How posh are you?

Need an option of.. Would have one but don't trust myself not to have an affair with them

 

As half of a childless couple that previously had a cleaner and plans to have one again - neither of us like cleaning so we pay somebody to do it for us.

Not really much more to it than that.

 

I know you didn't ask me, but in my situation we both work from home, so we're working when the cleaner came. If we know we've got a meeting or whatever while she's there, she'll do that office first or whatever and then just get on with the rest of the house while we go back to work.

She came once a week for anywhere from 2 to 5 hours, depending on what needed doing and what other jobsshe had on (she didn't do everything every week) and did the hoovering, dusting etc.

£30 a week it cost and worth every penny.

 

Does the wife count

 

recall listening to two women talking in the Dic Penderyn in Merthyr Tydfil -

One said to the other 'Did you know Mary was married yesterday?' - other asked 'Is she pregnant?' - 'No' was the reply - 'Well that's posh' came the response.

According to the late great Quentin Crisp re cleaning -- 'after a few years the dirt doesn't get any worse' - anyone verify this?

Work colleague told me that when she got a dishwasher her mother's response was 'That's a bit posh!'

 

Interesting topic. The mrs started her own cleaning and ironing business 5 years ago. It’s a little goldmine and she’s constantly either turning work down or subbing it out to a couple of her mates

I call it a Facebook industry as most of the referrals came initially through local groups , there’s always people looking and now it’s mainly word of mouth. It’s not a job you grow up dreaming of but it’s a good lifestyle job, she works 9 - 3 around school hours etc and the pay is ok, it’s hard work mind but it’s properly insured which isn’t expensive and registered with the taxman etc

 

I've never seen the point of a dish washer. I might be too lazy to do house cleaning, but there the pots can be done quite easily by hand .. IMHO of course.

 

If you pay her, I guess?

 

Surprised how posh so many of the bbs are. One third of you say that you either have a cleaner, had a cleaner or are getting a cleaner. One in three who would rather pay someone else to clean up after them than just do it themselves.

Got the record where I work there are around 20 people who u see daily and as far as I'm aware none have a cleaner.

As a side note it's interesting that those who were most vocal about wanting harder and longer lockdowns live in relative luxury whilst those most vocal about less restrictions have the opposite lifestyle

 

The missus loves cleaning. And I'm not just saying that like a typical bloke. She loves it and wouldn't dare have someone else do it. And to be honest, we're pretty clean-living, tidy up as you go kind of folk.

But if we weren't, a cleaner is something we'd have no bother hiring. It's not posh.

 

Only time I'd consider a cleaner would be if I couldn't physically do it myself.

I'm in that one!

 

Change the record.

 

that is so funny!

 

Yes, I know it's not posh, it was just a tongue-in-cheek comment...

 

Which record? I don't think we've discussed cleaners before have we?

 

No point in us having a cleaner, the missus is too houseproud, so she'd clean the house cos she wouldn't want the cleaner to see it a mess!
I have a massive bush (around the house) and I do have someone trim it twice a year, £200 each time for about 4 hours work .....I know! But I can't be arsed.

 

The record where you keep pushing this narrative that everybody that supported lockdowns only did so because they live in 50 bedroom mansions with maids and butlers.

I feel very confident in saying that my position on lockdowns would not have changed no matter what my personal circumstances were. I supported lockdowns because it was the right thing to do for society as a whole. Nothing to do with my personal circumstances.

It's especially annoying when you play this record constantly in completely unrelated threads.

 

I do OK, not quite a 50 bedroom mansion, I didn't really agree with lockdowns but abided by them because the law and my employer said I had to and I know a few vulnerables. Am I relevant?

 

This is even more laughable when Loko, who is one of the most vocally against restrictions on here is in the "thinking about getting one" category.

 

Nope I don't think that people only supported them because of that at all however I do feel that when you live with the love of your life in a nice and quite large house with air conditioning and a cleaner and regularly work from home anyway then you are bound to be much more comfortable in your home and as such will find lockdown much more palatable than someone who lives alone in a poky flat and has seen a huge drop in income as their employment has been banned.

It really wasn't intended as a dig but I think it's an interesting observation. To put it another way it's quite interesting that those who have led a less 'posh' life tended to be more against restrictions. You wouldn't have any problem with that comment because it didn't match you