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Does your cleaning lady use a mop for floors?
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amother
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 9:37 pm
I'm having a cleaning lady this week, I didn't have one in years.
Is it okay to ask them to wash all the floors with a shmata?
I know people will say yes but how is that okay? I can't wash all my floors on my knees, the most I can do at a time is one or two rooms max
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amother
Rainbow
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 9:40 pm
amother OP wrote: | Is it okay to ask them to wash all the floors with a shmata? |
No
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jflower
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 9:42 pm
No, it's not ok to expect her to wash the floor on her hands and knees. If you don't have a mop, buy one.
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Eselle13
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 9:43 pm
Mine actually doesn't like to use my mop. She likes to wrap a shmatte over a broom
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zaq
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 9:50 pm
Absolutely not, unless you mean the Israeli-style sponja which uses a big cloth and a squeegee on a stick. Expecting someone to wash floors on hands and knees is disrespectful, humiliating, and probably inhumane. Even if that's how you prefer to wash your own floors. Buy a mop.
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amother
DarkYellow
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 9:54 pm
My cleaning lady rarely mops, I use a robot mop. My floors are very clean.
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amother
Snow
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:03 pm
My cleaning lady mops every other day, she uses the o-cedar mop
My floors are spotless
I’m not sure why you think you would need her to get on hands and knees with a shmatta. If you’d like that, you can do it yourself
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notshanarishona
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:05 pm
That’s extremely demeaning to ask anyone to get down on hands and knees with a rag. Buy a mop and treat her like a human being please.
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amother
Cinnamon
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:05 pm
My cleaning lady also uses the microfiber Ocedar mop. It gets washed in the washing machine after each use. My house is bh very clean.
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amother
Forsythia
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:06 pm
amother Snow wrote: | My cleaning lady mops every other day, she uses the o-cedar mop
My floors are spotless
I’m not sure why you think you would need her to get on hands and knees with a shmatta. If you’d like that, you can do it yourself | Which 1?
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amother
Viola
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:06 pm
Please buy her a mop. It's wrong to expect her to go on her hands and knees. Mine asked me for a specific mop and I bought it.
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happy7
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:12 pm
I wish mine would clean on her hands and knees. It’s totally not happening. Inappropriate expectation
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amother
Snow
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:13 pm
This one
O-Cedar Easywring Microfiber Spin Mop & Bucket Floor Cleaning System with 1 Extra Refill,Red / Gray https://a.co/d/4z1EsQ3
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amother
Viola
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:14 pm
That's the one my lady asked me to buy also
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amother
Tealblue
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:16 pm
amother Snow wrote: | My cleaning lady mops every other day, she uses the o-cedar mop
My floors are spotless
I’m not sure why you think you would need her to get on hands and knees with a shmatta. If you’d like that, you can do it yourself |
Mine also uses it. How often do you change the head
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amother
Garnet
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:16 pm
I once had a friend tell me she has her cleaning lady fo this and I was appalled. I can't imagine floors would be cleaner that way either.
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watergirl
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:19 pm
OP - why would you ask this of her?
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amother
Cinnamon
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:20 pm
https://www.amazon.com/O-Cedar.....r=8-8
This gets screwed off and washed every time it is used. I airdry it . Fresh and clean for next use. I also have the white one, with the bucket that squeezes out the water. That gets washed too.
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amother
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:32 pm
watergirl wrote: | OP - why would you ask this of her? |
I would never! I just wanted to see what other's are doing because irl people seem to ask there ladies to wash with a shmata on all fours
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amother
Oxfordblue
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Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:38 pm
We did not have cleaning help growing up. My mother never had a mop and washed floors with shmatta. It's what I do, too, because I don't think mops do a decent job. We now have a mop because my teenage daughter insisted and just doesn't buy in to the concept.
I don't have cleaning help currently, but have in the past. I can say 100% that in NYC you must provide a mop unless the cleaner brings their own tools (some services they do that). The cleaning women who work in NYC find it incredibly demeaning. I am not sure if it a cultural difference (most of the ladies who worked for me were from Ecuador) or just changing times/expectations (as you can see by the responses to your question).
Even though I would never ask a cleaner to do something I wouldn't do, you don't have to hold them to your standards if the norm/standard is less. I am sure they will do a nice enough job with the mop and if they aren't bringing their own they are not very expensive.
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