merry maids

[almaty 19]

i do not think on has to be illegal to "stuff their pockets' .

[Sister Fracas 5]

i do not think on has to be illegal to "stuff their pockets' .

indeed... and just another comment I think made to stir a pot

[almaty 19]

i do not think on has to be illegal to "stuff their pockets' .

indeed... and just another comment I think made to stir a pot

i agree, sister fracas...........

[Amby 490]

i do not think on has to be illegal to "stuff their pockets' .

indeed... and just another comment I think made to stir a pot

when I lived in LA our first maid stole stuff all the time and though she didn't speak English she was not illegal. Our next one was legal as well and she took things every once in awhile. Finally, our third maid who was legal was great and I loved her and I would always hide my clothes in the closet cos I felt bad because she did so much for me. I even told her to do less but she came every day and cooked and stuff. I said you don't need to make my bed she would still make it. That was so fun.

[doodlebugg 10]

i do not think on has to be illegal to "stuff their pockets' .

indeed... and just another comment I think made to stir a pot

when I lived in LA our first maid stole stuff all the time and though she didn't speak English she was not illegal. Our next one was legal as well and she took things every once in awhile. Finally, our third maid who was legal was great and I loved her and I would always hide my clothes in the closet cos I felt bad because she did so much for me. I even told her to do less but she came every day and cooked and stuff. I said you don't need to make my bed she would still make it. That was so fun.

She didn't mention making beds. That would be nice I'm sure it just adds to the price though. The illegals that i have seen don't have a pot to p!ss in so I doubt they're stuffing their pockets they just want to put food on the table and a roof over their house.

[Emancipation 2]

my mum cleans houses privately and she only charges 10$ per hour..

She's in canada though.. but i know for many of her clients she can do a house in 4-5 hrs a week.. MUCH less than Merry Rip off maids!

[eric&gen 0]

All they are good for is making beds and good Mexican food.

[almaty 19]

sheesh brother eric...

[sandinista! 1,816]

my brother's girlfriend used to clean houses privately too. she charged $14 an hour, but the houses she cleaned were spiffy by the time she was through. the majority of the money charged by those corporations does not go to the maids. i really hope things have changed in recent years, because a couple years ago when i read nickel and dimed by barbara ehrenreich, the chapter about her stint as a maid for one of those outfits was nauseating. she said they were only allowed to use a set amount of cleaner and water per room, etc. so essentially bathtubs and such were just swabbed over with the same dingy, germy water used to clean everything else in the bathroom. yuck. oh, and she said they're not even allowed to sip on a bottle of water while they are working, no matter how hot the day is or how strenuous their work is.

"At the Merry Maids, the economics were as follows: the customer pays $25 an hour per cleaning person to the service; the service pays $6.65 an hour to each cleaner." http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/05/13/revi....13gallagt.html

that's an awful lot of "overhead" they're taking in. and it certainly wasn't going towards buying enough cleaning supplies to hygienically clean bathrooms.

as for the stupid illegal commentary-i certainly hope that those that discussed hounding maids over their legal status use the same diligence with every single service they employ day to day, from the pizza delivery guys to the woman you buy shoes from at nordstrom. anything less would just be hypocritical.

[Emancipation 2]

as for the stupid illegal commentary-i certainly hope that those that discussed hounding maids over their legal status use the same diligence with every single service they employ day to day, from the pizza delivery guys to the woman you buy shoes from at nordstrom. anything less would just be hypocritical.

It's nice to see critical thinking people in these here parts.. bravo

[Nessa 23]

as for the stupid illegal commentary-i certainly hope that those that discussed hounding maids over their legal status use the same diligence with every single service they employ day to day, from the pizza delivery guys to the woman you buy shoes from at nordstrom. anything less would just be hypocritical.

the ''stupid'' illegal commentary was a joke. Calling me names was totally uncalled for.

[sandinista! 1,816]

as for the stupid illegal commentary-i certainly hope that those that discussed hounding maids over their legal status use the same diligence with every single service they employ day to day, from the pizza delivery guys to the woman you buy shoes from at nordstrom. anything less would just be hypocritical.

the ''stupid'' illegal commentary was a joke. Calling me names was totally uncalled for.

neither you, nor anyone else is called any names at any place in my post. i had assumed that since you put this after yr comments that they weren't in any way serious. others' comments, unfortunately, were totally serious. and the commentary was ridiculous. i wasn't aware it was necessary to write a disclaimer that "this doesn't pertain to anything nessa has said", but i guess i was mistaken.

[doodlebugg 10]

omg I googled merry maids and found this.

**** beware....extremely bad language in this link so not for kids and not for the faint of heart*******

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/chi/268061591.html

[Sister Fracas 5]

as for the stupid illegal commentary-i certainly hope that those that discussed hounding maids over their legal status use the same diligence with every single service they employ day to day, from the pizza delivery guys to the woman you buy shoes from at nordstrom. anything less would just be hypocritical.

the ''stupid'' illegal commentary was a joke. Calling me names was totally uncalled for.

neither you, nor anyone else is called any names at any place in my post. i had assumed that since you put this after yr comments that they weren't in any way serious. others' comments, unfortunately, were totally serious. and the commentary was ridiculous. i wasn't aware it was necessary to write a disclaimer that "this doesn't pertain to anything nessa has said", but i guess i was mistaken.

lol oh dear....

[Ban Hammer 12,837]

omg I googled merry maids and found this.

**** beware....extremely bad language in this link so not for kids and not for the faint of heart*******

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/chi/268061591.html

now that is funny!