Ick Factor
Remember that serously-part-time job that I mentioned months ago, the one where I go clean a house when someone moves out of it? The one that is SO part time that I’ve done 2 houses and one apartment in the last 8 months? The one that Master volunteered me for because he gets to do those things with my time? That one?
Yeah. So that’s what I’ve been doing the last two days. Cleaning someone else’s filth. (at the detriment of my own house I might add. I honestly do not recall how I ever used to work and keep my house clean. Those of you who do? Hats off. You rock.)
Anyway, this house? Is DISGUSTING. Oh my fucking God. I don’t know how people live in such grody-ness.
Not that my own house is spotless all the time because it isn’t. It’s not like I’m some elite cleaning fanatic.
But you will not find mildew on my toilet. My floors are not a new color after mopping. You won’t have to throw away the cleaning rags when you’re done.
~shudder~
Srsly. Filth like you would not believe.
I have 13 hours in so far at this house and I’ve cleaned the master bedroom/bath, a half bath and about 3/4 of the kitchen.
That’s it.
There is still another full bath, 2 bedrooms, a laundry room, living room, stairway and hall, entry way, 3 big closets, the rest of the kitchen, and the kitchen floor (which I’ve mopped twice already and I’m still rinsing mud out of the mop. I honestly don’t know what color the floor is supposed to be.)
And it stinks. Smoke, pets, rotten food, dirt- blech. I want to shower in bleach. Blech I say.
Anyway, my husband, who is the bestest husband in the history of EVAR, is buying Subway for dinner because I am too pooped to pop. I luffs him bunches and bunches. I do.
Bye!
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Saturday May 16th, 2009 5:10pm
I’ve always wanted to do that job. I’m so uselessly compulsive; I want to clean everything, but lack proper motivation.
However, rooting around a total stranger’s house without getting in trouble sounds like fun! Potential for sheer grodiness, yeah, but cleaning sometimes rawks the world with awesome.
“Grody-ness” .. haven’t heard that word in years. Hats off to you though … hard to believe some people can be so nasty.
I could not do your job. I would seriously be dousing myself in bleach and hand sanitizer. *nods* I’d like, go into that sort of a house wearing one of those suits that you see people wear when they are handling the Ebola virus. It’d be fucked up.
Kaya,
I’ve seen houses like that. I’ve been in a house that was like that while the family was living in it. Their cat didn’t like where the litter box was, so it used the rug along the walls of the living room. It was so gross and… just so gross. And would you believe that they complained about how sick they were always getting? Ugh. That you can actually clean such is more than I could do. I hope Master gets you a double meat foot long of your favorite sub; you deserve it (and you can tell him I said so ;) )
Dave
The very first apartment I lived in was about that gross when we moved in. My roommates and our Moms cleaned for 2 days before we unpacked anything but the beds and 6 glasses. I am by no means a clean freak but I seriously couldn’t handle that on any level. Hats off to you because I could seriously never handle that without gloves and masks and lots and lots of showers…and possibly laundry every night.
Ah, have I the show for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EN8c2Up3bw
My grandmother loves to watch this show just to say, “euwwwwwwwwww!”
Kaya, I wanted to ask, have you ever read books by the original Heloise? Not the white-haired lady of today; that’s the original Heloise’s daughter. But the original…she wrote in such a great style…it made you want to roll up your sleeves and get to work…and her “hints” were all for the budget-minded. If I can find an extra copy ’round here I’ll send it to you.
OMG, I feel so much better about my house now!!
I can’t keep it really clean and work and and and, but man, it never has been like that!
Hmmm this post reminded me of when i first walked into the apt. of some man.. and there was a big space.. but only a tiny path from the front door to the bedroom , bath and kitchen.
Sigh.. I had no clue that all of this “stuff” meant he was seriously ADHD.
SUBWAY for dinner.. yumms
And I second the “Heloise” books. She was wonderful and her books are precious. My mom gave them to me when I got married.
Was there a message? grin~
Is there somewhere, anywhere, a rule that submissives and slaves are clean freaks or germophobes? i am both of the above. And in my current line of work, you’d rather live in the bathroom of a truck stop than go back in there.
Wear a mask.
You’d be surprised how much crap is in the air of smokers, persons with pets, dirty food, mold, and other stuff going on. Seriously… fashion statement aside, wear a mask. And with all those chemicals, you doubly need it.
If i could make what i make now cleaning and junking stuff and sanitizing it, i would. i am so sick and freaking tired of entitled people living off the system– end rant.
DL and i saw Sunshine Cleaning last month. Definitely a great movie the whole family would like. Maybe it will inspire you and if you ever need a powerhouse to drag stuff out of a house and fill a dumpster or someone not afraid to clean a disgusting oven, you know where to find me.
toy
That’s just gross. I get squicky dealing with the everyday nastiness of my own household. I sure couldn’t do it in someone else’s house, not even for money and Subway. My hat is definitely off to you.
I’ve meme tagged you as one of my favorite bloggers..because you basically rock :-)
Hopefully you charge an hourly rate instead of a rate based on sq ft or number of rooms. (Can’t help it. The money part is almost always on my mind in any business. I’m afflicted that way.)
toy gave you good advice. Heed it. Wear a mask.
I emailed you, or at least attempted to, did it arrive?
Ick. An apartment I moved into a while back was like that, and I had to clean it before I could move anything in. And THEN my boyfriend moved into another apartment, where the previous tenants were moving stuff out as he and his roommate were moving things in, so it never got cleaned between tenants. And boys being boys, they didn’t bother, either. I moved in with them a little while ago, and I’ve been systematically cleaning it, because I hate living there with it being that messy.
But I’ll be honest. You get used to it. I think that’s how people manage to live in that kind of filth… It’s just been dirty so long and they’ve been living like that so long that it’s not worth the effort for them to clean it. I’m terrified that I’m going to get that way, living in this apartment where I don’t have the time to clean, and I have 2 boys living with me who don’t care if it’s clean. I guess we’ll see…. :(
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