his weight in Natty Light, and a woman who has long since given up caring about the condition of her kitchen floor. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:10:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: slackermommy http://mothergoosemouse.com/2008/06/22/out-with-the-new-in-with-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-174783 slackermommy Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:54:20 +0000 http://mothergoosemouse.com/?p=889#comment-174783 I have lived this nightmare for way too long. The only cleaning service I had that actually did a better job than me (I call myself slackermommy so that should give you an idea of what kind of job I do) cost me an outrageous amount of money. I was such a bitch in the days following my cleaning day . I didn't want anyone messing up the house after I spent so much money to get it clean . I had to go back to crappy housekeepers to save my mental health. slackermommys last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slacker-moms-r-us/~3/319455963/how-not-to-discipline-if-you-have-an-impulsive-child.html">How not to discipline if you have an impulsive child</a> I have lived this nightmare for way too long. The only cleaning service I had that actually did a better job than me (I call myself slackermommy so that should give you an idea of what kind of job I do) cost me an outrageous amount of money. I was such a bitch in the days following my cleaning day . I didn’t want anyone messing up the house after I spent so much money to get it clean . I had to go back to crappy housekeepers to save my mental health.

slackermommys last blog post..How not to discipline if you have an impulsive child

]]> By: Jennifer, Playgroups are no place for children http://mothergoosemouse.com/2008/06/22/out-with-the-new-in-with-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-174363 Jennifer, Playgroups are no place for children Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:43:48 +0000 http://mothergoosemouse.com/?p=889#comment-174363 This! This is exactly what I'm afraid of, and why I haven't ever called and gotten a cleaning service to come! It's a shame that they aren't even doing the job they're being paid to do. Jennifer, Playgroups are no place for childrens last blog post..<a href="http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/06/24/the-way-things-are/">The way things are</a> This! This is exactly what I’m afraid of, and why I haven’t ever called and gotten a cleaning service to come!

It’s a shame that they aren’t even doing the job they’re being paid to do.

Jennifer, Playgroups are no place for childrens last blog post..The way things are

]]> By: tori http://mothergoosemouse.com/2008/06/22/out-with-the-new-in-with-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-174323 tori Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:45:51 +0000 http://mothergoosemouse.com/?p=889#comment-174323 My complaint with my house cleaners? They arrive too early, and in the summer, my kids are often still sleeping when they come. I know! Poor me. But it does seem like a big deal to me since I am paying such a high fee. You are brave to write this though. I once wrote something about the cleaning ladies, and the post wasn't even about them, I just mentioned something and got about a million emails telling me that I am spoiled, etc. Mine do an awesome job, except for the one time we were all still sleeping and they cleaned around us and missed half the house in trying not to wake us up. My complaint with my house cleaners? They arrive too early, and in the summer, my kids are often still sleeping when they come. I know! Poor me. But it does seem like a big deal to me since I am paying such a high fee.

You are brave to write this though. I once wrote something about the cleaning ladies, and the post wasn’t even about them, I just mentioned something and got about a million emails telling me that I am spoiled, etc. Mine do an awesome job, except for the one time we were all still sleeping and they cleaned around us and missed half the house in trying not to wake us up.

]]> By: Manager Mom http://mothergoosemouse.com/2008/06/22/out-with-the-new-in-with-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-174096 Manager Mom Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:03:00 +0000 http://mothergoosemouse.com/?p=889#comment-174096 No, you don't sound like an insufferable bitch. You sound like someone who is paying fairly for a job that they expect to be done fairly as well. Cleaning houses may not be the most glamorous job, but as a paying customer you still deserve to have it done right. Nobody is forcing the cleaning people to work for the cleaning service- there are other jobs they could take. OK - end of capitalist sermon. :-) Manager Moms last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/BwvF/~3/315899908/to-my-no-longer-first-grader.html">To My No Longer A First Grader</a> No, you don’t sound like an insufferable bitch. You sound like someone who is paying fairly for a job that they expect to be done fairly as well. Cleaning houses may not be the most glamorous job, but as a paying customer you still deserve to have it done right. Nobody is forcing the cleaning people to work for the cleaning service- there are other jobs they could take. OK – end of capitalist sermon. :-)

Manager Moms last blog post..To My No Longer A First Grader

]]> By: Debra http://mothergoosemouse.com/2008/06/22/out-with-the-new-in-with-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-174082 Debra Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:31:11 +0000 http://mothergoosemouse.com/?p=889#comment-174082 Um, yeah, well....we are so disgustingly messy, that a little dust on the fans and paint brushes in litter boxes sounds like a huge step in the right direction. At least the housekeeper gave the paint brushes a home. Here? Well, everything just gets stuck into big piles of random crap. So, when our cleaning lady comes (once a month, max), I never expect her to get to the fans. I figure she has so much other junk to wade through, we're thanking our lucky stars if she even makes it to the toilets. I guess there's something to be said for low expectations after all, lol..... Um, yeah, well….we are so disgustingly messy, that a little dust on the fans and paint brushes in litter boxes sounds like a huge step in the right direction. At least the housekeeper gave the paint brushes a home. Here? Well, everything just gets stuck into big piles of random crap.
So, when our cleaning lady comes (once a month, max), I never expect her to get to the fans. I figure she has so much other junk to wade through, we’re thanking our lucky stars if she even makes it to the toilets.
I guess there’s something to be said for low expectations after all, lol…..

]]> By: Jerri Ann http://mothergoosemouse.com/2008/06/22/out-with-the-new-in-with-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-174018 Jerri Ann Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:57:57 +0000 http://mothergoosemouse.com/?p=889#comment-174018 It could be worse...for instance...my cousin is my cleaning person and she fired me....she said we weren't clean enough in between the time she was coming to clean that she could get the job done. We offered more money, she still said NO! How sad is that? It could be worse…for instance…my cousin is my cleaning person and she fired me….she said we weren’t clean enough in between the time she was coming to clean that she could get the job done. We offered more money, she still said NO! How sad is that?

]]> By: Catherine http://mothergoosemouse.com/2008/06/22/out-with-the-new-in-with-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-173974 Catherine Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:56:39 +0000 http://mothergoosemouse.com/?p=889#comment-173974 I'm getting ready to bring a service back into my house, so this resonates with me. My biggest question, why do you need to leave a note about the standard stuff? You leave a note for the obscure, once a quarter tasks that require extra attention. Reminding them to wipe the cabinet fronts in like reminding a 4-year-old to wipe his butt. It's implied. Catherines last blog post..<a href="http://pinkasparag.us/2008/06/23/why-every-vote-counts/">Why Every Vote Counts</a> I’m getting ready to bring a service back into my house, so this resonates with me. My biggest question, why do you need to leave a note about the standard stuff? You leave a note for the obscure, once a quarter tasks that require extra attention. Reminding them to wipe the cabinet fronts in like reminding a 4-year-old to wipe his butt. It’s implied.

Catherines last blog post..Why Every Vote Counts

]]> By: Heather B. http://mothergoosemouse.com/2008/06/22/out-with-the-new-in-with-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-173854 Heather B. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:04:43 +0000 http://mothergoosemouse.com/?p=889#comment-173854 I came home to find out that my cleaning person had been fired/quit (my roommate informed me). This of course after a few weeks of an erratic schedule and my coming home last weekend when she said that she would be coming to find that she had not come and I was about to flip my ever loving shit. That said, I am a messy person, but I keep my mess confined to my bedroom which will be taken care of tomorrow. I hate when the common areas are a mess. It drives me insane. So yeah, now we thankfully have someone new starting this week and she is super anal retentive and likes to pay attention to details. I totally know how you feel. If you pay someone for a service you want it to get done and you want it to be done well. Heather B.s last blog post..<a href="http://nopasanada.org/2008/06/19/more-for-their-benefit-than-mine/">More for their benefit than mine</a> I came home to find out that my cleaning person had been fired/quit (my roommate informed me). This of course after a few weeks of an erratic schedule and my coming home last weekend when she said that she would be coming to find that she had not come and I was about to flip my ever loving shit. That said, I am a messy person, but I keep my mess confined to my bedroom which will be taken care of tomorrow. I hate when the common areas are a mess. It drives me insane.

So yeah, now we thankfully have someone new starting this week and she is super anal retentive and likes to pay attention to details. I totally know how you feel. If you pay someone for a service you want it to get done and you want it to be done well.

Heather B.s last blog post..More for their benefit than mine

]]> By: mayberry http://mothergoosemouse.com/2008/06/22/out-with-the-new-in-with-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-173851 mayberry Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:44:08 +0000 http://mothergoosemouse.com/?p=889#comment-173851 This is very funny because I just recommended my current cleaning service (not the one you used) to my neighbor, and then flashed back to "what if it's a disaster like the time with Julie?" Ha!! mayberrys last blog post..<a href="http://mayberrymom.blogspot.com/2008/06/just-suck-it-up-and-go-to-pool.html">Just suck it up and go to the pool</a> This is very funny because I just recommended my current cleaning service (not the one you used) to my neighbor, and then flashed back to “what if it’s a disaster like the time with Julie?” Ha!!

mayberrys last blog post..Just suck it up and go to the pool

]]> By: Asianmommy http://mothergoosemouse.com/2008/06/22/out-with-the-new-in-with-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-173848 Asianmommy Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:37:46 +0000 http://mothergoosemouse.com/?p=889#comment-173848 I know how you feel. Don't feel bad--it just didn't work out. I know how you feel. Don’t feel bad–it just didn’t work out.

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