Cleaner cancelled last minute due to childcare

[UmmUmar]

I've found a fantastic cleaner, single mum by the sounds of it, brings her daughter with her (I don't mind), you can tell she is struggling financially and with her little one.

Today she cancelled on me 10 mins before the appt because of childcare. I understand that with a kid, things get a bit difficult with work but a heads up would have been nice!

Since my house has been a tip I've got to do it all by myself (pregnant + toddler, and dh works long hours)

AIBU to be upset?

Maybe not but a bit of understanding for the ops cleaner wouldn’t go a miss.

When I have a problem with the hired help not presenting themselves promptly I get the Butler to whip them on the front lawn in front of the assembled below stairs staff. Occasionally he gets angry and shoots them instead but at least we now have a loyal workforce.

Yes you are being unreasonable. If your house is a tip how can she clean it anyway Say what?? The cleaner rectifies the tip I think??

Btw YBU OP

Skittlenommer, what a self centred rude attitude, would not tolerate childcare issues, I pity anyone who ever works for you, you snob !!! OP, just get on with cleaning yourself, it does not kill you pregnant or not !!

Attention seeking by me?? Ha ha yeh right!! I’m the one putting a post on whining about cleaning aren’t I??

I haven’t read all ops posts. She shouldn’t have drip fed should she? Still all sounds ridiculous. Stop whinging and get on with it op. Sack the cleaner if not happy.

I have to say, I don't mind if they cancel either, especially if they or their child is sick. However, if it constantly happens, then I would replace them.

YABVU get over it and have some sympathy, her daughter could have been unwell and cleaners usually would not want to cancel. By the way as it sounds like your SAHM with only one and pregnant certainly doesn’t prohibit you from your own mess oops housework -I had four plus very large house and pulled up my sleeves.

It happens and as you say she is usually reliable. There will be a time you will miss an appointment due to one of your children not being to well.

Can’t the cleaner just do another day in the week?

@Ated 🤣

Are you being unreasonable? Do you even have to ask that question? Talk about third world problems, there are far worse things you could be upset about. If the house is in a tip you live around it until someone else cleans up your mess? I’m sorry but this isn’t outrageous! If you aren’t able to cope with your housework then why have kids?

Ated

Get someone reliable OP.

#firstworldproblems

Clean it yourself i was a single mum 3 dc full time work , still managed to clean my own house

Nobody cares that people clean their own homes. It’s not a competition to see who has the worse circumstances.

Make life easy I say.

YABU. At the end of the day, issues with kids can arise at the last minute and her child has to be her first priority. As a previous poster has said, I'm sure she'd much rather be cleaning and earning but if there is an issue with her child i.e. illness then she has no other option.

I think YABU. Things aren't always neat and tidy and predictable when you have responsibility for young children: it sounds as though either the child got ill at the last minute, or the cleaner herself was let down on childcare arrangements. These things happen. And this is cleaning, not the emergency services: the house isn't going to burn down because the floor isn't cleaned today!

Fudge well said x

First world problems 🤷. If she makes a habit of it, find a different cleaner but on this occasion, give her a break

YABU - you have kids you must realise that stuff happens! Most of my cleaners have had kids - its a demographic where mums are free during the day so they can be cleaners if they want or need to.

Besides - if she had cancelled an hour earlier or a day even - would you have called around for a replacement cleaner?e

Yes get off mumsnet you have no place here

I’m @Skittlenommer - qualifier social worker. You must be on huge freaking salary. You don’t come across as some who knows/cares about real life situations.

You hire in people so you can the live the life of binge watching tv or going off at a moments notice.

Rocknroll 🤣🤣

How can you go off at a moment’s notice in your paid job? And - I can do with as a working single parent without ‘hired help’?

Yes get off mumsnet you have no place here

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