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Originally Posted by 33girl
Not all towns have cleaning services, and some that do, have extremely sketchy ones. Even the big ones (Merry Maids and The Maids) around here have really spotty reputations - the consensus seems to be that the company name means zilch, it depends on whether or not the person you get is a good worker. I would seriously worry about theft with something like that.
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We're spoiled like that -- Edmond, OK is a pretty affluent town. There are a ton of cleaning services around -- although you're right, many are shady. Your best bet is to find a service through referrals only.
We once looked at a cleaning service, but instead, we went to a chore list. There'd be a rotating list of chores with a rotating list of names. Some guys volunteered to always do certain chores (like yard work).
I'm pretty sure that when we get our house built and everything, a cleaning service will be used for the common areas of the house. Whether your chapter house is clean or dirty is something which can have incalculable impact on your campus standing, not to mention the fact that keeping the place clean is a pretty cost-effective way of delaying expensive maintenance.
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Besides, I can't think of a worse lesson for 20 year old guys than "pay a little more $$ and you can continue being hogs while someone cleans up after you."
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I believe our old house rules, I'm not sure how they are anymore since my involvement with our house corp. is minimal, stated that at any time a resident's door was left open, if his room was not clean and orderly, he'd be subject to a fine. I think that's a fair way of doing things -- if someone has their door closed, they're not affecting your chapter's reputation one way or the other. If that door is open? That room becomes an essentially public place.
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Definitely have rotating jobs for the common areas - and lock up the washable dishes and put disposable plates, cups and silverware in the kitchen. (Yes I know the environmental issues, but until they get things together, it's better than someone going psycho and throwing out perfectly good dishes that need washed, as we had a member who tried to do that.)
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Concur. It's also workable to have a rule that nothing gets "left" in the kitchen -- no dishes allowed in sinks, no "soaking" of dishes, etc. Also, if one needs to get anything out of the dishwasher and it has clean dishes in it, unload the whole damned thing. If it's full, run it, etc.
Just a little common courtesy can go a long way.
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