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    Default I just got a new job but have a rant about it

    I am happy I got a job away from the food industry. It is a house cleaning job and they pay really well. I did my first house today, it was a 3400 square foot house. When he sent the email he said the job would take 5 hours, then he called me today and said it got cut back to 4 hours. Well, I go to the house and the lady is really nice at first. She takes me around and the house was pretty dirty, dirtier than I would expect from a house like that and to be cleaned in just 4 hours.

    The list was to clean the baseboards, she had all hardwood floors downstairs so I had to mop all of them, clean all the bathrooms (2.5 bathrooms) change the bed linens in her 2 kids rooms, vacuum all the rugs (she had a lot), vacuum the whole upstairs, clean the kitchen (microwave and all) empty all the trash cans and take the trash out, dust everything (there was a whole shitload of things to dust) and remove all of the cobwebs.

    Well, 4 rolled around and I had her daughters really messy bathroom cleaned, the half bath cleaned, both of her kids rooms cleaned, all 3400 square feet of baseboards cleaned, cobwebs removed and everything dusted. She came up to me and asked if I was going to be able to vacuum the upstairs, mop the downstairs and clean her really big master bathroom. I was like shit, so I vacuumed the upstairs (she also had 2 carpeted staircases) and mopped downstairs. 5 then came and she seemed upset that I couldn't get to her bathroom. I am sorry but that is a lot of work to finish in 4 hours. Now I am scared she is going to call the company and say something bad about me because she didn't seem happy. I don't want them to fire me after my first cleaning. I don't think I am in the wrong, she shouldn't have changed it to 4 hours.

    I have a question. Do y'all think it is customary to tip a cleaner, would you tip them if you hired one? It says on the paper they gave me that I can accept tips, just not to solicit them. Maybe she would have tipped me if she wasn't upset.

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    Maybe shes delusional.... please - all that in five hours? She must be living in lalaland...

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    Holy crap! and I would so tip! Well depends on the rate but still.

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    She has obviously never cleaned that house (or probably one even half the size) before to expect all that in 4/5 hours. Are you kidding me!

    Dusting and cleaning baseboards take at LEAST 3 hours unless they are living real chic modern and well...have no baseboards.

    I've never had anyone clean my house before, but I think I would tip. If you religiously came two days a week, I wouldn't though.

    I'm surprized you even got that much done! That being said, if your ever in Austin and want to clean a house, mine is here for the cleaning! (and of coarse I would generously tip you

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    Oh and I always thought it was standard to tip a cleaner. Ive tipped everyone thats ever cleaned for me...

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    I would tip as long as you did a good job and it sure sounds like you did. I guess just like dancing you are going to have cheap ass people!

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    4 hours for all that is RIDICULOUS. Especially with no tip. I don't think I'd tip for a cleaner, unless I was asking them to do something above and beyond (like a huge amount of work within 4 hours!) I don't think you'll get fired; I'm sure your boss has dealt with a ton of unreasonable customers before, especially in the housecleaning business!

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    It doesn't sound like she was that upset. I would be a bit suprised if she complained.

    As for me, any maid I'd hire would probably be independant. I'd pay cash, and probably not tip, b/c I'd know they were keeping all the money.

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    Okay, my boyfriend and I generally clean once a week, and then mess up the house the rest of the week....Ok ay, I live in like a 1500 sq foot apartment and it takes us 2-3 hours to mop, clean, straighten everything up, dust, etc....and thats with two people and we don't even do as much shit as you do!!

    I also tip everybody who does anything ..... I think she should have given you at LEAST 20 bucks for a house that size personally....

    I wouldn't worry about being in trouble, I think you did a LOT of work in 4 hours
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    Update. I didn't get in trouble. She actually wasn't as upset as I thought she was. She told him I did a good job and that I wasn't able to clean everything in the time we had. He just told me to try and cut corners and try not to spend more than 20 minutes in each room. Since I am OCD I notice every little detail and I try to get everything perfect, I will just have to cut back some. I did a house half of her size that wasn't even dirty the next day. She tipped me $15 so I was happy for that.

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    If someone wants me to clean a house that big in four hours they better give me some free coke first.


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    I've never hired a cleaner so I don't know what's customary. My mom never tipped her cleaning lady, but she didn't work through a service. My mom just paid her cash so what she paid her was what she got. And she didn't do NEAR what you did in that lady's house.

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    Ok, this is off topic from my OP, but I think this can turn into something and I need help/opinions.

    I met the owner of the company's secretary today to clean her house and get my paycheck. She was really cool and sweet and lived in an awesome house. She has a 4 bedroom house, I know atleast 2400 square feet. Well, she is showing me around and she is telling me that she lives there all alone.

    Why would she want that big house just to live all alone I thought. The thing is, I need somewhere to live and am looking for a roommate. That thought crossed my mind when she said she lives all alone. The other 3 rooms also have a bed. I thought it would be awkward to just out and ask her if she needed a roommate, especially after just meeting the woman. Do any of you have any advice, should I just ask her and explain my situation? I just don't want to feel awkward about it, ya know.

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    I really don't think it's possible to do that much in 4 hrs. That's just a little smaller than my house and they always send 2 people. The once a year deep cleaning thing is about 5 hrs with 3 people, the standard is about 3 hrs with 2 and we are really neat.

    As for tips. I don't tip every week. I tip at the initial cleaning, or when they do my china, or something like that or if the house is really bad that week.

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    I think it might take time to feel her out to know why she lives there. Maybe she's (hopelessly) expecting someone to return home?

    It sounds like it might work out well, but then it also might become a weird thing where you feel indebted or cut corners in your paycheck to live there.

    I think it's the kind of thing where you should keep it in mind but see how your relationship with her develops. Good luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post
    If someone wants me to clean a house that big in four hours they better give me some free coke first.
    Coke wouldn't make me want to clean a house. It would just make me argue as to why I shouldn't.

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