How often do you sweep your floors?

Hello my friend It sounds to me your friend may have OCD ( obsessive compulsive disorder ) I don't know anyone that actually has this problem but I am familiar with it, when I was younger I use to have a thing with even numbers, if I touched you I had to touch you twice, or anything for that matter, even if I count it my head it had to be even, I grew out of it, I use to say to myself stop it, still sometimes I know it is there but I control it, not sure if this is called the same thing, I guess if I allowed it to take control it may have gotten worse. I consider myself a neat freak but this is beyond that.

Hi rosepedal, we have a maid doing the cleaning in the mornings, and in summers because our city gets very dry and dusty, I make her sweep in the evenings as well. However, if the house were to get dirty in between, like the dogs bringing in more mud, or children spilling something, I would sweep and clean it up. I also think the more the number of members living in the house, the more the house can get dusty and dirty, because of more footwear. This can also happen when the person has a lot of guests. Sweeping twice in two hours is admittedly on higher side, unless it was only at that time. People tend to be like that when they have done a major clean up job, or have moved into a new house. Once they realize that it is a waste of time like thea pointed out, complacency sets in. :) May be she felt ur house was very clean, and so she felt u might get a bad impression about her. Normally, here, nobody cleans up when the visitors are around. :) May be just then the dogs really did bring the dirt. :) Its a bit difficult to assess correctly whether or not she is compulsive.

No, I think she was just trying to send you a polite message that it was time to go. Perhaps she was not feeling up to having company or had other really urgent private matters to which she needed to attend. Some people find themselves unable to tell a guest the visit is over so they do these other little things trying to be polite and give a hint.

I think she is... if she says she can't stand to see anything on her floors.. then that's absolutely a compulsive cleaner, atleast when it comes to the floors. lol. I don't really sweep the floors that much, even if it's already obviously dirty. hehehehe.. I would probably sweep the floors if we're having guests or something.

We have two big dogs and some cats so I have to sweep a few times a day and I do it when ever I see a hairball. I will say that this get's worse when people are over and some may think I am as strange as you think this person was.

I think she is a compulsive cleaner. I tell my maid to clean our floor twice a day. One in the morning and once in the evening. Even if I see some dirt or paper bits I ask her to clean only that portion. I have an aunt who find work when she doesnt have any to do!! She takes out clothes from the wardrobe and again wash it...All day she spends doing cleaning work.

I probably don't do mine often enough. I used to keep things clean looking at least but over the past 2 years , housework has little by little become too much for me. One of the reasons is that there are not enough cupboards where I really need them, so stuff sits on the floor looking untidy and then cleaning the floor becomes too hard because I have to move everything...see my dilemma?? Any excuse not to do housework is a good excuse in my book. Unfortunately I prefer my house to be at least tidy if not scrupulously clean.

hi rose, i do the sweeping work every day to sometime an alternate if i am not feeling well. otherwise i just cant stand untidiness and all. if after my cleaning our baby spills somethings i immediately cleans it up and if i see a speck of something on my floor i am after all to clean the floor. my baby walks bare feet as she is too small to wear any footwear. i make her wear sandals sometimes but then too she removes . so i have to take care of cleanliness a lot.

Well... that depends. If you have messy kids that makes sense. I need to get myself one of those elegant looking cone dustbusters because I have a lot of tile and it's white. There are times when I sweep or use my shop vac more than once or twice during the day. I don't think I would feel as inclined if my tile wasn't white - you see EVERYTHING on white. And no, I did not choose white tile. We were cursed with it lol.

Send her to my house please. I sweep my floors about once a week and I vacuum about twice a week. Unless my honey makes a big mess in the kitchen there is not much to be sweepinf for all the time

That does seem to be a bit too much for two hours. Usually I vacuum and stuff only once a week at most. I mean, dust and other stuff does build up, but isn't it easier to get rid of it all at once rather than cleaning multiple times for the same amount of grime? In your friend's case, it is a bit more compulsive than most people would be, but I do know of people that are really touchy about keeping their possessions clean, so I'm not bashing her behaviour or anything, I'm just saying that I probably wouldn't do the same thing.

It is okay to sweep floor even as many times as you liked. :) But with visitors around, I'll get shy if I'll do that. LOL! Maybe shes compulsive and can't stand messy area and doesn't want so much clutter around.I hope she won't be too compulsive and have it as a habit.

For me with several kiddos and an infant in the house, with hardwood floors i swiffer twince day minimum and mop floors with wet swiffer once day. For me it does bug me if the floors are dusty or have things on them.

I do a maximum of 1 time a day. And I don't sweep on sundays. When I was in my Secondary school, its Principal was a retired army man and so was so strict. He taught us that we should not be shy in doing whatever our duties are. He taught that we should keep our houses clean and so he used to give sweeping training in theLunch hours to the bad behaviour students. His strictness rurned many BAD boys into GOOD boys. I still remember him very much.

i dont like such over doing...i clean it twice a day..in the morning my maid does it..both brooming and mopping....and in the evening i do it...our homes are not so dirty as to keep doing it again and again...if i do it so many times...how will i get time to do other things like my online work, my children's studies and many more things...

hi rosepedal64! well i sweep my floor when i notice that there are so much dirt in my room... since i don't really like sweeping dusts because i am allergic to it once i inhale the dust i won't stop sneezing until it causes me to have colds... that is why my mom always gets mad at me. she don't get to understand why i don't sweep that much...

Oh she sure is! Well it a safe stand that some people prefer to take. Cleanliness is next to Godliness they say. Well I don't even sweep my floor, I stay in a hostel and there are housekeeping staff that does all the cleaning everyday from 8am to 12pm.

i guess theres something wrong with her lol. i only swept in the morning from room to outside or every corner. then if in case of dirt then thats the only time i will sweep again to take it off. as far as i know theres already a problem with it when it comes to psychological disorder though just minor one..

I often swept my floor but i do so if my house floor so dirty. I think it is her habit to do it. She has a positive habit, but if she has a guest in her house it is a polite in east culture to do not swept in front of our guest.

My mother has a chemical inbalance in her brain she used to clean sweep mop everyday before the doctor found her the right medicine this lady has mental issues that is for sure maybe OCD. That means obssessive compulsive Disorder. If there is not mental illness you might want to ask her if she is OK and if there is anything going on in her life with her family friends etc. I sometimes would like to sweep everyday if there is a mess but twice a day in really a waste of time if there is that much dirt coming in then you might as well let it till the next day.