AIBU to expect my cleaner to put stuff from the dishwasher in the correct place

[lurkerspeaks]

I'm going to get flamed as I'm daring to criticise the person that I pay, a not inconsiderable amount of money, to each week to make my life easier.

She just doesn't seem to be able to put stuff from the dishwasher away in the correct place.

Tonights frustration - all the bloody cutlery is mixed up again. I have "big" cutlery and "small" (desert/ salad) cutlery. It all has separate slots in the kitchen drawer but every bloody week she just shoves all the items into one slot (so all forks into the "big" slot regardless of size) despite the fact the small forks are sitting winking at her neatly arranged in the next slot along.

Or the fact that she actually moved all the bloody cereal bowls (12) to stack the serving bowl underneath them (which must have taken ages and probably endangered them in the process as she is pretty clumsy) when in fact in the next cupboard along the serving bowls buddy is sitting unencumbered on a shelf waiting to be reunited with his twin.

She has been cleaning for me for six months so it isn't like she is new here and apart from the cutlery the misplacements aren't consistent.

I do miss my old cleaner who shared my obsessional traits about cutlery organisation!

Yes, mine does, it's me, I empty it, before she arrives.

at jealous.

I have a cleaner. I am not jealous. If you want your cleaner to match up your absurd quantities of cutlery as you wish you need to tell her.

HTH

And get a bloody grip. This is not a big problem.

How big a problem does something have to be before you are allowed to post about it? If you think posting about this is a waste of time then you don't have to bother replying.

Bigger than one that can be solved by writing a note to your cleaner or speaking to her.

I empty it.

I don't think emptying dishwashers is a cleaner's job, they are there to clean your house not do jobs like that. IMO.

My cleaner simply cannot grasp the difference between the recycling bin and the other bin. She mixes it all up and I wonder , does she think we are odd, having 2 separate bins in the kitchen only to empty both into one wheelie bin?
First world problem indeed but one of life's irritations.

She also 'accidentally ' swipes the switch on alarm clocks so sometimes we are woken up by an early alarm we didn't set.

"I don't think emptying dishwashers is a cleaner's job"

I suppose that would depend on your contract. Other than for one specialist cleaning job, I haven't used one of the professional cleaning companies.

I don't have a cleaner at all at the moment, but my last cleaner was paid by the hour and did absolutely everything ... washing glassware, dishwasher loading and emptying, putting things away, scrubbing the corners of the floor by hand.
Anything at all that needed doing, as long as she was paid for a sufficient amount of time to do everything in.

The cleaner doesn't speak or read much English and OP is at work when she comes and cleans. So maybe there is some sort of problem? It's a pity to have to take time off work to make sure a job you are paying for gets done the way you want it done.

It's also a pity to pay to have something done and have to redo it yourself when you get home.

There is nothing wrong with having your kitchen things arranged in the way that best suits the cook and people eating there. Why should someone have to rummage for utensils or cutlery, or go looking for bowls at breakfast time.. Imo if you use a kitchen then you probably have things placed where it is easiest for those who use them and anyone putting things away should recognise that. My mother otoh likes the nicest looking pieces displayed front and centre and can't understand why putting saucepans on the top shelf of a cupboard furthest from the oven is not a good idea. Living at home, we had to use a step ladder before cooking, The step ladder was in the shed outside in the garden.