Why should I outsource a horrible job that I CBA to do to someone else? I made the mess, I should clear it up, not throw money at someone else. It just feels like a hangover from Upstairs Downstairs.
It's likely everyone here is already outsourcing the responsibilities of horrible tasks like what goes down the toilet to be managed elsewhere, or the waste taken away in the bins, or growing/raising and processing the vast majority of foods for safe consumption...so many unpleasant jobs largely handled by others, with money thrown at them by taxes and/or our own pocket...why is cleaning the house the responsibility where it crosses the line?
I grew up with family members who'd lived much of their lives doing all of that for themselves. When they were able to live lives where they didn't need to do that, it wasn't a source of disdain, but relief. None of them were British, and there does seem to be a particular cultural mindset - and I'm not convinced it's Upstairs Downstairs, not when there are already so many worse tasks that we accept others help with.
It is a question as to why, particularly in the UK, there is this the guilt / disdain / ideas around outsourcing and responsibility around a cleaner and not any of these other horrible tasks where (general) you've either made a mess that needs to be cleaned or have a need that needs to met that involves dealing with mess that someone has to do for it to be done.
Also, people can and do clean up after themselves, and have a cleaner to help with certain tasks/clean things to a deeper level, just like we can put our stuff in the bin and take the bin out, and someone else collects it. It's not either/or - I mean where I work, we clean up after ourselves, our building manager is meticulous about any food being left out, and there are still multiple cleaners to handle the natural accumulation of dust and fingerprints and such that happens from an old building that has dozens if not hundreds of people in and out each day.