I pay my cleaning lady for one full-day visit a week, all she ends up doing is mopping the floor, and cleaning the bathrooms since I hardly ever remember to wash my clothes in time for her to iron. She doesn't cook, of course. I provide breakfast.
At 800 DOP a day I know I'm overpaying for dominican standards, but it has never bothered me because I know it's still cheap. Sometimes I help her buy some stuff she couldn't afford on her own, like a washing machine or a fridge, and I take half her weekly payment until it's paid off.
Lately however, I'm suspecting she's stealing from me. Food, mostly, which doesn't bother me that much because I know she has 4 kids to feed and little income. But I'm wondering how long this has been going on, and what else besides food might be in peril. She's been almost 3 years with me and has a key to my apartment. Oh well, that goes to show you can never trust anyone.
you have been labeled a sucker.
My cleaner mops the floors, cleans the toilet, does at least one if not two loads of wash, changes the sheets and she is still done by 2 pM
this is why the gringos are such a mark.....