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It’s no secret that every house has its secrets. Fortunately for their owners, their four walls safely guard most of them. Unless there’s a two-eared stranger who may accidentally (or not) overhear something that wasn’t meant for anyone else.
So when someone asked housekeepers on Reddit, “What do you know about the owners of the houses that they don’t know you know?” it was destined to become a heated thread. With so many secrets anonymously spilled, their responses give us a glimpse into the complex, sometimes weird, even dark, other times plain scandalous world of random people we walk by on the streets.
Scroll down for some of the most interesting stories, and let us know what you think of them in the comments below!
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#1
Buddy of mine used to clean houses with his mom. He told me about this one massive mansion they would clean and how there were no mirrors in the entire house. There also weren’t a lot of windows and if there were, they had thick drapes. He met the family only once and told me they were very pale and quiet people.
He worked for f**king vampires
Mazer 3 years ago (edited)
Possibly a sufferer of xeroderma pigmentosum lives there, it’s a disease that produces extreme symptoms if that person gets sun exposure. There was a woman who lived not far from us who had this issue. She had to cover every inch of her body to protect it from the sun.
Lovin' Life 3 years ago
That sound like a horrible life to live. Is there medicine or treatment to help with it?
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Annie 3 years ago
Oh the sim everyone hates.(Well not as much as Eliza Pancake)
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Chris Scritchfield 3 years ago
Same. bright lights don't let my eyes focus
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Lilith the Demon Panda 3 years ago
this is bullshit, the mirror myth was spread by vampires so they could convince you dumb mortals they are not vampires because they reflect in the mirrors
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#2
I clean for an elderly lady who is still quite sharp and feisty. She was a Boeing inspector in the 60s and 70s, and stood up to a lot of men in order to make sure the planes were up to code. And she did all this as a black woman and a mother. At some point she divorced and later in life remarried, and cared for her husband as he developed dementia and eventually passed away. She tells me about her life without a trace of sentiment, everything is matter of fact and lighthearted. But I see the photographs she keeps of her husband all over the house, ones of them together as well as of him young and handsome in uniform, long before she ever met him when they were middle-aged. I know how it is to lose someone to dementia, but I can only imagine it being your spouse. Sometimes when I call her to confirm that I’m coming over, she sounds deflated and lonely when she first picks up before she switches into her telephone voice.
She’s never told me how deeply she still loves him or how painful it was to see him slipping away, how lonely it is living with only his photographs and memories. How that need for one particular person never goes away. But even though I can’t know exactly, I know.
Lovin' Life 3 years ago
I own a cleaning business and clean for several with dementia. Its heartbreaking. Especially those who remember and relive tragedies from the past. Heartbreaking.
Aimee Lou 3 years ago
I once took care of a woman in her late 70s who had Dementia. She would plug the bath tub and sink and run the water until the bathroom flooded, and scream about how the baby was drowning. Made me so sad.
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Magoomba 3 years ago
I had the same best friend for 50 years. During the last few years we didn’t see much of each other & neither one of us was good at writing or calling but I started getting suspicious when we would talk & he would drift into nonsensical conversation. It finally occurred to me that it might be dementia and when I brought it up to his daughter she said matter-of-factly “yeah, he’s been going downhill quickly”. It was true. It was truly terrible to watch my best friend drift away slowly before dying a couple of years later.
Dorothy Parker 3 years ago
Match the photo to the correct race of the woman it's supposed to be.
Katinka Min 3 years ago
My mom has dementia. It is worse than cancer, imo. You die as a person and many spend most of your remaining days in some sort of unhappiness or anguish. Most of the happy memories and achievements disappera, what remains are trauma and anger.
DumYum 3 years ago
A neighbor had dementia and would relive the death of one of her 4 children over and over. It was in the 50s, before seatbelts and the child was in the front seat. In a fender bender the little girl, younger than 5, was thrown forward and hit her head on the dashboard. She had a bump on her forehead and everyone thought she was okay. But she passed away later in her sleep. Almost everyday the old woman just repeated, “It was just a bump.”
#3
Man of the house ask me and the other cleaning crew ladies if we have ever seen this type.of dog leash. Holds up what is clearly a under bed restraint system looking confused. I didn't say s**t. We all looked at each other like "f*** no im not telling him" he says "mmm, maybe she wants a dog. Why was it under the mattress ???" He just wandered off dragging this thing behind him.
He was a nice guy worked a lot, tipped well, gave us holiday bonuses. She was a trophie wife, and was not nice to him. They divorced while i still worked their, he got a dog named mayonaise and was much happier. It was a rescue grey hound. Sweet dog. I don't live in that town anymore but i hope mr jim is happy still.
Andy Acceber 3 years ago
But the real question is: Did Jim attempt to use the bed restraint system as a leash to walk Mayonnaise?
Cuddly Panda 3 years ago
Did you think you would ever type sentence that sentence in your life?
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Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
If she was a trophy wife he was at least partly complicit in the formation of a marriage that was not going to be happy. Hopefully both of them lived, learned, and grew as people.
Pudgy Panda 3 years ago
Mr. Jim knew exactly what was under the bed. He was just trying to save face in front of the cleaners.
Dodie Rippentrop 3 years ago
'The Many Misadventures of Mr. Jim and Mayonnaise" would be the newest chapter title.
Bored Panda reached out to Redditor Milo Molly, who worked as a housekeeper. She shared her story of working for a male client who had a wife and a mistress in this Ask Reddit thread. “He would bring each at different times to his vacation apartment that I serviced. It was sad because when he was with his wife, he was really sweet and sensitive and they would just have a relaxing time if I did happen to see him. They would also clean up after themselves a little so the job was a bit easier while they stayed.”
“When he would bring his girlfriend he was much ruder to me in front of her (I think trying to be suave and look powerful) and they would both trash the place, she would always leave her underwear, dirty dishes, bottles and cigarettes everywhere. I felt sad for the wife because she clearly didn’t know about her husband’s mistress but it was such a well-paying job and I needed the money so I never said anything,” Milo wrote in her post.
“Working as a housekeeper was not glamorous but it was relatively mindless work I could do while listening to music, so quite a therapeutic job,” she told us in the interview.
#4
Honestly, everything. I worked in a house manager/butler type of position, and there is nothing you don't find out eventually. The trajectory of the toothpaste droplets on the mirror would tell me which of the women had spent the night. I knew passwords to computers, alarm systems, bank accounts and safes that I hadn't necessarily been provided with. Drugs, kinks, medical history, sordid family secrets, skeletons in the closet, you name it. I think that's the reason salaries get obscene if you stay long enough, your silence is literally golden.
Olivier Caissy 3 years ago
"Master Bruce your dinner is ready, your cape is in the dryer and I’ve taken the liberty of updating the firewalls of the bat computer."
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago
Your silence is not gold. You sign a promise to no reveal nothing and if you do, 17 lawyers will take you to court until you have to sell your kidney to survive and pay your 1 shitty lawyer.
#5
Once cleaned a house for a woman that worked from home. It was a huge house and there she was at her desk on the phone...
I started cleaning that area and she chatted away...
"Mh'hm. I got me a white b**** cleanin' up after me. If my mama could see me now. Yes sir! She worked for them white folk thirty years. Imma beat this little white girl like them folk did to my mama." After saying this she turned in her chair and saw me as I was walking by, as if I just come into the room. She had no clue I heard her.
I feel where she's coming from but I stopped going to her house... for obvious reasons.
troufaki13 3 years ago
That's even worse because it's rooted in revenge...
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Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago
But if her mother was treated that way, would she want better for other humans? Just my two cents.
Rissie 3 years ago (edited)
I don't feel where she's coming from. Just because you or someone you loved was treated badly doesn't mean you get to take it out on a third party. Disgusting.
Anna Banana 3 years ago
I don't think anybody here has said she gets to act this way... Only that people can empathize with how she got to be this way. You can condemn someone's actions while at the same time sympathizing with them because life is not Disney with good and evil characters.
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wild_mushrooms 3 years ago
OKAY PEOPLE: Racism: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group YOU CAN BE FREAKING RACIST TO WHITE PEOPLE
Katinka Min 3 years ago
I wonder for how many generations we will carry this disease and the resulting trauma. In my country, we're the third generation after WII and still temotionally crippled and still mistreat our children. It is getting better with each generation but not by much.
Beta 3 years ago
Well this will show my friend who thinks that black and coloured people can’t be racist
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago (edited)
Do people still say coloured? I thought that had negative connotations/was a bit of an old fashioned and outdated (ie now offensive and racist) term for people/person of colour? Saying 'coloured' instantly brings my mind to the segregation times, they used that word back then 🤷♀️
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#6
Our maid service found our positive pregnancy test in the bathroom trash, after presumably finding negative pregnancy tests in the bathroom trash for the previous 12 months. Left us a nice little congratulations note on my wife’s nightstand.
Jo Choto 3 years ago
I would never ever assume that a positive pregnancy test is welcome news. someone might have done a bunch of tests because they were really worried about getting pregnant. Even if they were trying, the woman may have needed time to think about whether she was ready, or if she wanted to go ahead with the pregnancy after all. She may have needed time to talk to her husband about it, or not talk to him at all. I would NOT put a note on the bedside table, ever.
Laura Jackson 3 years ago
Really awkward if it wasn't the wife who took the test. Maybe a daughter, girlfriend of a son, or mistress. I know odds are good that it was the wife, especially if the bathroom trashcan was in the master suite, but still...
Chris Scritchfield 3 years ago
That's too much. Reminds me of my mother in law. She would snoop the garbage and then show us anything weird she found. When she put that silicon ring with the vibration motor in front of my wife asking what it was I nearly became unglued from laughter. Yeah tell her what it is *wife's name*.
“Pay is only good if you get a regular gig with a wealthier client, but you can work your way up to that. I started small then worked my way up to more high-end clients through word of mouth.”
When it comes to housekeeping for the client in the story, Milo said that “the main challenge was the amount of unhygienic things that would be left around when his mistress/girlfriend would stay; used condoms, dirty underwear, cigarettes, spilled wine, smashed bottles, etc. It was very off-putting.”
It turns out, “it was a hard secret to keep,” the former housekeeper said and added “As a woman, I felt obligated by sisterhood to tell the wife what was going on but at the time I really needed the money so I never said anything. I regret not saying anything now.”
#7
Housekeeper/Nanny here...
Eventually we find everything.
Mainly where the [adult] toys are, where dad hides all his empty energy drink cans, where mom stores all her shopping purchases with tags still on them... parents in general hide their unusual items in the most usual places. Simple boxes in bedroom drawers, in random linen closets, mostly readily able to find and just out of they way (I've helped move several families and doing the checks for packing has gotten some interesting results)
We know when the parents are tired and dont want to come home. We know sometimes the bar trips the parent takes before coming home.
We know schedules that they say are the reason aren't really the reason
We know personal preferences they have over the years to any random assortment of thing. Seriously who buys mayo to put on everything as their condiment of choice?
Some things that we know, they know we do and accept it. Alot of the stuff we know, we find out and DEFINITELY play dumb with.
First milestones in nannying are a big one. Keep that to the parents finding the first tooth we found days ago, the walking steps they took yesterday were really the first today. Why take those moments from parents needlessly is our perspective.
Housekeeping is usually the who is dirtiest. I know which parent doesnt brush their teeth every day. Which parent is having an affair with a coworker and left behind a recognizable item on accident.
We know that they dont even consider or think much about us knowing all these things.
The worst was accidentally listening to my bosses get it on. They had left the monitor for the baby in their room. It was not turned off and they to this day do not know I heard them (and turned off the monitor) lol
ZAPanda 3 years ago (edited)
Note to future rich people: 1. Have some respect for your employees. If you're leaving evidence lying around - by which I mean things made of latex - that's disgusting. Take it wrapped up directly to the street level bins. 2. If you are going to get it on, wait till the staff are not in the building. Gross people.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure the only reason you "know everything" is that you snoop.
Emmydearest 3 years ago
Exactly. Unless the housekeeper lives with the family and they're in charge of EVERYTHING, even putting away clean clothes in the drawers or medicine in the cabinet, replacing toilet paper and such, there's no way the housekeeper "needs" to open the nightstand drawers, for instance, or the wardrobe, or the medicine cabinet in the bathroom, unless the owners have specifically asked them to clean them (and in that case they should be careful to remove the private/sensitive stuff). General cleaning activities do not require opening every drawer and closet. And usually important things are locked away.
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Jo Choto 3 years ago
I would assume, if I had someone who was in my house as a cleaner or nanny, that they are going to know all about everything eventually. In my case, that would be extremely boring. But if I really wanted to keep something totally private, I would just keep it behind a lock.
#8
Not a house keeper but a nanny. A family once took me on vacation with them so I could watch their kids while they‘d go out and explore the area. That week, my bed was the couch in the living room. It’s late at night, the kids are sleeping, I’m laying on the couch and the parents get back. The dad says, “is she sleeping” referring to me? I didn’t say anything so apparently he assumed yes. He then started farting very loudly.
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
At first my heart dropped reading that, until that fart dropped 😆 I'm relieved and amused!
Chris Scritchfield 3 years ago
Should of gotten up screaming gas leak and take the kids outside. The guy would be both proud and embarrassed. I mean the thought of farting so bad the nanny called the gas company over a suspected leak.....words can't describe that level of pride
#9
All these other comments are great but I feel like I am the only one here that knows the location of the missing socks
Milo said that in a housekeeping job, “being discreet is not super important, but if you are caught revealing the client's personal life you would be out of a job for sure!” This is because “housekeeping is all about your reputation. The better reputation you have, the more clients you have. You don’t want to be known for being indiscreet. Housekeepers must be seen and not heard,” the Redditor explained.
#10
While cleaning this older couples home who were your typical, sweet grandma/grandpa type. Very soft spoken and always tipped us great. We do a great job cleaning and are thorough, including vacuuming under the bed. Their bed had no bed skirt which would have made it easy, but the amount of s*x and BDSM type toys were enough for me to "nope" and I now I can never look at them the same. Good for them though I guess! Lol
Laura Jackson 3 years ago
I'm a retired nurse and was a CNA for several years before that. I spent most of my career working in nursing homes, I just loved geriatrics. Found out real quick how freaky deeky older folks can get. I saw things that make me shudder to think about all these years later. Nobody should ever see grandma trying to reverse cowgirl without breaking a hip.😱😱😱
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Eb 3 years ago
It's funny how people seem to think anyone older than them was born old. They're just young people who kept living. Why should they turn into your idea of someone's granny just because they're older? We should all be lucky enough to keep going like that.
13 3 years ago
Societal expectations need to be tossed permanently. Like the article on here about the woman who doesn't dress "age appropriately" and just keeps on wearing the combatboots and ren&stimpy shirts at 70ish. Love it. Want her as my nan. Want to BE her when I'm old. Screw expectations.
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Jen Em 3 years ago
I feel like everyone knows you are supposed to hide the sex toys before your cleaning service comes through.
Anna Banana 3 years ago
I'm a very private person, which is just one reason I would never have a cleaning service... But if I did then I think I wouldn't bother to hide anything. Otherwise that would create a constant stress, which I think is the opposite of what hiring a cleaner should achieve.
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Scagsy 3 years ago
"Kneel slave!" - "Well, I will but I'm not sure if I'll be able to get back up again. Are you sure?"
#11
I used to do housekeeping for a while. I found out that the guy i worked for had a wife AND a mistress. He would bring each at different times to his vacation apartment that i serviced. It was sad because when he was with his wife he was really sweet and sensitive and they would just have a relaxing time if i did happen to see him. They would also clean up after themselves a little so the job was a bit easier while they stayed.
When he would bring his girlfriend he was much ruder to me in front of her (i think trying to be suave and look powerful) and they would both trash the place, she would always leave her underwear, dirty dishes, bottles and cigarettes everywhere.
He didn’t know (or at least didn’t acknowledge) that these women were clearly different people. He referred to both of them as his wife and would call them both “babe”. He seemed unaware or uncaring that i clearly knew they were different women. One was 20 years younger than the other!
I felt sad for the wife because she clearly didn’t know about her husband’s mistress but it was such a well paying job and i needed the money so i never said anything.
troufaki13 3 years ago
Plot twist: it's his evil twin with whom they share the vacation apartment!
Atopher Bot 3 years ago
LoL I knew twins like this but they were bad and much worse. There wasn't a "not evil" one between them. One could pass as a low brow bro but the other was just a manipulative creep.
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Caro Caro 3 years ago (edited)
Grab the girlfriend's undies and put them on the bed for the wife to see. Then become a fly on the wall and watch while the wife cuts his d**k off.
Janned 3 years ago
Who's to say the two women didn't know about each other? Why go straight to violence?
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#12
That their teenage daughter was bulimic. Clean the outsides of your toilets after you throw up, y'all. Yes, I had a talk with her parents.
We also spoke with another Redditor, Thesugarsky, who shared a story of the last family she worked for. “I overheard dad calling his insurance asking if a certain rehab was covered. He talks LOUD naturally. I heard what he was going for and everything. Nobody knew, not family nor friends. Just me and them. They never knew I knew.”
Thesugarsky said that she likes working as a nanny since “it’s the same but different every day.” In her job, “it’s very important to be discreet,” especially in a small town like where she lives.
Speaking of that incident, the Redditor said that when she overheard the conversation, she realized the reason for his odd behavior the past few months. “Just acting odd when I came back to the house earlier than expected,” she told us and added that “he’s doing great and is still going to the meetings.”
“It is not hard to keep secrets for me. I just think I should give them the discretion that I would want if they knew something like that about me. I still see and talk to them. Great family.”
#13
Not the housekeeper, but,
I thought I had this brilliant hiding spot. And when I lost my wallet, my Maid told me “you should hide it with those papers inside your nightstand next time”.
I felt such fear. She knows the house better than any of us.
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
I'm more interested in how "papers in the nightstand" can be considered a "brilliant hiding spot"
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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Seriously, most of these "maids" are just nosy f*****s going through your stuff. No one cleans the inside of a nightstand drawer.
#14
A couple years ago I had a client who's daughter was drunk driving and hit something or someone (not clear). She was caught, had her license taken away and had to go to AA. She didn't go and was caught drunk driving again so she was facing prison time. That's when her parents suddenly "discovered" a once in a lifetime opportunity for her to finish getting her degree in Israel. The court allowed this (I'm assuming they have a damn good lawyer) but they told everyone that the reason she left is because she was singled out as one of the top minds in the nation. The only reason I know about it is because I saw the court papers on her bed before she left.
Caro Caro 3 years ago
Yes Susan, and it happens more than we know and everywhere.
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Alma Muminovic 3 years ago
I would of let her learn her lesson instead of bailing her out. That’s how you create a spoiled entitled asshole of a person.
Anna Banana 3 years ago
Can someone with legal/admin knowledge help me decipher this? I have no doubt that these things are happening, but this particular story seems a bit suspicious. That's a lot of info to get just from "court papers". Aren't those like 50 pages filled with legal jargon?
#15
House cleaner of two clients who are...well...were dating eachother. Guy client (we will call N) has no clue what we know about him, female client (we will call L) is a little more in the loop of what we know.
N apparently cheated on L with a woman (K) who broke up his previous marriage(s). L found out and dumped his ass. He tried to get back together with L even calling and texting multiple times a day. He did that for two weeks and suddenly went quiet, which clued L that he was sleeping with K again.
I cleaned a few days later and sure enough, Ks shoes were hidden under the couch (not a usual place). I didn't realize being in a soap opera was part of the job description.
Eb 3 years ago
Same but in a business context. I worked in graphics while I was a student, usually doing evening shifts here and there. At one point I worked for four professional services firms all pitching for the same deal. It was clear to me that one didn't stand a chance and would have done better to give up and get some sleep.
#16
Our cleaning person actually found a hidden drawer in my nightstand even I didn't know about. We thought things were disappearing for months before finding the drawer ourselves and realizing he was putting things in there while cleaning. Had a good laugh about that one.
#17
My friend and I used to clean for a Scientologist couple and we definitely looked at all the “secret” books in their cupboard
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
Careful. They likely have cameras. If they see you having any sort of interest they'll try to convert you, too.
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
Or sue you. They are protective of their books, especially if you haven given oodles of money for 'classes' or whatever 🙄 hang on, apparently I'm now being sued too 😆
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Data1001 3 years ago
Maid: "Don't you jump on that couch with your filthy shoes, Tom Cruise! Now I'll have to shampoo that upholstery!"
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Cecily Holland 3 years ago
Ah yes. Bet they don’t pay that well. Being an operating cretin… sorry thetan, is the main end and only goal
#18
Working in hotels is similar to cleaning someone’s house, because those comfortable will lay it out for you. You can tell if someone is messy or tidy at home, how well they take care their things, what they eat, how much they drink, what medical problems they may have, and if you get the chance to meet them you can piece together why they live the way they do by telling their stories.
I never made fun of our guests or judged them. That would be so unfair and intrusive.
AzKhaleesi 3 years ago
This is not necessarily true. I tend to be a lot more messy when I travel mainly because I travel for leisure not business. So I'm living out of a suitcase and on the go constantly. we are usually in our hotel room literally to shower / sleep. Don't get me wrong, I'm not an animal, I don't leave wrappers and towels and food everywhere, I just mean I don't hang my clothes or fold them in the dresser type thing.
Caro Caro 3 years ago
Just not a pig sty. I don't make my bed but reuse towels (environment) but leave clothes on chairs and stuff.
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We were taught to keep the rooms clean, to be respectful of people with jobs that are hard on the body. We were also taught to double check the room after packing our suitcases…top to bottom, corner to corner so we don’t leave anything behind, except the $10 tip on the pillow.
Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago
I don't think that's true. We are extremely neat at home but on vacation we tend to get a lot messier. But, we always clean up our room before we leave.....
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
Lol I am the reverse! Very organised and tidy on holiday, wash dishes and clean up before I leave so I leave less work for the staff. At home I'm the staff and I set the schedule 😃
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Al Christensen 3 years ago (edited)
Having risen from a backwater farmer's daughter to white-collar suburban life, my mother was obsessed with her public image. Her response to many things was, "What would people think?" So I was not surprised to learn she made the bed, refolded the towels and wiped everything down before leaving a hotel room. "Mom, you just made it harder for housekeeping to strip the bedding." "I don't want them thinking I'm a sloppy person."
Anna Banana 3 years ago
My understanding has always been that people who clean in hotels are there to make sure everything is well-maintained and sanitary, rather than pick up after me. So I always tidy up my own things and leave them to wipe the surfaces, vacuum, add more toilet paper, etc.
Linda Marrs-Patterson 3 years ago
Having worked at a hotel For 6 years I clean it before I go. I strip the beds and pile the towels in one spot. Throw up all the trash and put stuff back where it was. Also keeps us from Leaving anything behind. I also tip my housekeeper because making 20-30 beds a day sucks
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
I actually leave my hotel rooms rather tidy I'm comparison to my house. I don't want you judging me!
KMill 3 years ago
Question for hotel housekeeping: I was taught to always strip the bed and pillows and neatly bundle linens on the floor next to the bed, pile the used towels on the bathroom floor, throw away all garbage (including the used sliver of soap) and bag up all trash and set it by the door. Is this helpful at all or am I screwing up your routine?
#19
Not a housekeeper but a friend did some contractor work. A client wanted to remove some of the drop ceiling and replace it with drywall. Well, a few ceiling tiles removed, and falls out a ton of crushed beer cans and used condoms. The family had a very active teenager.
#20
That the maid’s husband is living in the bomb shelter in the basement that the owners do not know exist. If you know, you know.
Alma Muminovic 3 years ago
And where does the maid live? Also how does he come and go without being noticed. That’s creepy as f**k!
ZAPanda 3 years ago (edited)
The problem with this is technically the husband owes rent to the home owners. He needs to either sign a rental agreement or it needs to be written into the maid's contract. We have a similar arrangement here in SA, most houses (free-standing) have servants' quarters (yes, old british colony). But you don't just "sommer" (casually) as we say, bring your whole family to live with you without speaking to the owners, otherwise what happens is it becomes crowded/noisy and neighbours start to make a fuss.
#21
I knew the couple I was cleaning for would get a divorce about 6 months before they did when I found a note from his lover in his coat pocket.
ThEboRedEsTpANdA 3 years ago
Ok so for those people who are confused: The reason OP was looking in his coat pockets was probably so she didn't accidentally destroy/damage anything whilst cleaning it
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
He may have just thrown it in the laundry without checking the pockets. My husband does it all . the. time.
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DumYum 3 years ago
If she does the laundry, she will check pockets to make sure nothing ruins the clothes or the object. Like a pen or a fob. She will get blamed for ruining the washing machine and or the clothes. And yes, you can wash some coats. I try to wash my winter coats annually.
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Gine 3 years ago
Or maybe he or she was washing it? Taking it to the dry cleaner? Emptied the pockets because of that?
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Becky Samuel 3 years ago
Where did you get the idea that he was gay from? 'Lover' is a gender neutral word.
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The wife was too attached to her mother. The husband worked crazy hours and often had to travel internationally. One time, Husband was gone and she had contractors build the basement into a large suite. By the time he was back, his mother-in-law had moved, from Texas to Utah, into his home. The mother-in-law tried to manage the househould while my employers were away at work. The husband ended up buying the mother-in-law an apartment 20 minutes away. He also gave me use of the family vehicles as an apology. About a decade later, they're still together, but have moved accross the country to escape the extended family.
Red Pantone 3 years ago
Friend of mine is divorced due to a similar situation. Wife made him move in with her mom and grandma, they didn't have privacy, the in-laws demanded children from them (even tho not even wife wanted kids), he had to support the entire family with his salary, wife's salary went to mom and grandma, and when he came back from work (pre-2020) the 3 of them often where in the kitchen talking about him and shut when he came in the house (he knew it was about him because a couple of times they didn't heard him coming in)
#23
This was a while ago when i was a custodian at a nice residential tower. One guy would show up around 6 pm everyday from his job( when i was just starting). One day his girlfriend shows up in the parking garage, as im walking by. They start a LOUD arguement, and i cant help to overhear. She says she is keeping his baby, etc. Week Later, found out he is married with 3 kids already. Even met the kiddos a couple of times in the halls. YEAH. Wow. But i dont think he knew anybody was nearby with that arugement...
K Witmer 3 years ago
I worked w a guy that had an affair w a young girl who was 18 he was 43. His wife was an absolute doll too. They had been married for 15 yrs at this point. He had a child w the teenager. His wife did not find out for 6 yrs. She stayed w him and raised the child as her step child. Idk why. I was young I didn't get involved. My mom told me to stay out of their business bc you never know what goes on in a marriage.
#24
Sad thing I found. Daughter had been hiding stuff in her room. She had a tall dresser and had a pile of panties covered in menses almost as tall as the four foot dresser. She also had bags of bread, bagels, pretzels. The bread thing I found out was because mom was a type 1 diabetic and didn’t allow any bread products in the house - and was extremely strict on the family diet. Daughter spent her allowance on bread at the corner store. I’m not sure what was going on with the panties. I was unsure of what it meant as far as abuse or anything. There were feminine hygiene products everywhere so I’m sure they knew she was menstruating. I wanted to report it to child services, but my boss wouldn’t let me because she was friends of the family. I still think about the girl. I worry about her. I saw more red flags and hate myself so much for not reporting.
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
So your boss was okay with her friends not taking care of their daughter? That’s just wrong!
Dodo 3 years ago
My guess on the panties: She accidentally stained them and didn't know what to do, so she hid them.
K Witmer 3 years ago
My foster daughter did this too. It took her a while to trust me that she would not be shamed or get in trouble. I didn't confront her about it bc I knew she wouldn't tell me anything if I did so instead I taught her how to do laundry and gave her two days a week that only her clothes were washed. This helped very much. She's 20 now and we're still very close.
Load More Replies... ZAPanda 3 years ago (edited)
Are they a strict orthodox family? I am just wondering because of "bagels", "pretzels", and the whole thing about menses being unclean. Did they have a mikvah ? Two separate sinks (kitchen basins)? Just wondering because it sounds like some of my orthodox family.
Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
Your boss can't stop you. Although the knickers on their own wouldn't be enough to warrant any further investigation, I wouldn't think. People are allowed to have weird quirks that others find unpleasant, in their own homes.
Alma Muminovic 3 years ago
You don’t need ur bosses permission. You can just anonymously report it.
Jo Choto 3 years ago
How can parents not know their child is storing soiled underwear in a pile that high?
Jace 3 years ago
Having housekeepers makes it really easy to not know things about your children and helps avoid teaching the children domestic skills...
Load More Replies... Jace 3 years ago
the pile of stained underwear sounds like an embarrassment or fear issue. The question is whether she got this fear from her parents (I will call it abuse, even though some people will want to call it culture) or somewhere else. Anti-sex and anti-women culture is still very prevalent.
#25
They did well to hide it but I know both of them are having affairs. She gets really giddy the week she meets her lover. She is usually quite dowdy in the way she dresses, but puts on much younger looking items to meet her man. The week she doesn't meet him is the week she is more glum but gets bombarded with messages so she is stuck in her phone.
He, on the other hand, he is a lot harder to catch. I find seemingly innocuous handwritten telephone numbers and names (always female) on scraps of paper. He is a professional that works all over the world and travels a lot and has a massive network so it is part of the job. However, in his bin, wrapped in tissue paper I'll find a torn off section of paper with a room number and presumably time written on it. This method is used with at least 7 different women judging by the different styles of handwriting. I'm pretty sure he is banging more than that though.
LuckyL 3 years ago
I mean, it's kind of thrilling to find sectres. But when you start going through the trash unwrapping tissues just to spy on your employer...
Anna Banana 3 years ago
Not only going through the trash, but unfolding the tissues within? Comparing the handwriting styles? This person clearly needs drama in their life, which makes me doubt their judgement in the first place.
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Adam Belaire 3 years ago
It's entirely possible it's an open marriage and they both know and are happy the other is getting what they need. In the end they love each other and will always return home to them but they recognize that they need more physically then just each other.
Ylva 3 years ago
Good both of them were cheating though… it's worse when just one of them is betraying his/her partner.
ZAPanda 3 years ago
I kinda think it doesn't matter either way. People talk about respect etc., but the question is why are you with the person? If you're no longer 'in love' then it's just a business relationship. I guess it depends on what you thought it was about. ... Anyway. I'm just cynical.
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I was cat sitting my neighbors cat for a suprizing amount of money. I also had to pick up their mail. One day I came to the door and there was a sign on the handle that said on the front of it that the sex offender of this residence must contact his parole officer at once. I was a minor at the time and freaked the f**k out. I looked into it and he used position of power over a child
MockingbirdTheWolf 3 years ago
I hope that cat is in a much better home now
Load More Replies... Wandaluzt 3 years ago
Who are you asking? Because the Reddit poster isn't going to hear you.
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My mom cleaned a family home for over a decade. Elder parents, adult daughter, and kid grandchildren. The adult daughter was taking s**ts in the downstairs litter box where the elder parents lived and she purposefully would leave a little on the floor for her parents to pick up. My mom never told us how she figured out who was the "poop-itrator". Nothing too scandalous just a little weird and funny, but my mom has been cleaning houses and commercial buildings forever she has so many stories.
Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
That is certainly not *a little* weird and definitely not at all funny
ZAPanda 3 years ago
Umm human poop is significantly larger than cat poop, EVERYONE would notice.
Sinkvenice 3 years ago
I dunno, one of my cats sometimes does enormous poops that makes me question if he has a human sized digestive tract! :-)
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Alma Muminovic 3 years ago
That’s pretty weird and gross and not funny. Why would someone do that? Ew.
#28
I’m a nanny. The last family worked for I overheard the Dad calling his insurance asking if a certain Rehab was covered. He talks LOUD naturally. I heard what he was going for and everything. Nobody knew not family not friends. Just me and them. They never knew I knew.
Lovin' Life 3 years ago
So sad. When recovering from anything, you need a good support system. It's hard to do it alone.
Lauren 3 years ago
This is how my employer operates. I work for a family business and they don't realize what I know. Rehabs, nights in jail, drugs, alcohol, kids getting kicked out of schools, affairs. It's messy and I'm so glad I'm not related to them. It does take a huge toll on my mental health though.
#29
That she got a DUI. Typical religious white collar family; husband, wife, and 4 teen kids. She had one of those at home breathalyzer tests from the court sitting in the master bathroom, it takes your picture as you blow into it and it sends it to your probation officer. I only know because I was on probation a few years ago and had one too. Curiosity got the best of me and I looked at her public record...yup. DUI and she messed up on probation too, had another court date. After that I started noticing 12 step books and such.
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
I hope she can stick with it! One of my brothers was a speed addict for a very long time and finally kicked by dumping his user/abuser skanky girlfriend and sticking with Narcotics Anonymous. He may very well attend NA meetings—we’re not particularly close.
Scarlett 3 years ago
I’m glad your brother is doing better. However, I read that as “seed addict” at first and got very confused.
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#30
Me and my mom were housekeepers. I did my best to get in and out and not learn much but there's a lot of unhappy people. Closet druggies, alcoholics. Animal abusers. Questionable parents. They try and hide it but you can't hide that stuff.
Although I assume they know I know, there are some really disgusting people. People letting their kids trash the house, imagine middle school age kids spitting tooth paste on the mirror then squeezing a bottle of tooth paste out on the 2 sink counter then spreading it from one end to the other and slapping their hands on the mirror. Eating rotten food, as in asking me to clean out the fridge and me throwing away old bad food. They then pull it out of the trash saying no it's fine.
#31
I'm not a housekeeper but my late aunt used to be. One of her clients, who was fairly well-to-do, had a whole closet full of genital themed toys. And when I say "toys," I'm not using a euphemism for "s*x enhancement items" or anything like that. Literal genital toys. Windup [members] with googly eyes on them, PEZ dispensers shaped like the most browsed pages of a skin mag (I suspect these weren't official PEZ brand), rather risque variants on "pin the tail on the donkey", a Nerf-like gun that fired foam phalluses...
#32
Dog walker, here. I was dog sitting for an older work friend once and saw her "days sober" calendar. I was simultaneously sad, because I had no idea she was struggling, and happy for her because she had almost a full month marked off.
#33
Well, not a house cleaner, however do clean a specific news station and I won't tell you which anchor drinks on the job, but they leave all the evidence (empty little shot bottles) in the bathroom trashcan. Lol, like we don't know, bro!
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
Any smart person could easily work that out...it’s just that they assume that you have the job you have because you aren’t smart enough for anything else, rather something like how you need to be home at certain hours of the day, or need flexible shifts that can be traded in case a child gets sick.
Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
I have first hand knowledge of the obscene amounts of liquor bottles flight attendants and pilots try to flush down the toilet at the airport.
#34
I was cleaning the house of a woman with a young teenager. His room used to be in the basement but she said he kept sneaking out at night so she moved him upstairs. I was cleaning his room and found condoms under his lampshade when I was dusting and some pictures of girls fell out of his Harry Potter book. I know she would have been really upset if she knew. I never said anything.
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
You really want to steer clear of anything that impinges on family dynamics, as you wisely did here.
#35
There's a secret basement in the house behind a shelf in the kitchen, the previous owner did it.
#36
A bit of an innocent one but while I was cleaning I saw this cabinet that was very large. Like someone could fit a body in there. So, being curious, I opened it and saw A WHOLE ROOM. It was crazy! Inside there was a bed and lights attached to these tall wood pieces. Then a mini bookshelf with some books and a desk and computer. It was absolutely amazing.
Crazy Dog Lady 3 years ago
You think they would have told the cleaners so you know they could clean that room?
#37
After I moved out my mom got a house keeper who cleaned once a month. She was a cool lady, I met her a few times. When I (f) was in college visiting home once I brought my toy and hid it under my pillow. When I got home the evening after the housekeeper cleaned I couldn't find my toy. Eventually I found it as the centerpiece in a beautifully folded towel and soap arrangement in the guest bathroom (my bathroom). Looking back on it, that's pretty ballsy. But she was just a saucy older lady I guess.
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
As an older woman myself, sauciness definitely comes into play—more and more as you age. I mean...who cares—most people are impervious anyway. Right?
ZAPanda 3 years ago
Not really. Here definitely that would be drama. Between adult female friends it's fine but it generally doesn't get discussed, mentioned, etc., and is always hidden in high shelves etc.
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Shine Caramia 3 years ago
Hopefully it gets cleaned after each use anyway
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House I used to work at had a secret passage from the master bed to the attic, also a secret passage from a cabinet in the great room leading to the exterior of the garage.
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
Was it from the Victorian Era? I had a boyfriend whose friends’ house had backstairs for the servants, and it was a beautiful Queen Anne style of Victorian.
Jace 3 years ago
I love houses like that. Sadly, most of them have been trashed by “modernization”. I don’t like that the servants were made to be hidden, I just love the architecture.
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My friend who cleans houses said she once had a girl who left dirty pads all over her room. She refused to clean it.
Dorothy Parker 3 years ago
I took my daughter to a kid's gym. No other moms, but nannies who also were housekeepers to talk to. That's not uncommon. One said the woman who employed her left used pads on the floor in the bathroom.
Jace 3 years ago
Yes. Yes they can. It’s some kind of privileged laziness to not clean up after oneself.
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#40
That their closet has a secret panic room in it that is actually a dungeon
#41
Parents owned a janitorial service. "Find something no one else wants to do and then charge the hell out of them for it." They found memos on a company president's desk proving that the lumber company was secretly breaking laws and deforesting in areas that were protected. I remember listening to long, intense discussions between them at the kitchen table about the threats to family and livelihood if they blew the whistle in our small rural town.
Rage of Aquarius 3 years ago
Do it anonymously, and stage an alibi. Make sure they can't erase you.
#42
I wasn't exactly a housekeeper but I was cleaning up files at a job that I quit a few years ago. Within a week, I found out that the owner never paid any of her bills and used goverment funds (that was supposed to go to the adult care center she ran) to buy herself expensive cars and houses that she shouldn't have been buying in the first place. Update: I hope I used the correct site but I reported them using the HHS site. I forgot a lot about the company and I hope that their name and the city and state will be enough.
#43
I was a nanny for a big family in the states. When I moved in I realized the mom was living upstairs and the dad was living in the basement. One day she brought a "friend" and it was so obvious something was going on between them, in the meantime her husband was away with the kids, so I just went out to avoid the drama. A few weeks after that her 1sr husband and 2nd husband were drinking in the kitchen late at night. They didn't see me in the living room and started talking about what was happening... She had asked him for a divorce because she was ready to be a lesbian, after 2 fail marriages and 4 kids she just wanted to be out of the closet for good. It was all a big secret until one weekend I came home to grab some clothes and I found her and her girlfriend having sex in the living room. So awkward!! She end up telling me everything and apologizing for the show lol Somehow we all end up living in the same house, the 4 kids, the mom and her girlfriend, the dad and me.
Jace 3 years ago
That actually sounds like it ultimately ended up quite healthy and positive. Everyone on the same page and still living with each other (since you reported no fights and everyone living together). The only weird thing is that someone would think they’d have privacy while sexing it up in a common room, especially when there’s cleaning staff.
ZAPanda 3 years ago
ok then. I'd really like to know which city this is. Seems quite ... liberal.
Jace 3 years ago
Doesn’t matter. People go through these kinds of experiences all over the place. There are many more people living in these kinds of arrangements than you think. Believe it or not, some people are actually kind to each other when situations like this come along. They can even be loving to each other, even when there’s a breakdown in a heterosexual relationship. The only scandal here is the culture that forces people to feel they need to hide their sexuality.
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#44
One of my most "vanilla" customers doesn't know I know about her bondage fetish. She seems like she would be a kindergarten teacher, it caught me off guard when I seen her ropes/cuffs.
#45
I'm a housekeeper at a nursing home. The HR rep and the QA manager had an affair, and I knew about it because they had sex toys delivered to the office. Discreet packaging means f**k-all when you leave the receipt in the box that I have to break down to throw away.
#46
My aunt is currently a house keeper. The had this one client who would throw used feminine hygiene products under the bed; pads specifically. No matter how I think about this I just cant imagine how someone can get to that level of grossness. If you've ever had a heavy menstrual cycle and wore a pad, you know sometimes not everything is absorbed into the pad. You need to immediately sit down in the toilet or it can quite literally go everywhere.
#47
Housekeeper’s daughter here. Ive known my whole life that my mom has always preferred her employer’s daughter over me and that I would never measure up or be good enough. It is what it is.
#48
Not a housekeeper, but a petsitter. I'm not going through people drawers and s**t, but just being in people's houses has taught me a lot about how people are. My wealthier clients tend to be extremely unhappy with their lives. I've got marriages that are complete shams and spouses who cover up this fact by filling their home with endless amounts of useless s**t. These people have so much money that they can just drown their sorrows by hoarding objects instead of dealing with their actual issues. Their animals tend to be extremely stand offish or extremely needy, and they're always horribly untrained. And this is usually because they buy animals just cause they can. There's a void and they fill it with an animal that I then take care of for them. My lower class clients tend to be genuinely happy. Their houses are usually kind of falling apart and their cars are decades old, but they've got cute notes around to house to their children or spouses and the layout of their living / bed room is intimate and cozy. Their animals are decently trained and friendly most of the time. And this is usually because they devote time and energy into training and loving it rather than locking it in the backyard with a bowl of water from 9-5. The point I'm making is mostly about the rich people. They don't know that I know how secretly unhappy they are. They don't know that I know that their marriage is failing, their children don't want to come by to see them anymore, and their trips to moms house are more of a call for help than a vacation. Obviously I'm not saying that rich people can't be happy, but my petsitting experiences have led me to make many, many conclusions about how people with money are generally less capable of actually fixing the problems in their lives and tend to just bury them instead.
Hi, I'm Mars! 3 years ago
I don't think many poorer people are paying to have someone come in and clean their home. No one I've personally ever known who was poor was able to afford that. I was VERY poor while married and know for a fact that what little money left over from paying rent, bills, buying groceries, etc (if any money was indeed left over) would definitely NOT be used to pay a housekeeper.
Arctic Fox Lover 3 years ago
Yep, I was just about to say, if their houses are literally falling apart and whatnot, how are they able to afford a petsitter?
Load More Replies... Curry on... 3 years ago
"Money can't buy you happiness" - reads like an ad from a rich person who doesn't want the poor to try to improve their financial situation (like demanding better pay).
Jace 3 years ago
Money sure does make pursuit of happiness easier. That’s for goddamned sure. But it can also be used to avoid actually dealing with any problem at all, and that’s not good either.
Load More Replies... Jace 3 years ago
That’s how they’re raised. You’re caring for pets that show you exactly how these people were raised and how they raised their own children. Misery and dysfunction thrives because they can afford to throw money at everything instead of facing their issues, including not being actual parents. This used to be a sign of opulence: not associating with one’s own children until they were in adulthood. It’s gross. A lot of bad habits and aversion behaviors are fostered by having the wealth to indulge them. Old money/inherited money is the worst.
Jace 3 years ago
Maybe. Maybe not. I don’t see “lower class people” being happy. I DO see wealthy people (inherited wealth and privilege) living miserable lives because they were raised by parents who weren’t actually parenting them, who threw money at every discomfort instead of facing anything, and who have zero domestic or social skills as a result of paying staff to do everything for them.
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Another dog walker/pet sitter here. Thanks to the calendar you left out, I know what days you are most fertile and how many times you had sex with your husband this month. Good luck!
Lisa Samuelson 3 years ago
I had the same calendar because I had 2 miscarriages and was having infertility issues and I just wanted a baby really bad. I had to document everything on that calendar and bring it to the doctors appointment and that included everytime my husband & I had sex, how long it lasted and how long I kept my legs in the air. All important when you can't get pregnant!! BTW, I had my baby a year later!! Couldn't have done it without that calendar!!
Rae the lemon 3 years ago
Hey let’s be kind right? This one sounds mean a bit but I’d do the same attitude lmao
#50
My mom cleaned house for a well off family for a long time, I would go help her occasionally. We knew alllllll the ins and outs of their teenage son’s custody battle, and how much money they were throwing into lawyers and court hearings.
#51
Was a housekeeper for a family for 9 years... I knew that the husbands hair on top of his head wasn't actually real. Well maybe it was real, but it wasn't attached.
Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
That's something he would feel shame about, I wouldn't dwell on it myself.
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Amanda Nolting 3 years ago
That's...the big secret? Not exactly what I would call "scandalous".
#52
My cleaning guy caught me leaving the house once. Said he knew I smoked pot because he’d find stuff for it a lot and asked if he could find me some for a camping trip with his wife. I freaked a little after he just said “I know you do marijuana”. I was like am I catching a lecture.
ZAPanda 3 years ago
I think we're heading towards a mostly general drop of the prohibition on this stuff. A few years ago we legalised it in SA (small quantities, not dealing), and now in some shops you see signs saying "no smoking MJ here please" or words to that effect because no one cares to fuss about it anymore.
Vetus Vespertilio 3 years ago
Canada legalized marijuana in October 2018. You can buy up to 30 grams from dedicated stores the same way we buy our liquor, and the rules are pretty much the same. You need to be 19, you can’t drive while high, you can’t smoke in nonsmoking areas. Every household can grow four plants of its own. The end result has been interesting. No reefer madness, no drug addicts roaming the streets. Police charges for possession went from 26,402 in 2018 to 46 in 2019. Racialization of possession charges was eliminated. We’re not a perfect country by any means, but this was a step in the right direction.
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That many of them are setting their kids up to fail in life.
Aileen 3 years ago
Probably by letting them get away with irresponsible habits.
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#54
The little old man im house sitting for due to a stroke had has a hobby of taking nude photos of women. There’s a stack of them under his bed that i found while trying to coax his cat out. His ex wife (who was the one who hired me) had no idea why there was a futon in his living room with multiple light fixtures pointing to it. The entire setup reminds me of the casting couch in porn (if that couch was a futon.)
Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
He may well have hired them as models for his hobby. While it's pretty obvious why he liked photographing naked women it doesn't automatically mean exploitation or anything else dodgy.
ZAPanda 3 years ago
How did he persuade them though? That's what I want to know. And how did the wife not notice?
Jace 3 years ago
Money, and promise of modeling careers by way of photographer bragging, usually.
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Not a housekeeper but my mom's was around when i lived with her after having my baby. One morning I'm laying on the couch in my basement living room (boobie)feeding my baby and I hear Andrea (not using real names) come down. I just lay quietly, resting when I look up and see Andrea looking down at me lol. She and the younger lady working with her would often see my baby and have adorable interactions from then on when they came down to my area every couple weeks. There may have been a prominent language barrier but I could understand some of the comments made about my baby and let's just say they were the sweetest ladies. I'll never forget about that.
memyselfandI 3 years ago
I think it means that the housekeeper found out that the daughter had a baby and was living there, which isn’t anything bad given that the post doesn’t specify the daughter’s age, but the housekeeper took a liking to the baby and would play with it and such.
Load More Replies... Arctic Fox Lover 3 years ago
I might be stupid but I still don't really get what the big housekeeping/maid/nanny secret is here :T
#56
Haven't been a housekeeper in years but we can always tell when your marriage is falling apart. The amount of "giving up" is clear.
#57
When you cheat on your all-organic keto diet.
#58
i apologize for bad formatting i’m on mobile. i don’t know if this still applies but i’m a house cleaner at a five star inn restaurant, placing 5th in the top 10 best restaurants in the states. i’ve been working there for about 2 years now and we definitely know when you’ve done the dirty in the room. we also know you’ve shaved your massive curly pubes in the shower and somehow managed to get them into the sink. we also know how much you pay for the room and the way you treat the room reflects a lot on who you are as a person.
#59
I used to do apartment maintenance. I knew more about the residents than they knew. If a woman in her late 30s slept on a twin size bed that was tucked into the corner of her bedroom I knew she was VERY single. If someone had crosses on every wall in their apartment, Kirk Cameron movies on DVD, and a bible in both the living room and bedroom I knew that no matter how hot she was, I should keep as much distance as possible. I knew who was lbgt I knew who was earning extra money running an unlicensed massage studio. I knew who was vegan (she put in a work order to replace her ice maker, the contents in her freezer gave it away). I knew who smoked in their apartment (even though it was against the lease) Now I did not go snooping. But I did have to investigate a couple of times. Once was a guy who kept saying that his dishwasher was leaking when it ran. I could not get it to leak. So I had to look under his sink to see what dishwashing soap he was using. I then had to explain to him that he was using Tide Laundry pods and that those are meant for the laundry not the dishwasher. I knew who had dogs and cats just by looking at the miniblinds.
K Witmer 3 years ago
When I lived w my roommate I had a single bed and I wasn't single. I also had very nosy maintenance men when I lived alone that would go through my stuff. I don't like this guys submission
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Amanda Nolting 3 years ago
Ahh yes. She's religious. So regardless of her "hotness", avoid her like the plague. Makes sense. I'm curious what her hotness had to do with you doing your job to begin with?
#61
A whooooole lot. My favorite story is this old couple. Mid-70s, inseparable, and couldn't be sweeter if they were covered in sugar. The lady would always leave me a cooked lunch for when I came over, and explicit instructions written on the top of the cling wrap for how long to microwave it. Their house was just a few steps down from a mansion. Five bedrooms, four bathrooms. It usually took a good three hours just to finish all the vacuuming and dusting. One day they had a room closed and locked that had always been open before. Their treadmills and old people dumbbells were in there. No note or anything on the door about leaving it alone, and since I had a universal key, I didn't give it a second thought and went in. Didn't find anything unusual apart from a large-ish box on the treadmill. Picked it up to dust off, and the bottom gives way. Out fall about ten different sex toys. A purple dildo that must have been a foot-and-a-half long, clearly used nipple clamps, and a fleshlight with "ARNOLD" sharpied on it were among the things I had to very carefully put back in the box to place it elsewhere. Dusted the room and vacuumed it, trying the whole time to erase the contents of that box from my memory. I finish that up, and feeling a bit peckish, decide to take that time to go eat lunch. Two chicken breasts with a side of celery greeted me in the dining room. The cling wrap had two notes on it, the first of which read "microwave for 1:30 on HIGH, sauces in fridge." The second, which was clearly written very hastily by the husband, read "You should have put a serious tag on this question."
Hi, I'm Mars! 3 years ago (edited)
The Redditor who answered the question is saying the person who originally posted the question should have tagged it as a serious question. It's a whole thing on Reddit. Each sub Reddit has its own rules that are set and enforced by the mods. The Ask Reddit sub asks that people tag their questions with keywords like Serious Question, etc. Apparently their answer to this question was NOT a serious answer.
Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
Why would the husband have left a note on the clingfilm that said that??
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#62
I always wondered why the bed in the guest bedroom was sometimes slept in (I thought maybe the dad slept there during arguments) as the toddler mentioned his daddy slept there sometines....then I found out that since the couple I housekeep for are Jewish, the dad sleeps in the guest room for 7 days while the mom is menstruating AND another 7 days after for the woman to "cleanse herself of impurity", so a total of 2 weeks. Their sex life must suck balls. I also think Jewish men can't masturbate - so poor dad. Maybe that's why he's kinda grouchy & doesnt speak or say "good morning/bye" to me when I leave or arrive. I'm sure having a 27 year old attractive & fit woman around cleaning makes 37 year old - sex deprived dad think of naughty things.
Dodo 3 years ago
Sounds kinda arrogant. He might be asexual, or he might be solely attracted to his wife. Not every guy is sex-crazed and hot for you.
Not Proud British 3 years ago
Wow. You are a witness to what sounds like an unhappy marriage and all you can think of is how the dad might be attracted to you and this is something to brag about? And I think you'll find it's 'poor wife' not 'poor dad'. I am very certain that not all Jewish men see menstruation as an impurity.
Amanda Nolting 3 years ago
Maybe he's grouchy and avoids you because you're an egotistical b**ch who speaks poorly of the woman he loves? Just a thought.
K Witmer 3 years ago
My husband and I sleep in separate rooms. Been that way for 12 years. Been married for 22. Were perfectly happy. We actually get sleep now. He kicks and talks in his sleep and I snore sometimes. He goes to bed at 7pm gets up at 3am. I go to bed at 1am get up at 8am. We make plenty of time for each other. I lay down w him before he goes to sleep he lays down w me when he wakes up. Not everyone follows what tv characters do. This woman sounds a little delusional
Shine Caramia 3 years ago
People seem to think that sleeping in separate beds is a sign of relationship problems when, in reality, it can be a sign that partners are taking good care of themselves and each other. Like in your case!
Load More Replies... Jace 3 years ago
These specifically are horrific traditions. Appeal to antiquity is no logical defense for treating women as “unclean” because of menstruation.
Load More Replies... Jo Choto 3 years ago
I think it's really disrespectful to make these kinds of judgments about people, just because they're adhering to their religious beliefs.
Jace 3 years ago
NO. Walking on eggshells for “sincerely held belief” is why we have antivaxxers, antimaskers, antiscience, screwed up public education, a Trump cult... among lots of other awful stuff like this misogynistic treatment of women on their periods.
Load More Replies... Jace 3 years ago (edited)
All of you attacking this poster for presumption seem to be missing where she said “...then I found out that since the couple I housekeep for are Jewish, the dad sleeps in the guest room for 7 days while the mom is menstruating AND another 7 days after for the woman to "cleanse herself of impurity", so a total of 2 weeks.” This is misogynistic, and no “but it’s their religious belief!!!” special pleading makes it okay to treat women this way. That said: the original poster is kind of pushing it with her comments about her presence in the house and what the man may or may not be thinking. But the misogyny is a serious issue and it’s disgusting that anyone thinks it’s fine to blow it off with “but culture!!!”
Eb 3 years ago
I don't know if that's true - I've heard that this can keep desire and interest very much alive; marriage therapists often recommend it as a way to rediscover the excitement when things have got stale. He may enjoy the anticipation. A quickie with a passing cleaner may not be much of a temptation in comparison!
Ozacoter 3 years ago
He is most likely a misoginistic ass and thats why he isnt answering. What a shitty attitute towards menstruation and women.
Amanda Nolting 3 years ago
OP is a woman. Which makes the attitude even worse.
Load More Replies... #63
That the wife is pregnant again. I've been there through 3 pregnancies now and can always tell. Mostly because she's a hairy Italian. Her hair quits falling out as much when she gets knocked up. She's definitely knocked up right now haha. I'm just waiting for them to tell me. They usually wait til around 15 weeks.
Not Proud British 3 years ago
"she's a hairy Italian" - do you want to tone down your racist overtones? Yes pregnant women don't shed as much hair when they are pregnant. Well done for noticing, not so well done with your obvious lack of respect for them.
Shine Caramia 3 years ago
Usually people wait until the second trimester because miscarriage is most likely during the first.
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Monday 3 years ago
I think if I could afford a housekeeper I'd want to hide cryptic little notes and clues all over the place so they'd think I was in some secret cult...
Jo Choto 3 years ago
I'm surprised how freaked out people are by sex toys. Like, if you're an adult, regardless of age, why does it even matter? Consenting adults can do whatever they want. And the people who are old were not always old. Do people think that you magically cease to be a sexual being after the age of 50 or something?
Shine Caramia 3 years ago
I hope elderly people who enjoy sex continue enjoying it!
Load More Replies... Deja Katz 3 years ago
I recall a show called Hoarders and it often struck me that many people were on it simply because they lacked the financial means to afford a housekeeper/cleaner, so the results of their bad habits just got worse over time. Being a housekeeper sounds a lot like constantly picking up behind a houseful of dirty & irresponsible but wealthy people who can barely run their homes but can easily pay someone else to do it for them.
Pungent Sauce 3 years ago
I’m a bit surprised at all the “What were they doing going through xxxxx!?” comments. Housekeepers keep house, maids, well, maid. The cleaner the surfaces are, the deeper they go for “clean”. I’ve hired a local company a few times and the difference in having them clean a house you’ve ignored for a few weeks vs one you thought you did a ‘spring cleaning’ on 2 weeks ago is just jaw dropping. (And always call ahead for crew size, then leave a $20 for each one in a clearly marked envelope. The pay ain’t great and they’re cleaning up after you!)
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
If I wanted to read Reddit I'd go there. I want the old BP back.
Monday 3 years ago
I think if I could afford a housekeeper I'd want to hide cryptic little notes and clues all over the place so they'd think I was in some secret cult...
Jo Choto 3 years ago
I'm surprised how freaked out people are by sex toys. Like, if you're an adult, regardless of age, why does it even matter? Consenting adults can do whatever they want. And the people who are old were not always old. Do people think that you magically cease to be a sexual being after the age of 50 or something?
Shine Caramia 3 years ago
I hope elderly people who enjoy sex continue enjoying it!
Load More Replies... Deja Katz 3 years ago
I recall a show called Hoarders and it often struck me that many people were on it simply because they lacked the financial means to afford a housekeeper/cleaner, so the results of their bad habits just got worse over time. Being a housekeeper sounds a lot like constantly picking up behind a houseful of dirty & irresponsible but wealthy people who can barely run their homes but can easily pay someone else to do it for them.
Pungent Sauce 3 years ago
I’m a bit surprised at all the “What were they doing going through xxxxx!?” comments. Housekeepers keep house, maids, well, maid. The cleaner the surfaces are, the deeper they go for “clean”. I’ve hired a local company a few times and the difference in having them clean a house you’ve ignored for a few weeks vs one you thought you did a ‘spring cleaning’ on 2 weeks ago is just jaw dropping. (And always call ahead for crew size, then leave a $20 for each one in a clearly marked envelope. The pay ain’t great and they’re cleaning up after you!)
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
If I wanted to read Reddit I'd go there. I want the old BP back.
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