Post by tufta on Jan 12, 2011 9:28:15 GMT 1
Excuse poor quality of the language it is an automated translations. But I thought it is still worth citing in the context of our recent disputes 
//Confessions of a Polish cleaning lady
Aleksandra Rybińska , Małgorzata Zdziechowska 12-01-2011,
Polish woman wrote a book about her experience as a cleaning lady."The Germans are arrogant and stingy," - says Justyna Polanska
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Broken fingernail, a mummified hamster, used tampons in a state of decay, half a chicken, dog vomit, two wisdom teeth and the package of skwaśniałym milk - these are just a few examples of what can be found in German homes. "Every day we get to know the dirty secrets of my clients" - says
32-year-old Justyna Polanska who cleans up for 12 years in Germany. On Monday, released her book "Under the German beds" (published by Knaur).
Polka describes her experience in her work. Co można znaleźć pod łóżkami klientów, jakie kryją tajemnice. What can be found under the beds of customers, which are hidden secrets.Who drives an expensive car, whose fridge is empty, who betrays his wife or husband.
Behind the facade a mess
Came to Germany 12 years ago in search of a better future. – Being in Poland, I thought that the Germans are so clean and orderly, while in fact the opposite is true: the facade is a mess - it says "Republic". But is this way: always work with gloves. Just in case, keep a few spare pairs in the car. Cleans with lawyers, judges, and even policemen. Everywhere in the black. Working week from 40 to 50 hours, so you earn 1500 to 2000 euros a month. As he says, to the best customers are those who have come to something in the life of their own work. The worst are the nouveau riche. Once the whole family sat on the couch with lemonade in hand, to watch her, like washing windows.
Sometimes that gets out of date for Christmas meal or two bottles of mineral water without bubbles.This, however, is still bearable. – Worse, when the men go naked with me, even when she is nearby. Working in German homes, experienced at first hand what the Germans think about the Poles.
They think that we keep up with the theft, cleaning, or prostitution - he says.
Often customers also argued, they have no money to pay, but have just returned from shopping in New York.
Form of psychotherapy
One asked whether Poland is a coca-cola. I answered that when the morning we descend from the trees, sometimes you can find empty cans left by tourists from more developed countries - she laughs. Sometimes people are responding to the announcement, to learn that she was Polish, shouting: "Scheiss Pollacken" and throw the handset.
This is one of the reasons why she wrote the book. – I wanted to throw it all away from you.I was hoping something will change. It was a form of psychotherapy - he says.A friend helped her find a publisher, and come up with a nickname (a book published under his real name, but a false name for fear of losing customers.) The book can be bought for less than 9 euros (36 gold).
"Under German beds" is not the first book dealing with the experience of people working in low paid jobs. In recent years, prevailed even the fashion for this kind of fiction. A year ago, in France, the book became a bestseller, cashier Ann Sam. For eight years, 29-year-old woman with a university degree worked in a supermarket in Rennes.In his book, "Tribulations of a cashier," she wrote of contempt customers. People do not treat me like a man "- says Sam. At night she dreamed that he was sitting at the counter and moves the goods at the tape. She followed his hand over his blanket and cried, "Piip" or "Do you have a loyalty card?". Customers threatened her her children. "You see, darling, if you do not learn well, you will like this lady cashier."Today, no longer sits at the counter and do not miss the old job. //
//Confessions of a Polish cleaning lady
Aleksandra Rybińska , Małgorzata Zdziechowska 12-01-2011,
Polish woman wrote a book about her experience as a cleaning lady."The Germans are arrogant and stingy," - says Justyna Polanska
[img src="http://grafik.rp.pl/grafika2/592583,613404,3.jpg
Broken fingernail, a mummified hamster, used tampons in a state of decay, half a chicken, dog vomit, two wisdom teeth and the package of skwaśniałym milk - these are just a few examples of what can be found in German homes. "Every day we get to know the dirty secrets of my clients" - says
32-year-old Justyna Polanska who cleans up for 12 years in Germany. On Monday, released her book "Under the German beds" (published by Knaur).
Polka describes her experience in her work. Co można znaleźć pod łóżkami klientów, jakie kryją tajemnice. What can be found under the beds of customers, which are hidden secrets.Who drives an expensive car, whose fridge is empty, who betrays his wife or husband.
Behind the facade a mess
Came to Germany 12 years ago in search of a better future. – Being in Poland, I thought that the Germans are so clean and orderly, while in fact the opposite is true: the facade is a mess - it says "Republic". But is this way: always work with gloves. Just in case, keep a few spare pairs in the car. Cleans with lawyers, judges, and even policemen. Everywhere in the black. Working week from 40 to 50 hours, so you earn 1500 to 2000 euros a month. As he says, to the best customers are those who have come to something in the life of their own work. The worst are the nouveau riche. Once the whole family sat on the couch with lemonade in hand, to watch her, like washing windows.
Sometimes that gets out of date for Christmas meal or two bottles of mineral water without bubbles.This, however, is still bearable. – Worse, when the men go naked with me, even when she is nearby. Working in German homes, experienced at first hand what the Germans think about the Poles.
They think that we keep up with the theft, cleaning, or prostitution - he says.
Often customers also argued, they have no money to pay, but have just returned from shopping in New York.
Form of psychotherapy
One asked whether Poland is a coca-cola. I answered that when the morning we descend from the trees, sometimes you can find empty cans left by tourists from more developed countries - she laughs. Sometimes people are responding to the announcement, to learn that she was Polish, shouting: "Scheiss Pollacken" and throw the handset.
This is one of the reasons why she wrote the book. – I wanted to throw it all away from you.I was hoping something will change. It was a form of psychotherapy - he says.A friend helped her find a publisher, and come up with a nickname (a book published under his real name, but a false name for fear of losing customers.) The book can be bought for less than 9 euros (36 gold).
"Under German beds" is not the first book dealing with the experience of people working in low paid jobs. In recent years, prevailed even the fashion for this kind of fiction. A year ago, in France, the book became a bestseller, cashier Ann Sam. For eight years, 29-year-old woman with a university degree worked in a supermarket in Rennes.In his book, "Tribulations of a cashier," she wrote of contempt customers. People do not treat me like a man "- says Sam. At night she dreamed that he was sitting at the counter and moves the goods at the tape. She followed his hand over his blanket and cried, "Piip" or "Do you have a loyalty card?". Customers threatened her her children. "You see, darling, if you do not learn well, you will like this lady cashier."Today, no longer sits at the counter and do not miss the old job. //