So I posted on craigslist for a maid, fully expecting email after email from people interested into getting paid for cleaning my dirty ass cave. One person, whom I’m thankful for has come into my life and blessed me with correcting my political alignment. A true master of concern for the human condition. Some call them pussies, but I shun them and say this guy is just what the world needed.

Here is the ad:

I moved up a few months ago for a new job. I need a maid to come help me today to do two things I cant’t find time for.

1) clean my 1br apartment of 600 sq feet. I’m not that messy, I’m barely here. It’s just bad right now.
2) run my linen and clothes to the laundry. I can pick them up in the evening.

This is a once a month gig. Please email me your offer with three references.

Thanks!

• Compensation: Please offer your price
• it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:58 AM, <@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY — AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid:  wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info:  http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

You might find good people if you change your request from maid to asking for personal assistance, household or domestic services. The term maid is just not used anymore and has a negative connotation, as does the word servant. Some people actually use that too. Good Luck.

Tiring of handling my job and responding to an overwhelming well qualified people, I needed a break to deal with this message above. My reply to him/her:

I dont give a fuck. I need a maid so I asked for one. Sensitive?

To which he replied:

I was only trying to be nice and help you. I thought you might be an elderly gentleman who was used to using that term and maybe didn’t understand that it had been changed for the sake of the sensitive nature of this kind of home assitance.  It’s Toadkickers and Assholes like you that caused the change in the first place. So much for thinking you might actually appreciate the advice and take a mature attitude in receiving it.

What else can I say. I guess old people are the only ones who get maids? Cleaning a house has some sensitive things, I don’t doubt that at all. But basically this person feels that the term maid is offensive, even though thousands of businesses have it in their name. The major phone book publications have this category in them (I used to do some database dumps and cleanups for the publishers to flow the data into the layout).

If I’m an asshole for inciting change then thanks for the compliment!

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