Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. What’s the point of going to college and then getting an MBA if I’m still going to clean toilets. Ugh.

Do you have a maid to clean yours everyday?

I must prefer cleaning toilets to dusting or baseboards. It’s quick and shows instant results. My baseboards are very neglected because it’s so tedious and boring.

I hate it. We have a cleaner who comes 1x a week to clean the 3 bathrooms and kitchen (I'm fine with vacuuming/dusting/sweeping, etc in general) and I'm very happy to pay her her $200 to do so.

Yes. We have a cleaning person once every two weeks and in between if the toilet needs cleaning I clean it. We have a very high NW but cleaning a toilet is not beneath me.

Anonymous wrote:I would never want someone else to clean my toilet. I think it's weird. It's so easy to do too. Cleaners are a huge waste of money (obviously fine if you have money to burn).

So you clean a hotel toilet before you check out?

Public toilets?

I do, but I also encourage my husband to take turns. When he says he didn’t get his PhD to clean his toilet, I reply “neither did I”.

Anonymous wrote:I would never want someone else to clean my toilet. I think it's weird. It's so easy to do too. Cleaners are a huge waste of money (obviously fine if you have money to burn).

How is it a waste of money? My time is worth more than my cleaner's. It saves me money.

We have four toilets and four family members. Everyone cleans one.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's also crucial to teach your kids to have these skills. We all knew the person in the dorm who couldn't do their own laundry or couldn't do basic sewing or ironing. And I think many of us have found excuses to leave when confronted with a date or friend's filthy apartment

How hard do you think it is to clean a toilet? Or frankly do laundry?

I never cleaned growing up. We had a maid who came every day. I never did laundry and I didn't even make my bed because she did. When I got to college I was fully able to make my bed and do my laundry. And I was also able to clean a toilet when I moved into my first apartment. These are not difficult skills.

Same. My kids never did it. We had a weekly cleaning service and I'm a good at maintaining in between their visits. Kids weren't required to do house chores as their schools had long hours, activities, commute, homework and advance curriculum with regular testing. They only had weekends to relax and and socialize.

My kids have all that, minus the long commute. They take turns cleaning their bathroom on a weekly rotating basis. They also make their own beds and put their dishes in the dishwasher. These are the most basic of chores, which is why they're expected to do them. The point is to teach personal responsibility and respect for shared space, which is part of being a good family member / future roommate.

Nope. Haven’t for over 2 decades

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's also crucial to teach your kids to have these skills. We all knew the person in the dorm who couldn't do their own laundry or couldn't do basic sewing or ironing. And I think many of us have found excuses to leave when confronted with a date or friend's filthy apartment

How hard do you think it is to clean a toilet? Or frankly do laundry?

I never cleaned growing up. We had a maid who came every day. I never did laundry and I didn't even make my bed because she did. When I got to college I was fully able to make my bed and do my laundry. And I was also able to clean a toilet when I moved into my first apartment. These are not difficult skills.

Same. My kids never did it. We had a weekly cleaning service and I'm a good at maintaining in between their visits. Kids weren't required to do house chores as their schools had long hours, activities, commute, homework and advance curriculum with regular testing. They only had weekends to relax and and socialize.

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. What’s the point of going to college and then getting an MBA if I’m still going to clean toilets. Ugh.

I do and I have a PhD.

I have masters degree and JD and clean the toilets daily.

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. What’s the point of going to college and then getting an MBA if I’m still going to clean toilets. Ugh.

I do and I have a PhD.

Same, and same.

Looking back on my youth, I remember being furious because in our 1-bath apartment my dad would leave one so big it wouldn't even being to go through no matter the number of flushes. He'd just walk away from it and it could stay for days. The amount of drama required to get that selfish douche, in his 40ies, younger than I am now, to clear his own crap out of the home's only toilet is just one of the many reasons why I refuse to drop everything now to go care for him and clean his broken toilet.

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. What’s the point of going to college and then getting an MBA if I’m still going to clean toilets. Ugh.

I do and I have a PhD.

I would never want someone else to clean my toilet. I think it's weird. It's so easy to do too. Cleaners are a huge waste of money (obviously fine if you have money to burn).