With a new roommate arriving in less than a week (and due to my own laziness and being not cognisant of the time) I did not adequately prepare for his arrival, and everything had to be perfect.
I began to freak out because the job that I had to do was a *lot* to do on my own, and this enormous and intense deep clean that I had wished I had prepared for sooner was suddenly up against a hard arrival deadline for my new roommate, and I found it too much to do on my own, and needed to ask someone to help me get through it.
It is incredibly difficult to find a cleaning service on such short notice, I have discovered, and I began to panic.
Luckily for me, V Squared was referred to me by a neighbour.
Even luckier for me, the gentleman that I spoke with on the phone, who said his name was Rudy, said that V Squared did not mind a short notice house calls, even for an intensive job.
After booking the appointment, diligently, he called to confirm, and I had to switch the day to the next day due to scheduling. He was completely okay with this, and as steadfast as he was the day before, he was in touch with me first thing in the morning.
The job that I had him do could charity be described as heavy lifting, both literally and metaphorically.
I'm not sure he knew what he was in for when he arrived in the early evening, based upon my description on the phone; I may have been embarrassed by the clutter, and I believe I may have been too modest about what actually *needed* to be done, which, simply, was a *lot*.
But, undaunted by the task, he simply asked to put on some music to work to and dig right in.
And he got right to work. And I mean, he got to WORK.
He spent seven hours with me, and he had only *expected* to be here for two, maybe two and a half, tops.
He stayed well into the early hours of the morning, after arriving for an early evening start, and although he didn't have to stay later, he did because he said, "It needed to be done."
And really it did.
But he did more than just simple housekeeping. I have never seen my bathroom sparkle before, nor my kitchen. It SHINED.
He organised, scrubbed, and we kept up a great conversation as he burned the midnight oil for me, when he didn't have to, all the while, bopping along to his upbeat music, which I also really enjoyed and appreciated.
The amount of effort that he had put in was at least triple what he probably expected to do. I actually was worried that I may have overwhelmed him, or worse, may have caused him to really screw me with the bill for staying so late.
However, I was shocked that he didn't ask for anything more than the amount I had already agreed to pay.
He quite literally (and in the literal sense of the word, "literal", too) saved my arse, and was a freaking superhero, didn't complain about when he might have expected just a steeper than most hill to climb and instead got a mountain, and dug right in and did phenomenal work. He showed up on time, was super cool about schedule changing, and stayed 5 whole hours longer than he had booked me for, simply because the job wasn't yet done, and he didn't leave until it was.
He was professional, friendly, he had a great sense of humour, and he also calmed my panick, not only through his work, but through his demeanour, and he got me to relax (I was freaking out over the impending deadline, now less than a few days away) and trust him to do his job.
Which he did exceptionally well. His work is exemplary, and I can now relax a bit LOL, which, thanks to him, will be in a bubble bath in my beautifully scrubbed, dubbed, and arranged bathroom.
I intend to book him again through V Squared. I am unaware of how many employees V Squared has, but Rudy deserves a promotion. Legit.
Really, my apartment is glistening right now and it ain't even Christmas, thanks to a good guy and a really terrific housekeeper superhero. read more