Your house needs to be cleaned, but you don’t need to be the one to clean it. A guide to choosing a cleaning lady, maximizing her time, and navigating sticky situations,

GOING STEADY Savvy cleaning ladies usually prefer several hours’ work in one household to two-hour shifts in several places which mean more intense work. But if a group of neighbors arranges a full day’s or week’s work among them the benefits of steady work can outweigh its rigor
Y our house needs to be cleaned but you don’t need to be the one to clean it. A guide to choosing a cleaning lady maximizing her time and navigating sticky situations
It’s 9:00. You glance at the clock shrug and wash the breakfast dishes. 9:05. You take a peek out the front window — no Kristina in sight. 9:10. Is it too soon to text her? 9:13. The pile of pots you so blithely left from last night’s supper glare from the sink. 9:15. “Good morning Kristina. You on your way?”
You may be the balabusta conducting the home orchestra and calling the tunes but the cleaning help you rely on may be the piper who keeps the music of the household playing.
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