I'm not letting this whole "I gotta cook" thing go to my head. However, I do believe in getting my money's worth. I actually have inner turmoil when giving tips because, honestly, what am I tipping you for? Bringing me my food? hot? Anyway, I pay my housekeeper/ cook to come three times a week. I give her money to go shopping and she's theoretically supposed to make enough food for the week and clean. Initially, we were having some issues with her making enough food to actually make it beyond dinner. But she caught on. We had a groove.
But recently, she's been a little off. Two Fridays ago, she asked to leave early because her daughter was sick. Okay, fine. Who am I to keep a mother from her sick child? Last Friday was the end of Ramadan/ New Year's Eve: I just get a text at 8:30am (when she's already supposed to be at my house) saying "It's a holiday. Call me if you want me to come". Hmm. We've known it was going to be a holiday all week. You wait until now to mention that you're not coming? I thought my guard wasn't coming either cause...apparently, it's a holiday. But he came. But she didn't. Interesting. So she comes on Monday, talking about how traffic was so bad, etc etc. Um hmm. When I get home on Monday, I realize she's essentially ignored all guest areas of my house. Okay, maybe she didn't get to it (though I don't know why she wouldn't b/c I live by myself and on my worst days, it doesn't take all day to clean up after me). I notice that she hasn't changed my sheets either. Okay...when are you going to get to that? So today, when I get home, I check my fridge. At first, I was about to be like WHOA? WHERE IS DINNER? Then I spotted a lone pot. Chicken curry-like situation...true. My room is "clean" (which really means, items are removed from my bed, the bed is made and the bathroom is clean). If I leave any clothes out, they get left out. Cool, I don't really have a problem with that. I haven't checked the sheets yet though. I look in the guest bath, dirty. Guest bed unmade. I'm like..Come.On. What are you doing all day that you can't clean an extra bathroom? You made a POT of food. Chicken curry doesn't take all day under any circumstances. My co-workers have said you have to be specific about what you want done but I didn't expect to have to lay it out word-for-word. No matter, I'm working on that note today (note instead actual conversation because there is a LOT that's lost in translation). OH. In addition, when I turn on the television, I noticed that my tv was not on the channel I left it on. And I don't mean, like I left it on three and came back and it was on four. No. My TV has to be on Input 2 in order to get the cable signal. The TV was on channel three when I got home. What is going on here? Honestly, I don't even have a problem with her watching tv. As long as you're doing your job. You can't be in here lunchin and watching tv. That's a no-go. So I'm annoyed. And I don't know how to approach this because who has practice having conversations with domestic help? No one. :(
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