I'm back to cleaning my own apartment. While I was gone to New York/Texas/Germany, I had stopped my twice-monthly cleaning service, and I never got around to calling them back to start it up again.
And I realize that my apartment hasn't been this clean in years.
The trouble with delegating, well, anything, is that the person to whom you delegate almost always doesn't care as much as you do about whatever it is. Sometimes, it's worth it to farm it out anyway and accept lower quality for the convenience. But I think I'm back, at least for a while, to not accepting that trade-off for cleaning my house.
Maybe some day I'll be able to find someone who is willing to see dirt: remove cobwebs and wipe backsplashes and light switches without my asking; actually moving cords and furniture when sweeping, tucking in sheets properly, etc. In the meantime, I'm saving $120 a month and living in a substantially cleaner (albeit a sporadically messier) house.
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Hmmm... I'd always looked forward to when I could hire out my cleaning, but maybe Roothie has a point. I've been on a cleaning spree for the past couple of weeks and I have been rather meticulous about getting all the nooks and crannies. Hiring out would be like if I left it to Coal to clean our place - the inside of the toilet bowl would be clean, but absolutely no other part of the toilet would be.
ReplyDeleteI've been watching a show on BBC America called "How Clean is Your House" and it inspires me. They take on houses like our brother Woody lives in and make them sparkle (with a team of about 10 people to help). Next time one of you comes out to Texas, we can try to talk him in to letting us de-clutter and overhaul his house.