Do you now, or have you ever lived in a place that employed the services of a maid or cleaning lady?

I find that rather sexist... one of the 'maids' who cleans our place is a guy. I realize that there is a high percentage of women in the field but there are plenty of guys who clean too.

I used to be very comfortable with the idea... I was uncomfortable about the privacy implications, I was uncomfortable about paying someone to do something I didn't want to do myself. But I learned not to look down on the profession - good cleaners work hard and do a much better job than I would ever do, more quickly than I would, and have a fair bit of specialized knowledge that goes with the field. I respect them a lot and feel good about having them come in to clean.

My mom had a cleaning lady come in once a week. If I could afford it now, I'd definitely hire one...

Geez, I wish!

Yes, since forever. I'm a apathetic to it because Doņa Flor is like Hannah in "Little Women" to us, a real friend. I literally think we couldn't manage without her.

Geez I wish...I grew up poor and we never had money for things like that. We have the necessary things like food, clothes, shelter, but not that many of what would be considered luxury items.

I'm not the best housekeeper, but I would feel incredibly lazy if I hired someone else to clean my home.

No. My parents didn't hire a cleaning-lady until well after I'd moved out. I've never hired one. I might at some point if I had the money and didn't have the time to clean, and if the house were big enough to warrant it

We had a live-in nanny type person until I was about 12. She would have still been with my parents, but her daughter-in-law died and she moved to live with her son and his kids to help them out. She had been with my family for 15 years.

My folks have a cleaning dude.

nope

Yes, we have a maid (domestic helper) two days a week. We could get a full-time live-in maid for less than US$100 more a month but I don't want to give up my privacy.

Nope, the closest I've ever come to this is when I've stayed at a motel and I don't think that's what you had in mind.

yes, when i lived in NY, we had a cleaning lady every two weeks. it was nice actually.

No, but I wish I have a maid/cleaning person to come to my house! My Grandparents have somebody come 2 times a month to clean their house. I would need someone to come everyday, or live with us to be worth it for me!

I agree, because my Grandparents have a guy "maid", too. I thought it was a little sexist, too, but wasn't going to say anything about it till I saw your comment..

No, never. And unless I had a specific reason to (such as being disabled) there is no way that I would. Even if I worked long hours I wouldn't because I wouldn't want a stranger going through my stuff.

Yes, we have a maid and or cleaning lady and I don't like it.
It's *me*!

No, and wouldn't. Someone poking through my bedside cabinet. They may find the picture of cuteasabutton in there and tell everyone.

When my husband & I were in our 20's we lived in a hotel/motel for 7 or 8 months,where they had maid service. I hated it. Cause we weren't supposed to cook in there so when the maid came around we had to hide all our cooking utensils. What a hassle that was!

What do they call a GUY maid?? I've never heard of a guy maid before. **scratches her head** How cool!

I call him a cleaning person

The cleaning guy

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Okay! I would probably call him Sir. Like Sir Mick.

Mick cleans your house? wow!

No! Silly! I wish!!!!!! But then again his wife probably wouldn't like him cleaning my house.But it is a nice thought though. I can just picture Mick in his cute little tight shorts with his dust mop strutting his stuff singing,"You Can't Always Get What You Want....but if you try sometimes,you get what you need."

**Wheew! I'm getting hot,turns on the fan**

This dang California desert weather is gonna kill me yet!

Around the time I was a teenager, we had a woman come in once a week to clean the house. I can't remember for how long it lasted. Maybe a few years, maybe less.

No. And I'm not sure I would like it, cleaning around the house helps me get rid of stress.

I'm not sure if this would apply, but my mom sometimes called an agency to hire someone to help her when she had heavy cleaning-usually spring cleaning. The person would help her in doing a very thorough cleaning of the house from attic to basement, but this was only for about 2 days once a year. Carpets were shampooed, curtains washed, draperies dry cleaned and every couple of years some of the rooms were repainted and my mom hired someone to do that as well. But if you are asking if we had a regular maid or cleaning lady on a daily or weekly basis, then the answer would be no.

Once when my Mum was doing some extra work, we had a cleaning lady for a month. It was strangely clean, since we were pretty happy with low level dust and I always felt like I had to tidy up my room before she came. I don't think I'd mind now.

I work at a place that employs Sue, a backstabbing dog!

I should point out that this stopped when we lost the house when I was around 5 years old and moved into a studio apartment.

I am sorry and ashamed for typing something mean about my friend Sue

At my undergraduate university all of the dorms had maids. They took out our trash, vaccuumed our rooms and dusted in addition to cleaning the kitchen and bathroom.

The cleaning lady? I fudgeed her.