To think cleaner should try not to clean in the room I am using

[JuJuPanda]

We've got a cleaner for the first time and she comes for a full day. I've noticed that she often ends up cleaning in whatever area I'm in - AIBU to tell her not to do that?

It's not like I expect her to be silent as a mouse but it's a bit annoying when I sit in the living room to call my mum and a couple of minutes later she appears with mop and hoover or DD decides she wants to play outside and within minutes there she is to noisily sweep the patio. I'm grateful for the work she does but it seems unnecessarily intrusive!

I would think it is your job to keep out of her way. Ask her what her routine will be so you can ensure you aren't getting in her way.

I think you should try not to be in the room she’s trying to clean. She’ll have a system that’s the most efficient way for her to get the work done. Changing that to fit around your whims will make her job harder and make it more likely that tasks get missed.

Do you actually want a cleaner?

(She sounds bloody marvellous, sweeping your patio, never heard of a cleaner doing that before: isn’t that a gardener’s job)

@LadyDanburysHat

I would think it is your job to keep out of her way. Ask her what her routine will be so you can ensure you aren't getting in her way.

This.

Stay out of her way then. She’s just trying to do her job. Be honest, if she didn’t clean the living room because you’re sitting in there you’d moan about that too.

are you for real

She’s presumably paid to clean the whole house so so of course she’s going to do that and I imagine she has a system- the efficient cleaners I’ve observed seem to do the cleaning bits like dusting/kitchen/bathroom, then all the vacuuming in one go, then finally all the mopping and leave. I always make an effort not to get under their feet so as a first preference I go out, if that’s not possible then I ask if they can do upstairs first then downstairs and I move between so as not to be in the way.

It's the opposite - you should move for her if you want your house properly cleaned. When I was at home with little ones we either went out while she was there, at least for some of the time, otherwise we went upstairs while she was downstairs and vice versa.

Ask her to do upstairs first and stay down then switch over, I’m currently hiding upstairs from my cleaner

Go out - problem solved.

She's cleaning the house so if you want her to do what she is paid to do act like a normal person and leave the room she wants to clean and go back when she is finished.

Stay out of her then so she can get her job done.

I've always gone out when the cleaner comes

Spoilt twat springs to mind...

Go out. Or ask her order she cleans in and stay out of way. Would 2 half days work better.

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Nah this can't be real.... nobody is this hideous!

Our cleaner is working at my house now. So I have gone out to keep out of her way. I think it's normal to either go out or stay out of their way.

Odds of OP returning are dwindling 😂😂😂

Of course you should stay out of her way while she’s working

I wish my kids were so quiet outside that 'noisy sweeping' would be an issue!

I have a cleaner for 2 hours a fortnight - I try and use that time to pop to the shops or whatever as I know it is uncomfortable for her to try and dance round me.

If I am there we have a conversation and I say (for instance) that I need to work on the computer for a bit so could she please do a different room for that while; or I ask that she might start upstairs.

I think communication is the key. You need to tell her what would best fit round you and ask if she would mind doing things in a particular.

I do also think that you need to put yourself in her shoes - it is a bit uncomfortable having to tiptoe round someone in their own house - especially as she may be picking up your grumpy vibes. Not nice for her.

Agree with the chorus of staying out of her way...

particular order

What an awful problem to have 😂

If you're just sitting around you could clean your own house. Otherwise you should be wherever she isn't. Unless you're happy for her to not do whichever room you've decided to hang out in at all?