A sad state of … the floors?
I had been having the housekeeper I hired last month come every two weeks. The plan had been every three weeks but somebody’s dog is a bit of a shedder. You would think my dog was the culprit because it outweighs the other one by about 11:1 but no. I tried to make this obvious by shaving all the hair off my dog as if Jen would all of a sudden wonder where all the hair was coming from and PICK UP THE VACUUM. Sadly, this did not happen.
Anyway, so yesterday I was in the kitchen washing dishes and Jen was eating her dinner and I was talking about how I was planning to have the housekeeper come only once every 3-weeks instead of every two. It was an informal conversation and I really didn’t expect any feedback. However, Jen responds, “Well, your floors really needed it every 2-weeks… and some other things too”
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I’m going to pause here for a moment to give you time to think about this little tid-bit because that’s EXACTLY what my brain did. At first I thought, she must be joking. A quick glance in her direction confirmed that she was still idly flipping through her magazine with no sign of comedy on her face.
At this point, enough time had passed that I couldn’t really come back with a good comment like “Some people might find commenting on the cleanliness of their floors rude. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I am totally not one of those people but some people might” or “I don’t know how things worked in Hell New York…”. No, all I could muster was a “We’ll see.” while my brain was saying, “Yes, we will see how this house looks after you’re amazing never-ending fur ball is out of here”.
Today I confirmed with Holly that it is in fact rude to comment on the state of a floor that you do not vacuum. That’s actually the rule, you cannot comment on the cleanliness of something you do not clean. Husbands, are you listening!