I love a clean house, but hate to clean. So, the thought of hiring a housekeeper has crossed my mind more than once. The only thing that's stopped me is while I don't like to clean, my life isn't so hectic that I don't have time to do it.
While we were in Turks and Caicos last week, we stayed at The Somerset, a lovely well-appointed resort that offers twice daily maid service. For someone who's dreamed of hiring a maid, I was so uncomfortable when she arrived and started cleaning.
My husband and I were only in the room once - the day it rained - during her visits. But sitting there watching TV as she stripped the bed, cleaned the bathrooms, loaded and started the dishwasher, swept and mopped the floors and dusted the furniture was such a strange feeling.
We've stayed in hotels and bed and breakfasts across the country and world and it's always nice to come back to a clean room. But I never picture someone actually cleaning the room. Day after day, I've just appreciated a made bed, fresh towels and a clean bathroom. But being in the room while the maid is cleaning made me feel badly for the housekeeper. Yes, I was grateful she had a job, but watching her do her job made me squirm.
I felt guilty.
Guilty that I was on vacation and she wasn't.
Guilty that I was perfectly capable of cleaning the room, but she was.
Guilty that I could afford to stay at the luxury resort, but she probably couldn't.
It made me think twice about wanting to hire a maid. I've been blessed with a good job and a nice house that I need to clean - not someone else.
3 comments:
I hear you, but for some reason I didn't feel an ounce of guilt the last time we had someone else clean our house. However, like you, I do feel I've got the time to do my own cleaning, which is why we only used the maid service a couple times.
Hmmm. As I typed that, I remembered that I need to call them for a cleaning in a couple weeks, but only because we're having a get together. LOL.
The resort looks lovely!!! Welcome back and Happy Anniversary!
Yeah, I want a cleaning service, but I need them to help me finish unpacking, not sure if that's on their list of "to do". I wouldn't have felt right either, not so much of her doing the service, but how much is she making in comparison to my nightly stay I'm paying for.
We had a maid. She was okay--but she started re-arranging my house and also going in closets.. But, the last straw is when we noticed a gift card missing. When we confronted her--she called me and my husband racists.. We were floored--we both stated that we many white friends.. But, she said that we are racists against homosexuals. A few weeks ago she had her nephew cleaning with her. It was obvious he was gay. BUT, when we noticed the gift card missing-we asked her not to have him at the house again. NO, we did not tell her that the card was missing--we thought we would give her only another try. We both work a lot and going to grad school.. So, it was nothing to have someone in only 2-3 times a month to deep cleaning in the kitchen and bathroom. She was $10 hr so it was inexpensive.. But, now I am ready to call another maid service. I think it is worth.. Why spend my Sat cleaning? I have enough errands to run on Sat morning.
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