When I used to be a child my folks forced me into spring cleaning. I was a bit of a brat and resisted at any cost. My work was generally spotty and my elders had no problem telling me which did not necessarily always inspire me to try any harder.
My sister and I had house cleaning chores almost every weekend already but spring cleaning was always the worst mostly because we were continually reminded of the character we were building. I now look back on those times and know that while some character may have been developed it was mostly merely a simmering abhorrence for home maintenance and home cleaning equipment.
My 2 most hated chores by far were floor sweeping and cleaning mirrors. To this day I continue to cannot stand using a brush. My problem was that I usually saw more filthy spots or smudges on the mirror and could never seem to make them go away regardless of how hard I attempted, grime escaped the bin and mirror smears stayed. I used to beg my elders to hire a house maid, housekeeper or contract house cleaners but they just giggled. Hard cash does not grow on trees, I was regularly reminded.
While attempting to teach me a karate kid type of lesson in washing my mom had me do my own laundry and washing. This did not last long as instead of cleaning my shirts and pants I just continued to wear dirty clothing to middle school. The smell of polishing our silverware lingers in my memory like a buzzing fly that won’t disappear.
The one chore that I was good at and enjoyed was mowing the yard. This was entirely because lawn cropping gave me my allowance and I could make extra dollars cutting our neighbor’s yards.
It is possible I am being too cruel, my young life was not so bad. Like I said I was a bit of a brat and thought that I was above chores like dusting, shaking out carpets, and mopping floors. In all truth I will most probably do something similar to my youngsters but more out of secret vengeance than the actual belief that it builds character.
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