Is it too much to expect my cleaner to actually tidy my house. I have 5 kids the eldest being 8. They are very efficient at turning my house upside down. But up till now I have had a cleaner every day for at least 4 hours. If she finds a kids skipping rope say on the kitchen floor she will pick it up and put it on a chair and tuck chair in rather than find the appropriate place to put it. Worst still if she goes to the playroom to tidy and finds feltips with the lids off she will not replace the lids. She will gather the whole lot and toss them into the nearest toybox. She will often be met with a mixture of games of various sorts that have been played with but unfortunately not been put away. She will make no effort to tidy each game into the appropriate box but toss the whole lot in to whichever toy box is nearest. I guess that if this doesn't suit me I should look for a replacement cleaner. but just wondering if I am expecting too much and a replacement wouldn't be any better. I know my kids need to learn to tidy up after themselves and I am working on this.
AIBU?
Hang on, I've just seen the post about the cleaner pairing your sons socks, is that some kind of a joke? Is he little Lord Faunteroy
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If I was your cleaner, I'd have fucked off long ago.
Is he little Lord Faunteroy 
You give your kids unpaired socks, do you?
It sounds to me that many posters here are jealous that you can afford some help.
You have a housekeeper who also cleans.
If she is there 4 hours a day I presume she isn't cleaning all that time but is more like a 'daily' or a housekeeper.
I had similar when my DC were young and yes, mine could tidy things up where they belonged as the house was organised and it was clear where toys, etc belonged. And she did put theids on the markers if they were left off and if toys were left out she put them in the correct bins.
She should be able to out the laundry away correctly but socks are always a problem unless you have some amazing system. Mine never did mismatch socks (oh how I miss her) but she was detail oriented and not rushed.
Maybe explain to her these few things - they aren't really that big of a problem unless she's doing it all over the house. Mine would often put things in the kitchen in the wrong place but she would always put them in the same wrong place so she wasn't chaotic just had the wrong idea as to where something belonged.
Socks with sandals though 
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It's your DH's socks, not your sons. . [ grin] OP, you're having us on here. I cannot believe a grown adult needs somebody to pair his socks up. It was bad enough when I thought it was your DS.
Does she out toothpast his toothbrush as well, a la HRh Price Charles. 
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