Thoughts on having a maid, written as she cleans my stuff
Thoughts on having a maid, written as she cleans my stuff
What am I supposed to do while she cleans? I want to watch TV (Pushing Daisies is on), but I don’t want to just sit around and do nothing while she cleans around me. I feel like I should be working while she works, but it’s Sunday afternoon and I’m tired from waking up early to pre-clean. I'll watch TV on my computer - it looks like I’m working but I’m actually not. Our relationship is about compromise. That’s healthy.
How long has she been here already? An hour? Two? Ok, actually twenty minutes. This apartment is huge and I live here alone. I have five more rooms than I need. This is awful.
I know I just heard the sound of my suitcase being unzipped. Why is she opening my suitcase, which was under my bed?
So it turns out she folded all my dirty clothes and was putting them away in my suitcase for me.
Thoughts on ‘Thoughts on having a maid, written as she cleans my stuff’
Thoughts on Thoughts on ‘Thoughts on having a maid, written as she cleans my stuff’
I hope I cleaned up enough before she got here. I don’t want her to think I’m a dirty American slob and I don’t want her to have to work more for me than she does for other people. I wonder if other people pre-clean. I wonder if she does their dishes too. I wonder if she chats with them. etc.
Really? I don’t want her to think I’m a slob? So I ‘clean’? Or do I actually hide my stuff so she doesn’t think that I have a lot of stuff, because I like my stuff, and I don’t want her to steal it. And because maybe I feel a little guilty for having so much.
Why do I assume that all poor people are thieves? I know in my head that they aren’t. I have a liberal arts education for cripesake. I have friends who are homeless.
I have friends who are homeless? That’s like saying “Oh, I’m not racist. I have a black friend.” This is hopeless.
What am I supposed to do while she cleans? I want to watch TV (Pushing Daisies is on), but I don’t want to just sit around and do nothing while she cleans around me. I feel like I should be working while she works, but it’s Sunday afternoon and I’m tired from waking up early to pre-clean. I'll watch TV on my computer - it looks like I’m working but I’m actually not. Our relationship is about compromise. That’s healthy.
Is lack of time the only justifiable reason to hire a maid? Is the fact that I could very well be doing exactly what she is doing right now, I just have enough money to choose not to what’s really bothering me? I didn't even hire her. She came with the apartment!
Did the three episodes of Gossip Girl that I watched assuage any of my guilt about this? No. At the time it was mindless escapist internet TV, but now that I think about it, watching a TV show about a bunch of sodden, entitled prepsters on my shiny white laptop while a Peruvian woman mops around me makes me feel empty inside. I should have watched a Ken Burns documentary or something.
I keep trying to make eye contact and smile at her but she refuses to look me in the face. This makes me feel like a terrible white overlord, like I should be wearing supple leather boots and white gloves and using a riding crop to point to the cobwebs that she missed. I don’t even own a riding crop. I should offer her some tea.Tea. Tea to span the great chasms of culture and language and class. Great idea. maybe she can shine my riding crop while the kettle’s on.
I can’t just get up in her face and yell “Rise up, woman! Seize the means of production!” I don't even know how to say that in Spanish. Small steps.
How long has she been here already? An hour? Two? Ok, actually twenty minutes. This apartment is huge and I live here alone. I have five more rooms than I need. This is awful.
Ok, so fire her to clear your conscience. Then she gets less money to support her family. Good plan. Don’t be stupid. You have money and work that needs to be done, she has time to work and needs money. WWAynRandD? She would hire twelve more maids, smoke a bunch of cigarettes, and then hire twelve more.
So I just wikipediaed Ayn Rand, and she is maybe not the greatest role model.
I know I just heard the sound of my suitcase being unzipped. Why is she opening my suitcase, which was under my bed?
Hidden under my bed. Because it has all the stuff in it that I don’t want stolen. And she could really hide a lot of electronics under that full ethnic skirt of hers. Dear sweet Jesus, if she’s stealing my stuff, so help me...
Why do I care so much? I should let her liberate me from my earthly possessions and then thank her for helping me focus on what’s important.
Ok, that last part is crap. I’m very attached to stuff. I am an artist. I could never be Buddhist.
So it turns out she folded all my dirty clothes and was putting them away in my suitcase for me.
I feel like an ass.
Still feel like an ass. Tea and chocolate? Tea and chocolate and a wad of cash? Is that insulting? Will this awful cleanliness never cease?
We have a helper since I was small and she's now a part of the family.
Reply to this
My neighbor also has a helper whom now they consider as part of their family. And what I learn from that experience, it is the same golden rule that should be imply, “Do unto other what you want other do unto you”. If you want others to treat you as nice as you want them to be, treat them as a real person, not just a servant because they are real people who have a feelings too.
Reply to this
your article is so informative and interesting. nice shared.
Reply to this
I got notice of your blog post in my blog reader and followed the link over to your blog. I also posted something similar on my blog last week…
http://www.gardendesignideas.biz
Here’s a portion of that post…
There are so many different garden design ideas to choose from it can be hard to know what is right for the exterior of your home. Even if you stand back and take a look at your property, it may be difficult to figure out what you want to put where. One solution is to hire a professional landscaper, who can choose plants and flowers for the climate conditions and place them in the most appropriate and attractive areas. Landscapers can also handle mulching areas, adding pathways, planting trees and more. All of these things can make your garden look better.
I book marked your blog, check mine out and let me know what you think.
To your success,
William
Reply to this
I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!
Reply to this
designer boots online shop for shoes called Ugg boots ugg boot I am very much amazed to see this excellent online site as it seem to be an extensive source for shoes They had been projected into the online world This site is like a great god sending thing for the people who are very much in need of the shopping for shoes It is very much amazing to say that we can able to find the most extensive range of collection of shoes over the Ugg boots sale ugg handbags uggs size 9 Here we can able to find the traditional shoes which are the hottest requirement ugg metallic boots
Reply to this
I have read this post.It's really awesome.I have noted some point which make this post excellent. I hope you will keep continue to write other informative and interesting post.Thank you.
Reply to this
Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love learning more on this topic. If possible, as you gain expertise, would you mind updating your blog with more information? It is extremely helpful for me.
Reply to this
Thank you for another great article. Where else could anyone get that kind of information in such a perfect way of writing? I have a presentation next week, and I am on a look out for such information.
Reply to this
I wanted to thank you for this great read!! I definitely enjoying every little bit of it I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you post.
Reply to this
Valuable information and excellent design you got here! I would like to thank you for sharing your thoughts and time into the stuff you post!! Thumbs up
Reply to this
Really i am impressed from this post....the person who create this post it was a great human..thanks for shared this with us.
Reply to this
This is a really good post. Must admit that you are amongst the best bloggers I have read. Thanks for posting this informative article.
Reply to this
Very interesting blog.nice text an good informationsThanks
Reply to this
Nice work! Cool to see the stuff you shared.
Reply to this
0 fake iwc replica rolex watches for sale fake ferrari watches Hans Wilsdorf first opened Tudor watches in 1946 Many Tudor watches especially the earlier models strongly resemble Rolex models and Tudor is owned by Rolex and marketed as a secondary brand The brand name Tudor was chosen because Wilsdorf wanted to pay tribute to the Tudor period of England Tudor watches are considered to be highly collectable and are widely available Their movements are generally 17 alain silberstein watch fake hermes watches 21 or 25 jewel movements and when properly cared for will keep time just a replica
Reply to this
Thank you for one more nice article. The place else may anybody get that kind of information in such an ideal approach of presentation
Reply to this