Tuesday, February 15/2011

The cleaner doesn't exactly knock at the door - it's closer to a scratching sound and reminds one inevitably of the dog wanting to come in. The "cleaning" is a minimalist performance - a little under five minutes and not involving vacuum or duster. Bathroom and kitchen floors wet mopped, toilet and sink cleaned and rubbish removed. Better than nothing. The difficulty is that when one does ask to borrow the vacuum there is a certain amount of horror downstairs as it interferes with the myth that the cleaning staff does all this. And given that the cleaning staff is one, possibly a bit simple and almost certainly underpaid woman, the charade continues.