AIBU to think washing up is not the job of a cleaner?

''The lady next door works as a nude cleaner @ £75 per hour. ''

for real, oh wow ?!?

I have been a cleaner many years ago and properly once or twice I cleaned the dishes. The house I cleaned in was very tidy anyway and I had my routine. I remember ironed as well but I'm sure I got extra for it.
The thing is yes you can leave the dishes but you are quite right if its loads it cuts into cleaning time and something else would get left. US Cleaners love clock watching.?

I have always felt if there is one section of workers that are always looked down on and almost treated like slaves it’s the cleaners of this world, no one appreciates what they do but soon moan if it’s not done. Do your own washing up or buy yourself a dish washer. The lady next door works as a nude cleaner @ £75 per hour. I bet her Clients don’t want her standing at the sink half-hour or more washing up dirty dishes. We have had two different cleaners in the past and we have always tided up the evening before they came to save the house looking too messy

I would only expect a cleaner to do the washing up perhaps as a favour occasionally. Otherwise I would expect them to give the house a general clean and polish.

Imo one of the advantages of having a cleaner is it makes people tidy stuff away, so the cleaner can clean. Cleaners do jobs that wouldn't get done if they didn't do them, eg not just hoover the floor but pull the sofa out and hoover under, or clean windows, or not just wipe the worktops but give the cupboard doors the onceover.

I’ve recently started having a cleaner and no she doesn’t wash up but it’s probably because I or my husband have already washed up the breakfast things! I’m sure she would if I asked her. She hoovers dusts does bathroom and will do antything I ask and she’s worth her weight in gold!!!!

I have been a cleaner and I did both the washing up, the washing and ironing, hoovered floors, washed floors and cleaned bathrooms.

All this was agreed upon at the start. I would never have dreamed of tackling a task I hadn't agreed to do, as that leads to trouble. Either you are a nosy so-and-so for doing something that wasn't agreed upon, or offering to do something extra was seen as having time on your hands because you didn't do other jobs properly.

You were unwell, so I think your husband was justified in leaving the washing up and asking your cleaner if she would tackle it, as you were ill.

It sounds to me as if you perhaps don't have a list of jobs the cleaner does. It would be a good idea to have on, so the you, she and your husband know exactly what she does. If washing up isn't on that list, she could just leave it.

Chewbaca: I don't suppose the cat stayed either!

When I worked as a cleaner I was expected to clean - and told to ignore the washing up as it was up to the office workers to do their own.
Cleaners often have a set time to do the bin emptying. vacuuming, dusting and toilet/sink cleaning and floor mopping. If an unusual mess is left it eats into your time and you have to rush to get it done - no overtime.

No big deal in asking whether it be washing up or any other jobs within the house. She may happy to take on extra household tasks. Does she work set hours or is she flexible ?Don't ask don't get.?

I'd ask the cleaner directly...but I wouldn't waste my money on someone washing dishes. I'd rather the cleaner do big jobs: oven, shower, bathroom, floors, windows...

Get on the same page as your husband...

Your right i have someone who cleans for me and I try to do as much as I can I always tell her you clean for me your not my slave

A cleaner needs access to a sink and hot water if she is to clean the kitchen, and there is nothing worse than having to empty a sink full of dirty pots soaking in greasy cold water to access the taps. My cleaner would start with any washing up before she did anything else, as I do when I start cleaning, so I quickly learned to clear the sink before she came.

The idea of a cleaner having set duties is strange to me. Either there's a discussion of what's involved or the cleaner decides what needs doing. Mine always does the floors, then she'll look around to see what she can do in the remaining time. She might do some ironing, clean a few windows or mirrors, polish up a fireplace or change the cushion covers - whatever she notices really.

I think your husband is right here although it might be a waste of your money if you want your cleaner to be doing other stuff. I don't think it is an unreasonable request to ask a cleaner to do washing up...unless you want her to lick the plates clean first!

* I was furious*

Get. Some. Perspective.

We have had our lovely help (far more than a cleaner) for twenty-three years and have never left a sink full of washing up for her. As others have said, much better things for her to be doing, and anyway I hate the sight of dirty crockery. Treat the treasure who supports you in the way you would like to be treated!

Buy a Dishwasher. My OH is usually the person that loads it. (95%of the time) He also washes the glasses and cutlery and any pans to large to go in the dishwasher. He'll even load the d/w before going to bed if we've had friends to supper and it's v. late. If it was down to me I'd be leaving it until the morning, but we have a cheaper rate of electricity in the early hours.

I had my first ever cleaners just before Christmas. I would not expect them to do washing up. Imagine how much there would be after a fortnight, lol. I have an agreement with my DH in that if I am doing the cooking every evening then I expect him to deal with the washing up. He loads the dishwasher (sometimes not until next morning which grates but I try to ignore it as he gets up much earlier than me). Mind you, I often have to say that the pan fairies have missed us again. That’s who he thinks handwashes the non stick pans! Recently I left a pan in the sink for three days to make a point. Hated it but it had to be done!! He did wash it but not without a terse prompt.

It depends entirely on what you have agreed with the cleaner. Some people want their cleaners just to do the heavier tasks like vacuuming others want them to potter around washing up and tidying. A cleaner is usually perfectly happy to have dishes as part of their task list.

I used to have a cleaner when the children were at home and I didn’t ask her to do washing up or (in my case) load the dishwasher. It wasn’t that I thought she wouldn’t do these jobs if I had asked her to, but rather that I felt her time was better used to do the tasks I didn’t get done, such as cleaning the oven as well as a general clean through of the house. She also used to doing my ironing for me (hated task!) and we were both happy with the arrangement; she stayed with me for 6 years and the next cleaner a further 3 years.
I am considering having a cleaner again when I move, although I now live alone, as my eldest DD has a lovely reliable lady and it’s nice to come home to a sparkling house!

Having been a cleaner myself, I was never expected to wash up - but that never stopped me from doing it, on the few occasions,if I needed a clear space to clean the sink, to be able to mop the floors etc. It just meant that I had less time to do other jobs around the house.
My SiL also used to clean houses and one house was such a tip each time she went (once a week) that she felt like an underpaid skivvy - apparently, the toilets had to be seen to be believed ! She was convinced that nothing was done out side of her visits by the two supposedly professional residents! Would they up her hours? Would they heck! She stayed there for 6 months before she decided that enough was enough .
It basically depends on the agreement that you have with your cleaner. If you have agreed that she vacuums, dusts, cleans the bathroom and mops the kitchen floor, that is what she will do, but as you have been unwell, I would guess that she would wash up for you, but you should at least pay her for the extra time it will take!
I think you were expecting too much for your husband to do anything while you were unwell - why should he, when he has you and the "hired help" to usually do it all for him???

My cleaner is in 5 days a week. I would never ask her to wash my dishes, but she will if she finds something. I will turn on my dishwasher every morning, but at times I get too busy to empty, she will do it. I often sweep the floors and leave dirt in little piles. She is here for 3 hrs each time, I live on farm and rescue livestock, so my inside jobs get pushed aside as animals come first. I do have 4 dogs and 2 cats. My floors need cleaning daily with what my beagles come in looking like mud at times. I would never ask her to clean windows, always dirty with livestock coming up checking to see where I am. Yes I tidy before she arrives and beds are made when we get out of them. She will put clothes from machine to dryer. I think my cleaner would do anything but I don’t expect her to wash dirty dishes, your hubby should have done it and I would give him hell for not doing them himself. My poor hubby does cop it from me, even if he walks inside with his shoes on and spills stuff on floor, I expect him to clean up after himself on weekends and he moans about it, but I harp on him constantly

I don't see anything wrong in asking her to wash up, I was asked sometimes when I was a cleaner

I had a friend who used to do cleaning and the jobs she did depended on the arrangements she had with each person she cleaned for. Everything was sorted before she took on a job. Some people required washing up, some didn’t but she only ever did what task has already been pre arranged. So in her case if washing dishes was not part of her arrangement then even if there was a sink full she would not do them.