That’s it!

Enough is enough.

Since workmen/tradesmen/repairmen are incapable of understanding what a doormat is used for (no it really isn’t ok to use the carpet instead). Nor are they able to wash their own clothes apparently (No I don’t believe that you’ve got that dirty so far today, I’m your first call remember!). So I’m going to sort them out.

From now on I think I’m going to be making any tradesmen/repairmen (or women) strip at the door. If they don’t wear underwear, well that’s just tough, they’ll know better for next time. Then while they fix (or break) what ever it is they are there to look at, I’ll throw their clothes in the washer and teach them how to use it in future.

Am I the only one who is sick and tired of having to clean the entire house everytime someone turns up to fix something?

The other day someone came to fix four drawers in the bathroom. Now we are taking moving about 4 screws in each drawer here. Nothing complicated, nothing terribly messy.

Wrong.

There was mud and cement dust in the porch, in the passage, up the stairs, in the bathroom and even in the kitchen.

So I vacuumed the house from top to bottom on Tuesday.

Today the guy came to fix the oven.

Today I had grass and mud tramped through the house. So once more, out with the vacuum. And once more, what was the only item devoid of any kind of dirt? The doormat, where else?

So if you hear anything about a sudden increase of nude workpeople in England. It’s probably here, and I doubt any of them are working like that voluntarily.

Oh how my heart bleeds.

Save it for Oprah.

And of course, once you learn to clean your clothes, and use a door mat, or even take your shoes off… Then you can have your clothes back.