Recently I hired a professional cleaning company to clean my home. We agreed on the price of $79. They only take cash.

So they came and cleaned and then it was time for them to get paid and leave. I handed them a $100 bill expecting $21 in change back. They said they don’t have any change at all. I only had a $100 and a $50 so I could either overpay them by $21 or underpay them by $29. They didn’t do a particularly good job at cleaning so I didn’t want to leave a $21 tip this time.

Eventually I found some coins and managed to pay them $73 and they left angrily.

It seems to me like if your business only accepts cash then you ought to have change. Yet they acted like it is my responsibility to have exact change. Which is it?

  • fergiejr@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Yup I charge $47 an hour with a min $138 per job.

    Some of my jobs are a bathroom wipe down and mop for post construction like after leaks and stuff.

    $138, clean up after the contractors, often out in about 90 mins.

    But it’s a good service for the restoration companies who don’t wanna babysit contractors and no one should ever believe a contractor leaves a site clean haha 🤣

    • Sensitive_Rule_716@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Never thought of doing that for a cleaning job but it’s a good idea!

      I had to clean an Airbnb while knowing in a few days some tradies were coming in to each bedroom of the house installing aircons and fans. I told the owner good luck with that one, I don’t have time to come back and fix it, so you’re gonna have to deal with that one. 😂

      • fergiejr@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Haha yeah for sure.

        I don’t have any Airbnbs but the post construction and turn around cleans from my property managers that use me keep me pretty busy.

        Only have 1 drs office and hopefully will expand because those are really good money it seems.