I’ve never understood this thought process. Sure, getting some stuff out of their way makes sense (like getting shoes off the floor so the cleaners can vacuum), but why clean?

[–] Kobol@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's called an anxiety disorder. shame and guilt and embarrassment

They don't want others to think they're dirty/unclean/etc so they do this. It's the same reason some people won't call a handyman to fix a problem, or go to a doctor/dentist, they're afraid of someone knowing they couldn't fix or take care of themselves.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

More often than not I suspect that is the case, anecdotally though neighbors of mine have a different approach. They are very clean and only have a cleaner come in once every two months. They also have an immunocompromised child so slightly different situation.

One time we got to talking about it and they said it was to clean more thoroughly than they could. The cleaners come in with the expertise and more importantly the tools to make sure their house is clean enough for their child.

The really good cleaning equipment is really expensive to buy and once you're renting it it's not much more expensive to just pay someone to use it. They are far more well off than me, that's for sure, but they're not rich.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago

What really good cleaning equipment do you think your average cleaner has? A steam mop?

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