minnapple
msg:3051004 | 3:47 am on Aug 18, 2006 (gmt 0) |
I hired out my lawn work, it saves me 5 hours each week.
I might work an extra hour or two on work, the rest I spend with my wife or doing something else rather than mowing or weed wacking. I wish I would have done sooner.
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PhraSEOlogy
msg:3051067 | 5:13 am on Aug 18, 2006 (gmt 0) |
Yep, get someone to do your work for you and it makes life easier. Butler, Maid. Cook, Groundskeeper, Painter, etc.
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giggle
msg:3051106 | 5:37 am on Aug 18, 2006 (gmt 0) |
We have a housekeeper and a nanny (one of the advantages of living in Thailand). They are both sisters so get on really well together. We have two daughters 5yo and 3yo and both my wife and I work so it does make life that bit easier.
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Visit Thailand
msg:3051130 | 5:49 am on Aug 18, 2006 (gmt 0) |
If you can afford it then I would say definitely. It is nice not to have to worry about anything, and know breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks whatever will be ready as you have requested. As you say, you can make more doing other things. But as with any member of staff - you get what you pay for.
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Jane_Doe
msg:3051131 | 5:49 am on Aug 18, 2006 (gmt 0) |
| We have a housekeeper and a nanny (one of the advantages of living in Thailand). |
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It's a bigger budget decision for us living in the U.S. because we would have to pay much higher wages than a place like Thailand, plus workmen's comp and social security.
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BeeDeeDubbleU
msg:3051188 | 7:02 am on Aug 18, 2006 (gmt 0) |
:)
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giggle
msg:3051205 | 7:25 am on Aug 18, 2006 (gmt 0) |
Steady on there BeeDeeDubbleU...they're 24 and 26...That means that I'm the only bloke in a house of 5 females aged 3, 5, 24, 26, 34.
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Visit Thailand
msg:3051215 | 7:37 am on Aug 18, 2006 (gmt 0) |
giggle I think BDD was poking fun at the word both in your sentence!
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giggle
msg:3051226 | 7:53 am on Aug 18, 2006 (gmt 0) |
Oh I see. Didn't notice that - busy day. Fingers and brain not in sync yet, almost time to go to the pub.
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Syzygy
msg:3051267 | 8:44 am on Aug 18, 2006 (gmt 0) |
In the UK the 'domestic help' sector has been growing markedly in the last few years. A report from The Work Foundation in 2004 stated that "...there were the same number of ‘servants’ in households as in the 1930s, with more than four million nannies, gardeners, cleaners and butlers in homes across the country." The days of Upstairs Downstairs [en.wikipedia.org] return! Syzygy
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debvh
msg:3051545 | 1:51 pm on Aug 18, 2006 (gmt 0) |
I still do the laundry and carpools but I have someone come in once a week to clean the house. It is expensive (in the US) but VERY much worth it not to have to (a) spend my time cleaning and (b) spend my time being annoyed that my family can't be bothered to pick their junk up off the floor so I can clean it.
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jessejump
msg:3052911 | 6:21 pm on Aug 19, 2006 (gmt 0) |
Go ahead and try it.
Most people in US work way too hard. Mowing your lawn on Saturday at 9am after working 50 hr. week? I bet Mick Jagger hasn't seen a washing machine in 40 years. Good for him.
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ridgway
msg:3052989 | 8:27 pm on Aug 19, 2006 (gmt 0) |
ditto what minnapple said.... the "per hour" calculation is key. if the hours you save can be used to futher your primary business, it's a no-brainer. otherwise the calculation results in your earnings per hour being less than a housekeeper! housekeeper, gardener, and bookeeper; not only the time savings, but the quality of life enhancement has been major. good luck.
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