When you are a guest at a person's home do you offer to help out?
By magnet
@magnet (2087)
United States
July 22, 2007 10:44pm CST
When I am a guest at someone's home and they offer me a place to stay and prepare a meal for me. I always pitch in and help the host clean up and wash the dishes and I clean up behind myself. I don't believe that the host should have to wait on the guess hand and foot and clean up after the guess the entire time.
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@orli1301 (33)
•
23 Jul 07
Yes, i always offer to help if i'm a guest in anyones home. Even if its just lying the table. I remember being invited to stay over at my sisters the Christmas before last and we both cooked for 14 people. The kitchen was quite small as well, but we managed somehow. Although, at the time we were a little miffed that no one offered to help with the clearing up or the dishes.
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@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
23 Jul 07
Hi there. Im exactly like that. I dont believe I should be waited on hand and foot, especially when being a guest in someone elses home... I will always get up and clean after myself, I will do any dishes that need to be done, I will help with practically everything and feel good about it, without expecting anything in return for it...
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@ladysurvivor (4746)
• Malaysia
23 Jul 07
Me too. I would help preparing the dish and cleaning up afterwards. I will also help in cleaning the house like sweeping, laundry and cleaning the toilet. I have to do it because if I dont' I will feel guilty.
@AcousticSoul (1309)
• United States
23 Jul 07
I feel the same way thats in my nature also .. I think your host would appreciate that and want you to come back more often
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@crochetmehappy (143)
• United States
18 Aug 07
I always help out. I've had people comment on it because I will even start picking up the toys that the kids are done playing with while they are still playing with something else. I don't like when people come over and just sit there while we do all of the work so I try really hard not to do that to anyone else.
We had one person come over with her kids for a playdate. They took out every toy we owned and had them all over the house (there was no cleaning up after them fast enough) then they turned around and said ok it's time to go and left us to clean everything up. That was the day that I vowed to never let anyone feel like that when we came over because I never wanted those people to come over again because they left such a mess.
@magnet (2087)
• United States
19 Aug 07
I've also had visitors to come over and they allowed their kids to make a mess. Since the parents did not say anything I told their child in front of them that since you help make the mess you are going to have to help my child clean it up and you need to do it before you leave.It took them 30 minutes to clean it up but I did not care,because we work hard to keep our house clean and I don't want people coming over thinking it's okay to make a mess. The next time they came over they told their child to clean up and after they finish with a toy to put it up immediately,so I believe that they got the point.
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
26 Jul 07
Yeah, I am all about helping out when I can. I am not good at just sitting down and let someone serve me unless it is at a restaurant.
