Showing posts with label slaves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slaves. Show all posts

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Servitude

I am 100% anti-slavery. I think indentured servants also have it rough. I think having butlers and maids is absolute stupidity and the height of laziness.

Yet... If I could have just a little help, for just 1 hour a week, what would I ask of such help?

Iron my clothes.



I hate ironing. I have to iron countless shirts and pants to appear professional each day every week, and I am terrible at it, and to do it just slightly above the level of pure, wrinkled trash, I spend WAY too much time on this menial, superficial task.* And for all I try, I can never get certain spots just right. No amount of steam or extra heat can help.

I hate, and suck at, ironing. Forced servitude is wrong, but for just 1 hour per week (I'd even pay them a small sum!) someone needs to do all my ironing.

If you had such help for just 1 hour per week, what task would you relinquish?

*No, the reason it takes me so long is NOT because I iron under water.