h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hullo, cleaning people.

I was wondering if maybe you could do me a favor and not touch/rearrange/move under a large pile of papers, anything on my desk or night stand. Please...

(cleaning person nods, exits, and returns shortly with another cleaning person)

Er,

(repeat simple request)

Great. Thank you.

(five minutes later much commotion as if a heated discussion were taking place...)

Er,

(walk in, ask if everything is alright, recieve nods in acknowledgement)

Okay. Good...

(exit. five minutes later there is a giant crash. I run back into the room)

What was that?!

Cleaning person: Nothing

(frantically look around the room for anything broken. everything looks normal...)





The moral of the entry;

Cleaning people will lose or steal your stuff. Or perhaps they just steal it but keep you under the assumption that they have merely moved it from atop your nightstand, for example, and into the bottom of the pile of papers you've been keeping since 1997. They also come early in the morning on Saturdays so don't bother trying to sleep in (especially if you have to clean up all the clothes off of your floor before they arrive so that they don't trip on your underwear or t-shirts).