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Why do people boast about their cleanliness?

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Smileless2012 Sat 18-May-24 14:12:38

Oh I wouldn't be able to resist telling them I'd helped to get it ready and it was clean as a new pin the day before they moved in.

The look on their faces would be priceless ExDancer.

JaneJudge Sat 18-May-24 14:11:39

You sound like a nice neighbour smile I suppose in two years time they will find out

MissAdventure Sat 18-May-24 14:10:34

It's a competitive world these day, for all ages.

Urmstongran Sat 18-May-24 14:07:34

As Shania Twain sang:
“It don’t impress me none!” 🎵 🎶
😁

ExDancer Sat 18-May-24 13:25:06

The house next door to us seems to be on permanent lease, and the tenants seem to come and go every two years or so in quick succession. (Its a very nice house) I seem to have only just got to know them when the husband's job means they have to move on.
I usually find myself helping the outgoing tenant to clean the house ready for the new family.
So it amuses me, when the new tenants move in, that they tell me the house was filthy, and they had to scrub it clean from top to bottom in order to make it anything like liveable in.
I have never yet plucked up the courage to tell them I helped to get the place ready for them, and that it was as clean as a new pin the day before yesterday.
Why do young people need to impress others in this way.
(ps. this is a lighthearted post, not meant to be taken seriously)