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My Cleaner has asked for Baileys can I get away with going to Aldi?

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EachandEveryone · 20/12/2017 14:03

I already started a thread about how Baileys isn’t like it was!

The Cleaner is going to sleep at my flat one night as she shares a bedroom with her mother and wants a break my flat is empty and she will feed the cats and do
Her regular two hour clean before she leaves. She’s on”holiday” from her agency so I will leave her £25. She likes watching the sky and chilling. She gets a lot of things off me through the year and I’m flexible when she cancels at last minute. Last year she did the same thing and I left her a load of M and S food in the fridge wine and chocolates. She only took the wine and chocolate. I said I’d leave her a bottle of wine on the table and she said no can I have Baileys as my mum has never had it. I’m tempted to get a cheaper version we all agreed on here that the cheaper ones taste better. What would you do?

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ginplease8383 · 20/12/2017 20:04

Yes I think thats fine!

Cakescakescakes · 20/12/2017 20:07

I think if she has asked for Baileys to share with her mum then I’d be inclined to get the real thing.

saladdays66 · 20/12/2017 20:07

Hmm. Sounds a very odd arrangement.

She cancels at the last minute?

You give her things during the year? Like what?

She asks for baileys? I’d be tempted to leave her nothing, ungrateful, cheeky baggage.

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CoffeenoTea · 20/12/2017 20:11

Of course it's fine, if she said any thing just fain ignorance and say you did not notice as the bottle looks the same

Lunde · 20/12/2017 20:12

I would get her the real thing as she is looking after your cats while you are away - it will look a bit penny pinching otherwise regardless of which tastes better

pinkyredrose · 20/12/2017 20:13

What things do you give her? Sounds like she's costing you more than the cleaning fee!

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EachandEveryone · 20/12/2017 20:29

Penny pinching? I dont think so. The Aldi finest is £6 and theres a box of chocolate in there. I gove her stuff that id give my nieces if they were here like a pair of River Island boots i bought but they were half a size too big, or a jigsaw winter coat that i have no room to store. I dont go out and buy her presents. Last year she stayed the night and watched three films on sky that i got billed for even though i have the full sky package! I give her books as soon as ive read them as shes improving her language and is really getting into reading. Freebie creams etc you get when u buy a product. Like i say stuff id give my nieces, she doesnt do bad out of me.

She cancels and rearranges all the time. As long as she comes that week i dont mind.

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sthitch · 20/12/2017 22:29

I think that’s really cheeky - especially using your sky to buy movies! Who does that? Does she think she’s Lady Muck having a holiday staying at your house.

I wouldn’t buy her anything, but if you’re going to get something then get the cheap stuff!!

sthitch · 20/12/2017 22:30

P.s put a password on your sky (we can with virgin for billed items)

PurplePillowCase · 20/12/2017 22:30

yes.
it's just like saying cellotape and getting the cheap stuff from the poundstore.

WeAllHaveWings · 20/12/2017 22:34

You can tell the difference after a couple of drinks, baileys is much smoother, whereas Aldi tastes almost medicinal.

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EachandEveryone · 20/12/2017 22:58

Lidl finest tastes much better. It has a nutty flavour. I. Carryong out my own research.

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NoSquirrels · 20/12/2017 23:03

Her mum has "never tasted Baileys" so you would be a bit unreasonable to buy a knock-off version on this occasion.

But a bottle of Baileys will be much more expensive than your average bottle of wine, so perhaps you could leave the knock-off version with a note saying "I like this one even better than Baileys" and then buy one of those tiny bottles of the real thing to put with it, and her mum can still get to taste the "proper" version alongside?

TheStarsAreMine · 20/12/2017 23:08

The arrangement sounds a bit odd but whatever.

She's asked for Baileys. Her mum would like to try Baileys. It seems a bit mean to then get her a cheapy version (even if it is nicer).

AnyFucker · 20/12/2017 23:13

Co op currently has £10 Baileys

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EachandEveryone · 20/12/2017 23:16

Its nod odd really. People have people flat minding all the time.

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bluebell34567 · 20/12/2017 23:32

I think you should have more professional approach to her.
she only does a couple hours of cleaning and you care too much about what she needs. you pay her for cleaning job, don't you?
her wishes wont end. you have to have some distance with her.
you spending all your time and energy to find some kind of Baileys.
I think this is too much.
and she cancels her job any time she likes.

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