Tuesday, May 8, 2012

The Carpet Cleaners


Three bedrooms, average size. Shouldn't take too long to clean the carpets – or should it? The carpet cleaners came. A few normal spots on two carpets and one completely destroyed by a puppy. Three women came. They had two large cleaning machines with them as well as an assortment of other machines.
One woman was older. She held onto the spinning carpet cleaning machine for dear life, it running her rather than her running it. She had sweat dripping down her face. She came out of the bedroom several times to sit down and rest. I began to become afraid that she would have a hear-attack in my family room.
Back-at-it the women got down on their hands and knees with various small brushes and chemicals. The day began to pass. I wondered “How long can this possibly take?”.
Five hours. Yes, three women, two machines and five hours. But my carpets look incredible! Not a spot to be seen. Truly another cultural experience!

- Kris

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