oh oh i hate that i'm posting in this topic, but AIBU in giving my cleaner a bit of a rollicking?

[Tutter]

ds and i were upstairs just now and i heard something downstairs - came down to find our cleaner had let herself in (she has a key) to drop off some ironing

she normally brings ironing back when she comes to clean - she's due to clean tomorrow

if i'd been out, the alarm would have been on, and it's one of those that alerts the police who come straight to the house. 3 strikes and you're out, so setting it off is not something i want to happen

also just hate the fact that she didn't call to ask if it was ok for her to come around - she just waltzed in

she cleaned on monday and didn't lock the door she uses, so it was unlocked for 48hrs til i noticed it

i mentioned this to her just now (as well as saying i'd rather she didn't just let herslef in) and she appeared completely unbothered and didn't apologise

grrr

if it wasn't so blardy hard to find a decent cleaner around here i'd let her go

Going off on a tangent for a mo, there are a few people who sometimes don't wait for us to open the back door but just knock quickly and come straight in. I think it's really rude but don't feel I can say, excuse me, but would you mind waiting for us to come to the door. One is a neighbour and one is dd's friend's Dad. Hmmmm.

I'm glad you've decided to speak to her and sort it out Tutter. I hope it'll all go smoothly in future.

My next door neighbour once did come into our back garden through the gate unannounced looking for us. I was in the nud in the dining room with the patio doors open. Funnily enough he always knocks on the front door now .

I would just mention to the cleaner that you'd prefer it if she knocks first, and also mention the alarm.

I don't know.
So ill-mannered, these domestic classes.

I've recently had "words" with my cleaner's boss (agency)...

Shje's usually very good, but I'd noticed recently (being home more often than usual) that she always leaves well before her 4 hours are up. The house is clean enough, I suppose, but there is more she could have done.
This week I came back to discover the cooker on (Rayburn)- she'd used it to boil a kettle, and not turned it off. The kettle was over half full (for one cup of coffee?-it's a big kettle). A badly rinsed out mug was on a shelf in the cupboard, and there was coffee slopped on the worktop and not wiped up. Worst of all there were coffee granules in my sugar pot- I'm the oonly one in my house who takes sugar, and i HATE coffee, so not sloppiness on my part.

I don't mind her having a drink, but wasting my oil, boiling a whole kettle for one cup, not washing up after her aAND contaminating my sugar....Grrr!

now that's a silly thing to say ud

Tutter I don't think YABU.

SimplySparkling, I would keep the door locked to prevent people just coming in

Difficult one really;
Firstly yes YABU about the alarm because she obviously is not aware of it so how was she to know?
SHe should have knocked before letting herself in thats bad manners and could have been mentioned in a nice way so YANBU about being annoyed about that
Not locking the door is a security Issue, and possibly depending on where the door is it could be a safety issue for your lo, but we al forget stuff so again something that could be mentioned in a nice way. Presumably if you have an alarm if anyone came in whilst you were out the alarm on and the door opening would have made the alarm go off.
Sounds to me like you just want rid of her and are not happy with her standards if thats the case get rid of her

"is it a language barrier problem" - very presumptious!

Tell you what tutter, give her the boot and do your own cleaning and ironing. That way your house is safe and you save all that money not to mention getting fit by doing all that cleaning!

Im with custy on this one.

Rhubarb, I found having a cleaner a bit of a swings and roundabouts thing so I don't disagree with your view, but it depends on your circs, how big your house is, how old your dc, how much time you have, how deep your hatred of housework etc.

Yes, there aren't enough of us lackeys to go round, are there?

I do a bit of cleaning at the mo (some of us have to make ends meet!) It's amusing to see the other perspective.

haha no pity you bougsois ponce

it's a 6 bed house

i'm 7 months pg

yes, i could but i can afford to choose not to

so shoot me

not quite sure why custy and rhubarb are quite so snide about this tis hardly the slave trade

Whilst you are out cleaning other peoples houses Desiderata - who is cleaning your house? And I presume you have kids to look after too? How do you manage to get everything done?

Are you really treated that differently?

whatt he afrak haev oyu got ushc a big hourse for then tyou ponce

desiderata, i have cleaned in my time

so please stop with this sad inverted snobbery

hehehehe
ker CHING

(i mean i have been paid to clean)

I think you should have horsewhipped her personally

Snide?

You asked if we thought you were being unreasonable. You complained about your cleaner not being up to scratch and leaving your house open.

So we have said that in our opinion, yes you are being a bit unreasonable and I suggested that perhaps you would be better off doing your own cleaning if having a cleaner is causing more issues than not having one.

I do hate it when people post this in the unreasonable topic and then get arsey when you don't agree with them.

hmm

do you?

what a shame

gimme a hug then

tutter is in a moooooooooooooood

cos rhubarbs very rooooooooooooooooood
in

her opinion

ah, twig, glad to see you're back to your old self. the nicole richie look so wasn't you