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[quote=Anonymous]I would not schedule any of the 45 hours for AP to clean her room.  I am not "paying" an AP to keep her own room clean.  That's pathetic. What I would do is have a reset conversation with her.  I would ask her which day or evening next week or weekend (when she is off) that she will have 1-2 hours available to clean her room - and give example of what needs to be done in exhaustive detail - maybe even a cleaning checklist if that's needed.  I will tell her that I will be there and check the cleaning afterwards.  I have in my handbook that my AP needs to keep her room and bathroom clean. I will tell her when I see a nasty toilet bowl that she needs to clean it TODAY.  I will ask her if there is any problem or challenge that she is having or is missing certain cleaning supplies that is causing her from keeping it clean.

I came back to a dirty greasy stove and immediately asked her to come to kitchen and show her the mess and asked her to clean right away.  Another time, she went on vacation and left a greasy stove top for me.  I had to clean it since she will be gone a week.  Before I cleaned it, I took video and photos to show the before and then more photos to show the after, to demonstrate what she left me with and then what a clean stove looks like.   Another time, I cleaned half of something and left the other half untouched - then showed the AP the difference.  She was actually embarrassed.

I have enough cleaning of my own mess.  AP is not my child that I have to clean up after.  I am several AP in.  I let go of very few things now.  I find that the more I sweep it under the rug, the more the AP will let things go unattended, and the more I will get annoyed.  I used to not say anything until too much accumulates.  Now, every time something is not right, I tell the AP immediately.  There is no more letting it go for me.

OP, you are way too nice to go and clean up the AP's own bedroom.  I would have given her some trash bags, some cleaning supplies, some cleaning gloves, and said I will come back in 2 hours to check on her progress.[/quote]

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