Our housekeeper: a kind and cheerful emissary from the real Kenya into our own little Pleasantville. She cleans like a fiend, as noted in a previous post, and we are really her first expat family. With this comes a world of intercultural exchange and misunderstanding. So the top 10 reasons my housekeeper thinks I'm crazy, mind you from her perspective:
10. My child colors, cuts, hole-punches, glues, folds, and proudly displays every scrap of paper she can get her hands on... and I'm OK with it.
9. We do not shove all furniture against the walls.
8. We keep a tennis ball in the guest room.
7. We keep our shoes inside.
6. We have all these things sitting near the bathroom sink that she is forced to push into the far corner every day to make it habitable.
5. I had her make pasta and hand-cut it instead of using the perfectly good cutter on the pasta machine.
4. We keep used coffee grounds and eggshells in a can on the kitchen counter, and she is not allowed to throw them away and wash out the can.
3. We are obsessed about making sure the trashcan, dishwasher, and washing machine are full before anything is done about them.
2. We eat cheese but not goat.
1. I had her cook fish in the toaster.
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Well, I don’t think it’s crazy at all. For me, those were just a list of quirks that any other person might have. Anyway, I guess your housekeeper was amused with those peculiarities, because she indulges you with your fancies. This fact alone makes me think that she’s really a good companion. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteMary Hughes @ Sorted-PA