Maids on the Spot Blog
Important Dates in the East Valley
The History of Mesa, her Shotguns, and her Shotgun Weddings, brought to you by Maids on the Spot. In the year 2001, the first year of business for Maids on the Spot, my very young daughter asked me if she could have a shotgun wedding. She had never been afraid of guns...
Policies & Procedures
Did you know that every company you have ever bought from or worked with has two volumes of thought, written or unwritten, that you will likely never see but often experience? For example, have you ever called a company and left a voice mail and they never called you...
How many clean sides does your mop head have?
Take a regular 12 x 12 terrycloth cleaning rag. Fold it in half. Then fold it again. How many clean sides does that rag have when you wipe any surface? If you said 4, you’re forgetting the reverse side of the rag. * clean sides. Now take the stick mop you own. How...
I would like to say, “WE ARE GENIUS’.”
In about 1 month, Maids on the Spot will start its 20th year in business. We have survived 9/11, an eight year recession, an on-going pandemic, along with the every-day foibles of a fickle industry. I would like to say, “WE ARE GENIUS’.” If only we were… The true fact...
Should I hire a cleaning company for my rental property?
Which of these 5 suggestions about prepping and turning your short-term rental have you not considered? Short-term renting can be a beautiful thing… or not. Whether you’ve “been there and done that,” or you’re “going there to do that.” You’re embarking on a journey...
What’s in a Name?
What is in a name? Do you know how the cities of Mesa or Gilbert got their names? What about Amazon or QT or Starbucks? Or even Maids on the Spot. You probably don’t know but equally important, why should you? It doesn’t really help you. Yet these companies spend...
“I’ll have what she’s having!”
“I’ll have what she’s having!” Quiz… Those 5 words made you: SmileChuckle Laugh out loudWant to go re-watch When Harry Met Sally so you know what you’re missing. If you answered C. I bet you can even hear them delivered by Estelle Reiner, the movie director...
Euphemisms
BAD EXPERIENCES WITH HOUSE-CLEANING SERVICES I saw it on a bumper-sticker months ago in Mesa, Arizona. Then on a tee-shirt in Gilbert, Arizona. I’ve since heard it expressed more and more with passion… and a smirk from Queen Creek to Chandler Arizona! So I had...
8 Years Old
Last week, my grand-daughter Ruby turned 8 years old. For me, that was 53 years ago. In that year, minimum wage was $1.60 and a Big Mac would take .49 cents out of that $1.60, Roy Jacuzzi invented the… you guessed it, the Jacuzzi, and Captain Kirk kissed Lieutenant...
Give the Gift of Time.
Call us today and get a gift certificate for your loved one. (480) 218-6687 Mesa, Arizona 85209. Serving the Mesa, Gilbert and Queen Creek.
Schoolhouse Rock
Schoolhouse Rock Years ago when dinosaurs ruled the earth and phones had cords, long before I lived in Mesa, Arizona, my Saturday Mornings found me glued to the family TV screen in the little town of Roy, Utah. Irresistible to a 10-year-old boy were Grape Ape, Johnny...
Let me tell you a true story. I’ll provide the lyrics. You can decide on the musical ambiance.
You memorized and sang this slightly altered yet still demented nursery rhyme over and over before you turned 5 years old. Can you guess the original lyrics? Sing it with me… The three rodents with impaired vision The three rodents with impaired vision Observe how...
We outlasted Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show.
Yesterday was my wife, “M’s” birthday. I can’t tell you her age but in “dog years,’ she’d be 285 years old and John F. Kennedy was the President of the United States. Our marriage has outlasted Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show. Mr....
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