To be a bit annoyed that my cleaner made herself a cuppa?

[kwaker5]

Have had a cleaner for about 8 weeks. On first visit I offered her a cuppa as I was having one but she declined and said she always brought her own drinks with her [pointed to cool bag].

I usually let her in and clear off with the DCs while she's there but last week I came back a bit earlier than normal and noticed she'd made herself a brew.

I'm not really pissed off but it's niggling at me. Isn't there and unwritten rule that they shouldn't go in your cupboards/drawers?

God, Let the woman have a bloody cup of tea.

How mean spirited can people be?

Its only a tea-bag FGS.

With all due respect, the OP asked if she was BU and some said she was(the majority) and some said she wasn't.
As usual, the minority are very quick to jump to accusations of personal attacks, insults and accusing others of being ridiculous, presumably because they are aware their views are objectionable to others.
MN is generally left wing and liberal.Therefore you are likely to encounter people who think you should treat people, regardless of their class or employment, how you yourself would wish to be treated. You are also likely to encounter people who do not understand why making yourself a cup of tea would be any kind of issue, myself included.
Whilst the issue of class is not explicitly stated, the fact that the OP can afford a cleaner, and the cleaner..um..cleans means that its implicit in the post itself, whether this is intentional or not.That's why people are pissed off.
That and the fact its beyond petty. If the OP didn't want to be flamed, she should have taken the time to full explain her situation from the beginning, and to post in a less inflammatory msnner.

ElieRM. The Voice of Reason

Oh, I do try :D

Ah, so has an au-pair AND a cleaner, yet is a FT mum and thinks SAHM should do all the housework.

But, expat, the question is, does she ever drink tea when she's thirsty? What happens if she drnks more than one cup in three hours?

Ellie, she's supposed to be living on bread and water, with perhaps some supplemental gruel in winter.

Tea?!

Pah!

She's lucky there's a clean water supply here and her children aren't providing it by running on treadmills to provide the treatment plant with energy!

I mean, we're talking about a person paid to clean other peoples' shit! The UK really needs an untouchable caste.

expat- So, so glad we've met again :O

even

My cleaner can make herself a 4 course banquet using the caviar (that DH bought and is disgusting) and steak, as far as I am concerned.

As long as when I get back from whatever important outing I have been on (i.e. the gym, coffee with the girls, sitting in the park reading a book), the house no longer looks like a before poster for "How clean is your house?".

I am lazy - this is why I have a cleaner. Why do it if you can afford to pay someone else to?!?!?

Morloth- Fair enough, IMHO.

Can I justask what the going rate is for a cleaner (seriously, I start my new full- time job in two weeks and cant see how I will ever keep the house tidy)

We pay ours £10 an hour, which I think is a bit more than the going rate, but she was a friend before she became our cleaner and she is VERY good.

oh I was wondering when airy pomposity would take the place of patronising advice, which in turn took the place of abuse

Ellie you have popped up just in time

What category do you fit into iceagethree?!

It depends whereabouts you are tired. I pay £8 per hour, we're in the northern Home Counties.

Iceage, yawn.

'oh I was wondering when airy pomposity would take the place of patronising advice, which in turn took the place of abuse'

lol - all because a cleaner had a cup of tea - pmsl

I wonder, does she know the strife she's caused on this thread?

But isn't it fun. Thanks for good laugh all x

It could, in all fairness, go way beyond making a cup of tea.

She might even use the loo

I am so shocked at the bickering on this thread!

I'm not a cleaner but in most of the jobs I have worked you get a break after about 4 hours and these include physical jobs including warehouse work. So why are cleaners different?

I can't afford a cleaner and can't imagine ever being able to, but I have cleaned my own house for longer than 2 hours without needing to stop for a break.

PMSL at 'airy pomposity.'

I must be very lazy because after even 30 mins cleaning I am longing for a sit down and a cup of tea.

Danceaway- Also, loved your response to iceage...
just typed icerage by mistake
possibly more appropriate?