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AIBU?

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to get pissed off with my cleaner for building towers?

243 replies

hf128219 · 31/10/2009 20:06

Yes - towers of books on my coffee table. I have 2 piles of books - you know the usual type of coffee table books.

She will polish it and then put the 2 piles into one big one. Then add newspapers and anything else she can lay her hands on.

I get home every night and put it back into 2 piles. She then changes it every day.

I measured it yesterday and 'the tower' was
20 inches high.

AIBU or do people have 'towers' on their coffee table?

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hf128219 · 31/10/2009 22:34

Oh I see - the cleaner's passport. She is from Bristol.

She loves to boil my under-wear too. Should I hand wash it myself?

God cleaning etiquette is very confusing.

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whomovedmychocolatecookie · 31/10/2009 22:40

Perhaps a lower fibre diet?

Cleaning etiquette is not confusing. You either accept that someone else is dealing with cleaning your house and your stuff in a way they are happy with (which is probably not the same as your way), or you get into ridiculous rule books for your cleaner about how you would like things done, stuck to the back of cupboard doors, which frankly will be ignored and your kettle will start tasting faintly of urine.

BiteOfFun · 31/10/2009 22:43

hf is very posh. I do love her though

hf128219 · 31/10/2009 22:46

I caught her on CCTV wearing my underwear nipping to the shops to get a pack of Rizla. I let it go.

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BiteOfFun · 31/10/2009 22:50

Hahaaaaaaaaaa

hf128219 · 31/10/2009 22:57

Today I went to pay the paperbill and saw there was an addition of 48p for Rizla.

Should I pay it?

She may have also bought 'Zest' magazine but I am not sure.

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crankytwanky · 31/10/2009 22:58

And there it is, ladies and gentlemen!

BiteOfFun · 31/10/2009 22:59

I'd pay for Zest. Not Pick Me Up though- that's a step too far.

pranma · 31/10/2009 23:00

she moves the books to dust the coffee table-she doesnt see the importance of arranging them just so.Not too much effort for you surely.

pranma · 31/10/2009 23:01

that'll teach me to come in at the end of a thread!!!

hf128219 · 31/10/2009 23:03

I would prefer it if she bought 'Big Boys on TrekCamp' - it would save me the embarrassment.

{grin]

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crankytwanky · 31/10/2009 23:04

Gosh rizla have gone up in price since I was childless!

hf128219 · 31/10/2009 23:08

I love Pick me Up - not a coffee table mumber I admit.

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BiteOfFun · 31/10/2009 23:17

Come and find me on FB, hf- I'm bitoffun jones

Missy8c · 31/10/2009 23:20

4 hours a day??? Have you got OCD? Maybe she is trying to mess with your head!!

hf128219 · 31/10/2009 23:24

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BiteOfFun · 31/10/2009 23:50

Got you- you can get your post deleted now x

clemette · 01/11/2009 00:01

Is it me, or is there something really odd about people who make over-elaborate references to their jobs.

If you leave so much crap around that the cleaner can make a 3ft pile then you need a better system. We both work full time+, have two children under five, a fair sized house and plenty to do and our cleaner still manages to make the house sparkle in only three hours a week. Granted DH doesn't have any kilts to sort - he just pays £4 to get his week's shirts ironed...

PrincessFiorimonde · 01/11/2009 00:57

Does the tower look like the one in 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'?

THAT's when you should be worrying...

fabhead · 01/11/2009 10:35

Wow you're a real person, astounded, can I be your friend too?

hf128219 · 01/11/2009 10:38

You can if you want. Trying to get that soddin' post deleted.

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fabhead · 01/11/2009 10:40

ok I will, I like random fb friends, sorry I didnt believe you about the towers.

AlaskaNebraska · 01/11/2009 10:43

lol at four horus a day
you ponce

LaurieScaryCake · 01/11/2009 10:52

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AlaskaNebraska · 01/11/2009 10:57

oh i have laready been there
lordy.
you live near my brother.

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