"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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> On Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 7:34:38 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> >
>> > cshenk wrote:
>> > > Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> > She doesn't work 40 hours a week at housecleaning. I believe
>> > her other job is as a waitress.
>>
>> A waitress can make a ton of money per hour or very little.
>> That depends on the restaurant.
>
> Small-town diner. Small tips, hard work.
>
>> > > If it helps, it's 8$ an hour here.
>> >
>> > Nobody's going to come to my house for $16 or $24 every other
>> > week to clean the whole house.
>>
>> Carol is wrong there. I live in her city and work for many people
>> that hire house cleaners. Some come once a week, other situations
>> they come 2-3 times a week.
>>
>> None that I know work for $8/hour.
>
> I'd bet that people who work for Molly Maid and similar corporate
> services make pretty little. Yep. A little googling suggests
> $7.47 for maids and $11.47 for team leaders.
>
>> I generally see about $50 cash left on the counter for their person to
>> come and spend 2-3 hours.
>
> I really don't mind paying top dollar for a service that I value highly.
>
> When I retire, I'll probably have to get used to cleaning my own house.
> It'll give me something to do--cleaning up after my husband as he thrashes
> the place. We call him Captain Chaos. Of course, chaos breeds
> creativity.
> Or maybe the other way around.

Yep) I gave up my cleaner when I retired. It is hard at first but then
when you are at home all the time ...

I prefer doing it myself now)



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