No judgement, just life

Wanda Woodard — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:36:54 -0400

Absolutely, CM. When I decided to share this particular short chapter of my life "moving beyond" I did not set out to "judge" the women who work in this field. It is certainly the hardest work I have ever done, uh, with the exception of childbirth. Women who clean other people's houses for a living are to be commended. I am grateful and very happy that I had other choices.

It's amazing how we see how

Guest — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:19:52 -0400

It's amazing how we see how others have lived and when we are privy to their circumstances, ours don't seem so bad... I'm not saying that we should judge who has had an easier life by any means, but it certainly helps me to appreciate my upbringing, my family, and my life on the whole... CM

Maid in Tennessee

Wanda Woodard — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:00:39 -0400

Job hunting sucks. You have to keep giving, giving, giving, and until you get a job offer, you get nothing back. There's lots of rejection, unreturned phone calls, as you lose your sense of self worth with each passing day.

And then, your family, who does love you, tells you to do the unthinkable, yet again. Apply for a job as a maid. A maid?! A maid?! What is happening to my world?

Desperate times call for desperate measures. My poor brother had already forked out several thousand dollars to keep my children and I fed and under our own roof. It was a difficult situation at best. He loved us, but he and his wife were not prepared to continue to completely support another household, and I had no right to expect it. So, I started calling the local maid service companies.

Now here's the thing: With so many of my past interviews I'd been told time and time again that I was overqualified. And I was, and I knew it, and they knew it. And to a potential employer that means you get labeled as a risk.

And, who could blame them? They were right. Office jobs, secretarial stuff, assembly lines — one look at my resume and you know that this chick will not be with us long. I'm not bragging here. I am who I am, and that's a woman with 28 years of broadcast television experience in sales, production, news, and marketing.

But, lo and behold, a local franchise company took a risk and offered me the opportunity to scrub other people's toilets, stoves, floors, doors and baseboards along with mopping and vacuuming and a little light dusting. Please, who wouldn't want this job?

I started almost immediately. I arrived early. To make a good first impression I was spiffily dressed in my dark blue shorts and pink and white striped buttondown shirt with white socks and pristine white sneakers.

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