I got hired to clean a house where a dad lives with his two teenage sons. I thought it would be a simple in-and-out job… just come, do my thing, and leave quietly.
But the first day I walked in, I just paused and looked around like, “yo, we have a lot to do here” 😭
Everywhere needed attention, and before I could even stop myself, I switched from cleaner to commander. I started assigning tasks like I’d known them my whole life. “You, go and fix that closet.” “You, please sweep outside.” I just started directing traffic.
In my mind, I was convinced that was my first and last day. I mean, who sends their cleaner and she starts giving everybody instructions? I already told myself, “yeah, don’t expect a callback.”
But they called me back. Not only that, they gave…
the funniest thing i've ever said was on march 18th 2009 to my dad's cat and no one else was around to hear it. a car horn honked and he hopped off my bed and ran downstairs and i said "oh shit is your ride here" and laughed alone to myself for like five minutes straight