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MerryBlooms

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1. Such bs lol

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 03:56 PM

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People should be making that money?
The ones doing the grunt work of all those people. The folks who have to Google what they're in charge of? They always make the most $$$

How about, paying a living wage to the person to cleans your house? Takes care of your kids?
Ope! They getting rounded up by your favorite president, and also, shot in the head, because they exist.

Yeah, we way outta whack priority wise in this country.

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Such bs lol MerryBlooms Tuesday #1

My cleaning couple gets $100/hr. Takes them 3 hours to clean my house. Raftergirl Tuesday #5

$50 each seems reasonable. They bust their ass the whole time MerryBlooms Tuesday #6

They do a wonderful job and we aren't slobs so my house isn't that hard to clean. It's also only one floor and Raftergirl Tuesday #7

Its awesome they're making a living wage. Healthcare, business MerryBlooms Tuesday #8

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Vital work source. AI not taking care of elders either. Or, our disabled MerryBlooms Tuesday #9

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My kid was in the title of Manager, Sales Operations, until he got promoted to Director of Business Operations. Raftergirl Tuesday #4

"Resistant", not "proof"... LudwigPastorius Wednesday #10