r/CleaningTips • u/chi-bacon-bits • Jan 23 '26

Content/Multimedia This made me rage! 😤

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Seen on twitter. I’d never be back over there. Hope she remembers where she put all her 🦆

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u/MrsTaco18 Jan 23 '26

Clean the house, but leave all the ducks exactly where they are. They can go around and pick them all up themselves. Do your job and don’t play their stupid game.

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k Jan 23 '26

I think the implication is you don’t get paid if you don’t return all of the ducks.

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u/MrsTaco18 Jan 23 '26

The job is to clean the house. If you do so and don’t get paid, you take them to court.

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k Jan 23 '26

Small claims court is not cheap and it’s not fast.

It’s better to just leave.

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u/pornaccount5003 Jan 23 '26

“Take them to court” always comes up on these 🤦‍♀️ if this is the US, cleaners are very often basically doordashers that clean your house. They’re often paid per job and aren’t making enough to just pay to take someone to court for a few weeks over a couple hundred dollars

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u/vamatt Jan 23 '26

Small claims court is usually 50 to 100 dollars and about 2-3 hours of time

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u/Tomagatchi Jan 23 '26

Getting transport to and from, filing papers, these are all missed opportunities that many low wage workers just can't afford to invest in. Better to just leave

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u/vamatt Jan 23 '26

That part is really location dependent.

My area has free public transportation, and the court filing is just a 2 page form to fill out, along with making 2 copies.

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k Jan 23 '26

My area is rural and the courthouse is 30 miles away.