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Did you cancel your cleaning help because of COVID-19?

Yes
32 (47.8%)
No
22 (32.8%)
I would but my wife won’t let
13 (19.4%)

Total Members Voted: 67

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Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« on: March 22, 2020, 11:31:10 PM »
I understand many women need cleaning help in order to stay sane, especially these days.
However, if we are going to practice social distancing, it’s not logical to have cleaning help going house to house spreading germs. (If you have a live-in, you can keep her :) )
From what I hear, most of my neighborhood didn’t cancel their cleaning help.

Did you?

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2020, 11:32:37 PM »
our CL canceled day 1 as she needs to babysit her child
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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2020, 11:33:06 PM »
I understand many women need cleaning help in order to stay sane, especially these days.
However, if we are going to practice social distancing, it’s not logical to have cleaning help going house to house spreading germs. (If you have a live-in, you can keep her :) )
From what I hear, most of my neighborhood didn’t cancel their cleaning help.

Did you?
worth getting sick to have them come  :) :)

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2020, 11:35:10 PM »
Did you?
Yes, mostly because she's older and I think it's too dangerous for her to come to my house.

Although
it’s not logical to have cleaning help going house to house spreading germs.
was definitely a concern as well.

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2020, 11:40:17 PM »
Cancelled my carpet cleaner from CH but offered to pay him for the service as if he came and he can clean our carpet at a later date.
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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2020, 12:02:08 AM »
Mine cancelled herself

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2020, 01:33:38 AM »
We canceled today after having symptoms.

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2020, 01:57:19 AM »
whoever cancelled theirs can you send her my way  ;D??
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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2020, 06:23:57 AM »
Only on DDF does 24/6 mean 24/5/half/half

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2020, 07:13:50 AM »

Did you?
Yes, shes older and takes public transportation. Cleaning ain't fun!

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2020, 10:19:16 AM »
Should be another option for the vote. Never had one to begin with.  :(

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2020, 10:40:32 AM »
PLEASE STOP!  How can anyone even think of playing with fire by letting in an outside person?? 

Here you are staying at home to protect yourselves and your loved ones, washing hands a million times a day, standing an annoying 6 feet away from everyone...and then...
1.  You let in someone who has been to countless other homes? 
2.  She has family and lives with others. 
3.  How many people has her husband been around at his work? 
4.  How many kids do her children play with? 
You have had her for so many years and know her so well, but WHY sacrifice your family? 

Pesach will be different this year.  It is up to US to alleviate the pressure and tell our families that this year is going to be different.  It is our job to protect our families.  We need to be understanding, have rachamim on the wives, and accept (without comment) the level of orderliness in the home.  Since everyone is home anyway, maybe we can actually help, too! 
CHOMETZ FREE, NOT SPOTLESS.

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2020, 10:49:28 AM »
I canceled mine when Lehman went under in 2008 and help DW since

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2020, 12:05:41 PM »
We canceled ours for 1 week while our kids were in quarantine. She came friday we gave her gloves and she had her own mask. I will continue to use her so long as we think its safe. I know we're not the only house she cleans, but this is her only income.

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2020, 12:15:43 PM »
We canceled ours for 1 week while our kids were in quarantine. She came friday we gave her gloves and she had her own mask. I will continue to use her so long as we think its safe. I know we're not the only house she cleans, but this is her only income.
If you're worried about her getting through these difficult times, you can pay her for a couple weeks even if you don't have her come.

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2020, 12:17:46 PM »
If you're worried about her getting through these difficult times, you can pay her for a couple weeks even if you don't have her come.
I’d imagine most people are more nervous that if they cancel her now, they’ll lose her forever.

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2020, 12:30:29 PM »
We canceled ours for this week. Not sure what next week will bring, but we'll pull through this somehow...

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2020, 12:37:15 PM »
Ours canceled yesterday as she didnt want to risk anyones health.  It was the right thing to do but now I feel even more overwhelmed with having to take care of the house, work full time, and homeschool 3 kids :(

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #18 on: March 23, 2020, 12:41:32 PM »
Ours canceled yesterday as she didnt want to risk anyones health.  It was the right thing to do but now I feel even more overwhelmed with having to take care of the house, work full time, and homeschool 3 kids :(
It's tough. Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine a thread on this topic especially this time of year!

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Re: Did you cancel your cleaning help?
« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2020, 01:22:42 PM »
We canceled ours for 1 week while our kids were in quarantine. She came friday we gave her gloves and she had her own mask. I will continue to use her so long as we think its safe. I know we're not the only house she cleans, but this is her only income.
Chesed begins at home, no?  Are you more worried about her income than putting your family at risk?