To think the cleaner could have rung the bell?

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Appreciate this is not an actual problem but just curious to know what people think.

The cleaner didn’t turn up today and I didn’t hear anything from the company. So after a couple of hours I called to ask what had happened.

Apparently when they arrived, as there was already a car on the drive (it only fits one) and no space to park on the street the cleaner just decided to leave.

AIBU to be a bit annoyed by this? I was in and would happily have moved my car, I had just forgotten to do so as had been a busy morning

LTB

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If there wasn’t even room on the street, where could she park in order to ring the bell?

Ltb
Lamp The Bitch....

She or he could've parked across the driveway for a second and rang the bell.

What did the company say about it?

I always move my car in advance to make sure there's a space free if I'm expecting a visitor. How could she ring the bell when she couldn't park?

Annoyed? I'd be furious.

She should have found the nearest available place to park and walked to your home.

Surely the company should be discipling her for that because she let you, the client, down with no good reason.

Shows a startling lack of initiative and I’d be minded to not use the company again (or at least ask not to have that cleaner) on the basis of this.

Could she not have rung either the company or you?

If ahed moved the car, where would you have parked? Surely age could gave parked there in the first place. Frankly I'd have no patience with such a cleaner. It's totally unprofessional.

Presumably the OP would've parked across her own driveway?

Which is what the cleaner should've done for a couple of seconds while they rang the doorbell.

There was actually plenty of space on the road surrounding so it feels like a pretty feeble excuse. I appreciate they would have had some equipment to bring in with them and therefore, as I’ve said, would happily have moved the car when they arrived.

I’m with the cleaner here. I have had a job that involved me going into people’s homes with equipment and there is nothing worse than getting to a full driveway with nowhere nearby to park. It’s just common courtesy to allow a worker somewhere to park.

It’s just common courtesy to allow a worker somewhere to park
Which the OP had always done, except this time, hence the non lazy entitled thing to do would be to either park where she could and go ask OP if she could move her car or call her on the phone.

really? That is insane behaviour! I've also had a similar job and you just walk from where there is parking! It's utterly pathetic to just go home if you can't park directly outside the house. How on earth does she manage with clients that don't have driveways?

How did they sound when they told you OP? I'd have been too embarrassed to pass on that excuse!

the company just stated that this is what the cleaner had told them. They didn’t offer any new date or apology

It was just an email from the company stating that this was the reason the cleaner gave for not attending

Thanks for your perspective. It helps in deciding how to respond

Reasonable people don’t just not show up to work because of a minor and easily rectified inconvenience. Cleaner is being ridiculous.

I'd be changing companies

That's the most ridiculous reason I've heard to not show up to work. I'm surprised the agency is happy with this.