My mom has a cleaning lady....or ladies. 4 women that sweep through her house in record speed doing crap she loathes; stove, bathroom, toilets. These ladies have been cleaning her house bi-weekly for as long as when I once lived there. Now they are all getting old and blind.
Recently I watched as they swept, mopped and vacuumed my moms house, missing obvious crumbs and a dried coffee spill that any normal eye would have noticed. Yet at the end, they stood in admiration of the now clean home (or so they thought) as they gloated in appreciation of one another...one for having a home to clean, the other for doing a great job.
As they parted ways till the next visit in two weeks, I quickly picked up a napkin and wiped up the coffee spill and the crumbs.
I know there is a saying that would go perfect here, but I can't think of it....hmmm....beauty is blind? It only bothers you if you notice? Friendship is better than a clean home?
While it annoys me that my mom pays for a service that isn't being done right, she's so happy. And who am I to ruin that for her?
Recently I watched as they swept, mopped and vacuumed my moms house, missing obvious crumbs and a dried coffee spill that any normal eye would have noticed. Yet at the end, they stood in admiration of the now clean home (or so they thought) as they gloated in appreciation of one another...one for having a home to clean, the other for doing a great job.
As they parted ways till the next visit in two weeks, I quickly picked up a napkin and wiped up the coffee spill and the crumbs.
I know there is a saying that would go perfect here, but I can't think of it....hmmm....beauty is blind? It only bothers you if you notice? Friendship is better than a clean home?
While it annoys me that my mom pays for a service that isn't being done right, she's so happy. And who am I to ruin that for her?
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