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debsey

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 2:15 pm

So I posted on Care.com that I'm looking for a housekeeper for one day a week (I have a housekeeper, but one day she has to leave early, and there's more work than just she can handle)

Someone responded to the posting, I explained the job, everything sounded OK.

We set up a time for her to come and try out the job.

Then she texted "I also give great massages, if that's something you are interested in."

Would that weird you out? I don't know why, but it's giving me a vibe that she's not really someone I want in my house, that she's maybe a bit socially off.

mommy3b2c

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 2:17 pm

It sounds very socially off to me! But it really made me lol 😂

LittleMissMama

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 2:21 pm

Yes it would weird me out. Thats very very...weird.

debsey

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 2:25 pm

You can tell how desperate I am from the following question

So.....don't hire her? Cancel the interview?

Chayalle

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 2:33 pm

She sounds like she just wants to make $$$ wherever she can.

But if it gives you bad vibes I would say skip....I had a a cleaning lady - best cleaner I ever had, actually - that went on and on about coming here with the Ukranian mafia. This got me nervous, so I gave her a bonus one week and made up an excuse to let her go. I have never regretted it.

Incidentally, my cleaning lady has availability on Tuesdays. If that's the day you want someone, I could pm you her info.

dancingqueen

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 2:41 pm

debsey wrote:

Very weird. Care.com has some good people, some weirdos.

ra_mom

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 2:54 pm

It would weird me out too.
The only way this would be ok with me is if I was already comfortable with the employee for some time, we were chatting and she happened to mention she's a masseuse, and *I* asked her if she'd be available for giving a massage.

LovesHashem

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 2:57 pm

I really think she just needs money.

happy97

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 3:32 pm

I once had a cleaner who also gave massages... could be she knows how to give massages and wants to make more money

thunderstorm

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 3:43 pm

How do you know that she is a she and not a "he"???

DrMom

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 3:55 pm

Sounds like she is just looking for other income streams. I would not accept the offer, but it would not weird me out.

I must say that if she made that offer to my husband, I would consider it inappropriate, even though she might not mean anything untoward by it.

Last edited by DrMom on Wed, Dec 20 2017, 4:06 pm; edited 1 time in total

lavenderchimes

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 4:05 pm

It sounds like she is just piecing together different jobs. I wouldn't think anything of it, and would respond, "Okay, I'll let you know if I am looking for a massage." Meet the lady, and see what you think of her. I see no reason to cancel. In tge unlikely event that a man shows up, don't let him in. Say, "I'm sorry, I am looking for a woman."

naturalmom5

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 4:23 pm

Debsey, don't be so close-minded.. Maybe she gives good massages. If you don't want her send her my way. Someone made a mistake and gave me a 95 year old hip.

I had bariatric surgery in the summer and lost 70 lbs so far and I'm still in pain Sad

FranticFrummie

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 4:33 pm

I'd ask her where she studied, and make sure she actually graduated from that school.

My fibro is flaring up, and I'd kill for a good massage. A clean house would just be a bonus.

UnFarvosNischt

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 4:51 pm

Could it be that she thinks you're a man and she's hinting you about her other "job"? Sounds weird anyway but not enough to cancel the interview.

33055

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 5:16 pm

happy97 wrote:

I once had a cleaner who also gave massages... could be she knows how to give massages and wants to make more money

This could be your old cleaner.

octopus

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 5:18 pm

yes, it would weird me out.

amother

Ruby

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 5:56 pm

I once posted in a local paper, and got a young woman who was a student in a local massage school. I did take advantage to have a chair massage and it was great!

So I wouldn't worry, meet her and see how the vibes are.

Ruchel

Thu, Dec 21 2017, 8:11 am

EWWW. Next.

imasoftov

Thu, Dec 21 2017, 10:33 am

UnFarvosNischt wrote:

Could it be that she thinks you're a man and she's hinting you about her other "job"? Sounds weird anyway but not enough to cancel the interview.

Are massage parlors such a big problem for those living over the Hellmouth that any mention of massage sounds like prostitution?

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