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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ I understand if you have a maid come frequently... I guess they would change Tp, cook, do laundry, make beds.  But only weekly I don't see what a maid would do that the house cleaners don't, as cleaners will make the beds, change sheets, etc. [/quote]

NP here.  I do not know how it works for others, but I have an hourly helper who helps me to deep clean and declutter. Stuff she does - sorting out the pantry, cleaning the refrigerator, yard work, cleaning garage, organizing stuff, putting away clothes, organizing closets, cleaning out drawers and cabinets, food prep, washing school bags, lunch boxes, rugs, sneakers, recycling, picking drycleaning, childcare, pick up or drop off my children (at times), cleaning the interior of my cars, helping me with dinner parties, serving etc. [b] I pay her exceedingly well [/b]and she has been with me for 15 years.  She employs another lady to do the cleaning for me.  She comes twice a week.  I have been very lucky to have her, because she has an innate sense of organization and is very self directed.  She will find something in my house that needs doing - be it watering my plants, putting my groceries away, refilling soap pumps, even painting smudges off my walls and do it.  
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Lol ok. If you say so.[/quote]

Lol! I do say so! There is a reason people cannot retain great staff and the reason is that they are too cheap to pay them well.  Thankfully, she understands that and has been with me for a long time.  Do you even know how difficult it is to find good help (probably not, because you do not believe anyone can or should pay domestic staff well)?  For most people it is a revolving door of cleaners and maids.[/quote]

How do you define "exceedingly well"? People always think they pay/tip better than they actually do. 
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