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Has anyone here had a maid or butler?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Dei, Aug 18, 2011.

  1. Dei

    Dei Member

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    I'm still working on it.
     
  2. thadeus

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    I can't really imagine living with a maid or a butler - it seems to me that a person should be incredibly embarrassed by having a maid or butler. Grown human beings should take care of themselves. I don't know .... there just seems to be something very, very wrong with it that I can't quite explain just now.

    But, other than that, I just scrolled down to the bottom of this page to see what jackass posted the giant unspoilered photo that threw off the entire thread.
     
  3. gifford1967

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    My family had the same maid, who came five days a week, for over 25 years. She was like a second mother to me. Sometimes, as a little boy, i spent weekends at her house in the the Third Ward.
     
  4. jman255

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    I had a live in maid for about 7 years when I was growing up because my parents were both incredibly busy trying to provide for 4 boys. My mom owns her own business and was gone 15 hours a day, and my dad, eventually, quit his downtown job to help run it with her. The maids still come about 5x a week.

    There is nothing wrong with having a maid or butler. All it's doing is creating jobs. What's wrong with that in a time of over 9% unemployment? Also, my parents wouldn't have been able to spend as much time with us if they were busy worrying about house keeping and all that jazz.
     
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    Me too!!...except ours came three times a week.

    :grin:
     
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    CINDY: All right, I'm takin' off. Aren't you forgetting something?

    JERRY: Oh, right! Hey, it was great seeing you again. I love your outfit.

    CINDY: No. My money.

    JERRY: For what?

    CINDY: For my maid services. You booked me for today.

    JERRY: But you didn't really do any work.

    CINDY: I made the bed.

    JERRY: But you took a nap in it.

    CINDY: So?

    JERRY: I thought that was kind of girlfriend bed making.

    CINDY: No. That was the maid.

    JERRY: Well, who took the nap?

    CINDY: The girlfriend.

    JERRY: $40 seems kind of steep for a nap.

    CINDY: So, what are you saying? That I'm a bad maid or some kind of a prostitute?

    JERRY: Ho, ho...ho! Hold on. Let's keep this sophisticated.

    CINDY: You know, I don't think I want to be your girlfriend or your maid.

    JERRY: So is this a breakup/quitting?

    CINDY: Yeah. Don't ever call me or hire me again.

    Cindy walks out of Jerry's apartment.

    JERRY: Oh, yeah? Well, then, we're through! And you're fired!
     
  7. gifford1967

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    Didn't you grow up in Bellaire?
     
  8. Shrimz

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    back when my mom was bankin in the 90s, we had a live in nanny, she was from the hood and kept us in line and did a good job cleaning the house. I guess it was a pretty cool experience. we only had her for a couple of years before my parents got divorced. boy did I miss her. cleaning a house sucks lol
     
  9. VooDooPope

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    The little thing who does my laundry speaks no English and if you saw her you'd say isn't she lovely
     
  10. SWTsig

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    when we were children my sister and i had a few live-in nannies at different times. cleaned, cooked, babysat, etc.
     
  11. KingCheetah

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    The maid came to my place last Friday thank god.
     
  12. SWTsig

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    i'm sure the nanny/maid/butler getting earning a decent wage begs to differ.
     
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  14. Dei

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    O rly?
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    Do many of them earn decent wages?
     
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    Do you mean biblically?
     
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    We call a maid to clean our house maybe once every 3-4 weeks. She brings a friend and it takes them about 3 hours. Pay her $80. Thats about $13 an hour and she is definitely on the cheaper side. So yeah...they make "decent" money.
     
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    lemon pledge
     
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    It would be nice to have a butler who would butter my balls before I played a game of chess every evening.
     
  20. SWTsig

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    one would think someone with such strong opinions on the matter would have a basic idea of that before spouting off.
     

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