What kind of cleaner are you? When it comes to cleaning each and every one of us falls into a particular category. From the obsessive compulsive clean freak to the utterly disgusting we all have our own level of what we consider to be clean, so where do you fit in?
Well at one end of the scale are those who put cleaning at the top of their to-do list every single day. These are the people who can’t bear to see a crumb on the floor and will think nothing of following you around with a dustpan and brush completely unaware of how insulting this may be. Their home is their palace. Minimalist, as clutter just accumulates dust and we can’t have that! They routinely empty their kitchen cupboards to sanitize the shelves, their oven looks as spotless as it did the day it was purchased and their wheelie bin is so fresh you could bathe in it. We have all met someone like this, although you have probably rarely been to their house as they generally don’t make visitors feel very welcome, they will probably whisk your empty cup away before you have even finished drinking. Maintaining such high standards is not easy and inevitably comes at a price. Cleaning products have to be incorporated into the monthly budget and each time a new product comes onto the market they need to be the first to offer a comprehensive performance review. Cleaning to this degree takes up the majority of their time and allows little room for spontaneity or social activities. The dishes must always come first!
From this we plummet to the dark and scary depths of filth. Those people who NEVER clean. I’m sure you remember the popular television show How clean is your house? Well until this show hit our screens it was impossible to imagine just what disgusting conditions a human being could actually survive in. We are talking maggots in the oven and the sink, worktops littered with mouldy plates and cups, overflowing litter bins and worst of all dog mess trampled into the carpets! Yet these people were almost oblivious to the mess around them and were actually insulted by peoples reactions when they entered their homes. This is of course an unhealthy way to survive. Their homes must be riddled with breeding germs that cause all kinds of illnesses but some people really do live like this. If anything seeing homes like these made many of us feel much better about our own slightly less than perfect standards. For some, a bit of mess is what makes a house feel like a home, the lived in look rather than the sterile show home opposite.
Most of us fall somewhere in the middle between these two extremes. Although we enjoy living in a clean, fresh environment we can tolerate a bit of untidiness and there is no doubt you need to have your own belongings around you to make your house more homely. If you have children clutter is something you really do just have to get used too! In the average home the dishes are washed daily, the carpets are hoovered 2-3 times a week, the oven is cleaned every few months and the dog does his business elsewhere! This is considered a normal, healthy level of cleanliness that satisfies most people who have other more important things to be getting on with in their lives.
Well at one end of the scale are those who put cleaning at the top of their to-do list every single day. These are the people who can’t bear to see a crumb on the floor and will think nothing of following you around with a dustpan and brush completely unaware of how insulting this may be. Their home is their palace. Minimalist, as clutter just accumulates dust and we can’t have that! They routinely empty their kitchen cupboards to sanitize the shelves, their oven looks as spotless as it did the day it was purchased and their wheelie bin is so fresh you could bathe in it. We have all met someone like this, although you have probably rarely been to their house as they generally don’t make visitors feel very welcome, they will probably whisk your empty cup away before you have even finished drinking. Maintaining such high standards is not easy and inevitably comes at a price. Cleaning products have to be incorporated into the monthly budget and each time a new product comes onto the market they need to be the first to offer a comprehensive performance review. Cleaning to this degree takes up the majority of their time and allows little room for spontaneity or social activities. The dishes must always come first!
From this we plummet to the dark and scary depths of filth. Those people who NEVER clean. I’m sure you remember the popular television show How clean is your house? Well until this show hit our screens it was impossible to imagine just what disgusting conditions a human being could actually survive in. We are talking maggots in the oven and the sink, worktops littered with mouldy plates and cups, overflowing litter bins and worst of all dog mess trampled into the carpets! Yet these people were almost oblivious to the mess around them and were actually insulted by peoples reactions when they entered their homes. This is of course an unhealthy way to survive. Their homes must be riddled with breeding germs that cause all kinds of illnesses but some people really do live like this. If anything seeing homes like these made many of us feel much better about our own slightly less than perfect standards. For some, a bit of mess is what makes a house feel like a home, the lived in look rather than the sterile show home opposite.
Most of us fall somewhere in the middle between these two extremes. Although we enjoy living in a clean, fresh environment we can tolerate a bit of untidiness and there is no doubt you need to have your own belongings around you to make your house more homely. If you have children clutter is something you really do just have to get used too! In the average home the dishes are washed daily, the carpets are hoovered 2-3 times a week, the oven is cleaned every few months and the dog does his business elsewhere! This is considered a normal, healthy level of cleanliness that satisfies most people who have other more important things to be getting on with in their lives.
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