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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This seems to me like a reasonable request, particularly if you let it be known that you like her and will continue to employ her either way.  Most people want to fit in.  
I once had a nanny with tattooed sleeves.  I told her that she might want to wear long sleeves or a jacket when she went to pick up our daughter from a conservative church preschool.  It was fine with me either way, but it might make it harder to chat with the moms there if she is dressed so differently.  [/quote]

Fit in?  She's in OP's house, literally cleaning up her shit.  She doesn't want to chat with other people, she wants to do her job and get paid.  This isn't a social scene she wants to crack.

If you tell her you want her to wear other clothes when she cleans your house, be prepared for her to say no, or stop working for you.  If you asked it of me, I'd ask you to provide the clothing.  I'm not buying special clothes to clean your toilets.  [/quote]

Everyone I have ever hired to help clean likes to chat about their lives, their kids, etc, while we clean.  I’m not sure why the people you hire are so anxious to get in and out of your home.  Maybe you aren’t welcoming and kind?  Maybe you are too busy to talk to domestic help?  [/quote]

I clean my own house.  And I have family members who worked as housecleaners.  So nice try.  The point stands -- the PP talked about how people want to "fit in," as if OP would be doing the woman some kind of favor by giving her tips for how to dress to fit in with, who?  The other moms at the conservative church preschool?  OP's family?  Maybe she likes to chat with OP, maybe not.  But OP should not pretend that she's helping the cleaning lady "fit in."  I bet the cleaning lady fits in with her own social circle just fine.  [/quote]

So you have no idea what you are talking about since you have never been on either end of this equation.  Why did you even chime in?  [/quote]

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