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does your housekeeper have annoying habits?
tod123
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Many of you will be aware that I had to change my housekeeper a few months ago.
The current one is great , can't fault her , she trained as a chef as well so my lunches have cheered up no end.
The trouble is she hums , by that I dont mean she has poor hygiene, but she is always humming , and its very annoying really.
If it had been the former I could have found 100 different ways to suggest deodorant in a kind way, but how on earth can you request a person stops happily humming?
The current one is great , can't fault her , she trained as a chef as well so my lunches have cheered up no end.
The trouble is she hums , by that I dont mean she has poor hygiene, but she is always humming , and its very annoying really.
If it had been the former I could have found 100 different ways to suggest deodorant in a kind way, but how on earth can you request a person stops happily humming?
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You dont come across as someone who minces their words tod. Why not just say 'xxxx can you stop humming please, I find it distracts me from my very important work'. Job done, simples!The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own, no apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.0
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You need to get a long stick out of the hedge, no thicker than your thumb mind, and every time she starts humming give her a good thrashing, that'll stop her.
May have some slight effect on the quality of your lunches though
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:rotfl::rotfl:Many of you will be aware that I had to change my housekeeper a few months ago.
The current one is great , can't fault her , she trained as a chef as well so my lunches have cheered up no end.
The trouble is she hums , by that I dont mean she has poor hygiene, but she is always humming , and its very annoying really.
If it had been the former I could have found 100 different ways to suggest deodorant in a kind way, but how on earth can you request a person stops happily humming?
sorry but is this a serious question?0 -
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sorry but is this a serious question?
Of course not this is a tod thread. He does brighten up a dull as dishwater jubilee weekend though, bless him
The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own, no apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.0 -
My housekeeper is fine, however the butler is very, very annoying!This is an open forum, anyone can post and I just did !0
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In a strange way I kinda with she did stink , that would be simple. I could buy her a nice perfume gift set from John Lewis.
This humming lark has become a bind , I was in the Kitchen on my laptop last Friday and she was humming 'Bermuda triangle' by Barry Manilow , so I turned up the radio , but I could still hear her0 -
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My upstairs maid whistles when she walks!This is an open forum, anyone can post and I just did !0
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Tod sit down with the housekeeper and have a chat over a cuppa. Admit that you have a few annoying habits and suggest that if you agree to stop one of yours she could stop humming. Expect her to give you a long list to choose from, and maybe a slap round the chops for not instantly getting that you dont think she smells
A small price to pay for being able to live in peace though isn't it.The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own, no apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.0
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