Overprivileged

[ailbhe]

So the house is very very tidy, because we are of the overprivileged few who have somoene else come in once a week and vacuum, wash floors, and dust, polish, clean paintwork etc etc etc. I don't want to hear about how overprivileged that makes me, I feel more than guilty enough already.

I have also done a load of laundry and am about ready to eat; the weather continues charming and this morning I will study in the garden.

No, really, I will. I wore shorts especially for the weather.

Comments

[nallac.livejournal.com]

Personally, I would feel absolutely no guilt at all about paying someone else to to stuff I don't want to do, especially when they can do the job a lot better than me.
The only reason I don't have a cleaning lady is that I have simply not bothered to get around to arranging one.

[nallac.livejournal.com]

Daft isn't it?
I just sat down and made a quick calculation. Assuming the cleaner is paid about a fiver an hour (minimum wage is about 3.80, I think), with the amount of time I spend not actually cleaning, and how much I cost per hour, I could have a cleaner spend the entire day tidying up my small, 1 bed flat, and still come out with a profit.
Of course, it does mane I would have to actually do something.

[nallac.livejournal.com]

>>"...and still come out with a profit."
>What a great money-making scheme! Heh.

[nallac.livejournal.com]

[mumble - hit the wrong button]
>>"...and still come out with a profit."
>What a great money-making scheme! Heh.

It's only a notional profit. Deduct the cost of the cleaner from how much I would earn by working, instead of tidying. Anything left is profit.

[ailbhe]

I don't think it's a gender thing. I think I was brought up to believe firmly in "to each according ot his need, form each according to is ability", and I set "my ability" at waaaay beyond what I can actually sustain. Failing to to everything I am physically able to do - even if doing it would be physically damaging - makes me guilty.

Of course, I have good days when this doesn't apply.

[nallac.livejournal.com]

If it was a case of "from each, according to ability", I could probably make a decent case for me spending my entire life working on computers, with someone else doing the washing, cooking, laundry, etc.