To ask: if you are a cleaner, what are the things in the house that would make you judge someone?

@Eastie77Returns eurghhh so lazy was it Liam Gallagher? I can’t imagine who would wee in a bottle as surely they’d have an en-suite

I have to employ a cleaner as I can't do it myself. I used to tidy up but leave it to them to work their miracles on.
And I always thank them for it.

Mine make the beds and fold the loo roll into a point. They'll even change the beds if I leave the clean duvet covers out for them.

Legends.

My cleaners say this too!

I tidy up so they can get to the worktops etc, but I stop wiping the cooker a couple of days before they are due, and they say it's really satisfying to transform the house. On more than one occasion they've folded clean dry laundry for me even though it's not really their remit!

(I honestly love my cleaners, if I'm home when they are here we have such a laugh)

Me next please!!!

Everything. Loool

sorry, I know I am not helping 🌺🤣

I want you, when are you free?!!!

Cleaner here.
I'm happy to tidy, de clutter, wash up, make beds etc..as long as I have enough time to do it!
For example, If it takes me 2 hours to clean a house don't then leave a sink full of washing up as well as I won't have time to get that done. If you want me to wash up on your visit that's fine, but you'll need to book a longer slot.
The only things I would judge are grim things that have been left for me..e.g, toenail clippings on a coffee table, unwrapped sanitary towels, toilets with crusty poo and used condoms..I don't get paid enough for these things! 🤣

Yep this. Also I don’t mind tidying up and if I do it I know where I put things (mostly anyway). I hate most cleaning and I’m not that efficient at it so I’d rather our cleaner who is super efficient can get on with it

‘I find MN attitudes towards cleaners quite patronising.
They are there to do a job, in your workplace do you expect other people to do half of it before you arrive?!?
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our cleaner has 3 hours a week to clean the house, and realistically I know there’s only so much she can do in 3 hours. That’s not patronising. It’s practical!

So we make sure the house is tidy, so that she can actually vacuum, wash, mop, wipe. Polish etc

I had a cleaner for a short while. I refused to let her clean my toilet - she was pregnant. She was quite willing to do it and kept asking but I thought nope not letting you do that in your condition

She only cleaned the bottom of the house lounge carpets always looked wonderful when she'd hovered.

I felt bad having a pregnant woman doing my housework but she needed the money.

Screw that. I pay a cleaner so I don’t have to do it. I wouldn’t leave anything disgusting like skid marks in the loo or toothpaste spit in the sink or something, but other than that, that’s what she’s paid for. I wouldn’t expect someone to do half my work for me before I got there.

I always tidy up on Thursday night before my cleaner comes on Friday. I want her to clean, not tidy up our belongings. Plus it has the added advantage that the house always looks fab on Friday because it's clean and tidy. It also means there is never more than a weeks worth of 'stuff' lying around.

It's OK to do some tidying before the cleaner arrives. They are a Cleaner and not a Servant.

Everywhere is tidy as a cleaner can’t clean otherwise. No messy toilets as they are cleaned up by whoever uses it last. Don’t make the beds as the cleaner changes the bedding, loads the washing machine, tumble dryer.

If it's always clean then you ARE cleaning it before the cleaner comes, just not immediately before.

In many workplaces you have to take your cup back to the kitchen and in some you have to wash it too so same principle really. It's not because people feel sorry for the cleaners, but because higher ups decide what they want the cleaners' time spent on.

Am a cleaner, and only things I find really icky are not flushing toilets, very soiled spattered toilets, underwear hung where i have to touch to move it (used in shower or in kitchen for example!), poop on floor, animal poop on floor/beds, and someone who left sex toys out, lined up proudly, 'to dry'!

(Although if it's a genuine situation eg I had a client going through chemo, I'll happily do extra to help with bodily messes if necessary)

Otherwise life is manic and here to help! Dump clothes/kids toys on beds as tidying up takes time out of cleaning!(unless you don't mind that, a few don't!)

And am amused at a lady with a lego mad son who gets a broom and just sweeps me a path so I can dust bedside table/drawers!

Oh, and I would absolutely have judged any adult who left dirty underwear on the floor for me to lift. Not talking about the odd sock that gets dropped, but proper thoughtlessness.
I used to clean hotels rooms, as a student job, and you wouldn’t believe how disgusting people can be when they think there’s someone else to clean for them.
If you stay in a hotel even just making sure your rubbish is all in bins, your personal items Put away ( used dildo in the bed was a lowlight for me at 18) and the dirty/ used towels are in the bath or shower really helps your housekeeper out.

A cleaner is supposed to clean, so the house shouldn't be so messy that it's hard to actually clean.

I used to wonder why people would leave the house REALLY untidy and have me waste half my time tidying rather than cleaning! Your money I suppose but I did judge people who let their kids leave dirty washing or towels in the floor, unmade beds, trash not in the bin when they had laundry baskets and bins in the bedroom!
As a result we now tell our kids if they want the cleaner to go in Their room ( they do!) then it has to be picked up a bit so she can actually clean. I’m not having her spend half her time lifting their rubbish! Both kids keep room quite tidy now in general.

Then only other thing - I would prefer if people didn’t leave a bathroom bin full of ‘personal’ waste ie used tampons, used pads, used condoms etc. It’s a nice thing if the owners just put that stuff in the big bin themselves…

I mean, I am not the tidiest person and there’s definitely more dust in my house than I’d like there to be but I draw the line at shitty skids in the toilet! Surely it’s the responsibility of whoever left them there, or their parent/guardian/carer if they are unable to do it themselves. Nobody should just be flushing and leaving.

Same with cat trays, I scoop poo and wee as soon as I see it, I hate it when you go to someone’s house and they’ve just left it there in the tray. Not nice for anyone, least of all the poor cat who has to dodge their own shit the next time they want to use the tray!

Yes, this is 100% my position.

WTF!