Rob wrote::roll: Why do i , when i'm reading this, get an overiding feeling of uneasiness?
This is so decadent!! A healthy (how old are you?) person getting people in to clean for them just to have more time to sit behind the computer is ,if i may be frank, upsetting.
Why not clean the house yourself and give the money you save to Children In Need?
Of course one could always do both but it's damn silly to employ someone if you've done the work yourself. If we all did the work we need to do to survive (grow food, build shelter, make clothes etc.) rather than employing someone to do it for us we wouldn't have any society let alone time to enjoy it. Just giving the money to charity stops there, giving people work enables people to help themselves and keep them out of the need for charity themselves and maybe make contributions of their own.
My mother worked as a Primary school teacher for many years, for some of them she was a single mother living with me in a two up, two down, outside WC terraced property and, after remarrying and having more children, she continued to work, and employ a home help, for all of that time, it pushed the money around. After my step-father made sufficient for her to 'retire' she continued to employ staff (by then three part-time housekeepers and two part time gardeners - it was a large house); it was a way to put into the local community some of the profits made internationally by my step-father's business. She also insisted in only buying from the local shops as she believed that for those like her, who were wealthy enough so to do, should do everything they can to support local businesses and, concomittantly, provide employment.
Currently investigating the Hillmans of Sussex.
Why do i , when i'm reading this, get an overiding feeling of uneasiness?
