Having cleaning services is very common here in India, like a maid or a cook… or both, it is quite affordable.
It is also true that people from Monterrey (my hometown in Mexico) are said to be cheap. But in my defense, I don´t see why I should have someone over to clean twice a week because I´m just not that messy.
However, I must admit that it could be more the fact that they come at 6 am and I am in no way willing to wake up that early more than once a week.
So I got in touch with a maid with great references that normally cleans at least a couple of times a week and gets paid 2,000 rupees a month (By the way, 2k rs are about $45 USD, but hey, I don´t earn dollars I earn rupees!).
In fact, I heard of maids that clean up to 5 times a week for the same amount, hence, regardless of the amount of labor the target is always the same.
Whether my acquaintances are more affluent than me, lazier or dirtier, I don´t know. But here is what I proposed to her…
Evidently, I don´t expect maids to master the concept of marginal profit per unit of labor per unit of time, but I thought that simple math (dividing by two) was actually simple.
Anyway, back to my problem, she refused the offer…
Cleaning lady, anyone???
hahaha! thats one day you are taking away from her per week when she could dedicate that day and another to someone who will pay $2000 because probably no one else wants her just once a week. at the end of the month she wants to see 6000 instead of 5000. lol thats probably her math.
Totally, I even thought transportation costs, distance, etc. But the fact is that she is actually looking for more work and she cleans 3 apts 10min walking distance from mine! But this 2,000 rs just seem to be the standard and I cant seem to convince her =(