I am a 38 year old single mother with a 12 year old son. After my divorce, i found it hard to keep a job, mostly because I could only work part time. Wanted to be sure that I was at home when my son left for school and at home when he returned each day.
Most of these jobs paid minimum wage but it was enough to supplement the child support I was getting and keep my son and I in our townhouse. The company I worked for went through some bad times and I was once again out of a job.
I scoured that newspapers and online ads for local part time jobs but none would allow me the flexibility I wanted to take care of my son. Finally I saw an ad looking for house cleaners. It seemed perfect, two to four hours a day, flexible schedules and good pay. I made phone call and at 11am the next day I was sitting in a little office in the back of a strip mall in town.
"Jack Northrup." the man said as he stood to shake my hand.
"Janice Egan, nice to meet you." I said.
"Tell me Janice, why are you interested in this position?"
I went on at length about my son and my divorce and the need for flexibility and that I had no experience cleaning houses except for my own until Jack interrupted.
"You do realize that this is a topless maid service?"
I must have turned bright red but tried to keep my composure thinking that maybe it was his little joke. I do have large breasts for my relatively thin frame and perhaps this was just an off color remark about my busty body. But Jack went on to explain. The service he ran was indeed topless and nude house cleaning. He went on to explain that it was a totally legitimate business and that there was never ever any touching of the maids and certainly no sex.
I was amazed that this service existed and probably had my mouth open as he kept explaining. "The girls all come in whenever they need money and want to work. You get here at 9:30 and based on how many girls show up I give each a crisp $100 bill and the address of their assignment."
"Our clients pay me directly In advance for 1 hour of topless or nude housecleaning." "We don't do windows," he laughed "For obvious reasons."
I was slow to pick up his joke but soon realized that this was all for real and that a topless woman cleaning your windows would be, of course exposed to the outside.
"Are you interested?"
I said I didn't think so but I would get back to him if I changed my mind. With that another woman about my age who had apparently been waiting outside the office came rather hurriedly into Jack's office explaining that her first job of the day was done and could she work another that afternoon.
Jack introduced her as "Candy" which sounded like a stripper name to me and asked her to explain to me a little about the job.
Candy explained that is was the easiest job she ever had. "You get paid in advance, you show up at some nice guys house, take your clothes off and usually do dishes, dust or clean floors while the guy watches you. In an hour or less you leave and go home."
Jack handed her $100 and a slip of paper with a name and address on it and she was back out the door as quickly as she came in.
