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Glad to help with a little input. To me, it's good to see you truely interested in learning to do a very good job and do your best. I do have another tip. Nearly everyone has some type of idiosyncrasy about how things should be done in their home and they are going to want you to do things their way. This could be anything from hospital corners when you make up the bed, to coordinating the clothes in the closet. There may be a better or faster or easyier way to do something, but if they want you to do things a certain way, make sure you follow their instructions. My own personal fettish is the way my cast iron skillets are washed. I have yet to find a housekeeper who will do it my way. And if they are not properly washed, they stick like crazy and are difficult to use. I think I may of once done a tutorial about washing cast iron skillets here at Xisto. But every housekeeper I've ever had insists on doing it their way, and they all seem to think they know best. I can't tell you how many times I've heard, "well, that's the way I wash mine" when they mess up one of my skillets. This comment is usually followed by, "I don't use my cast iron skillets, because they stick" Duh. Yet they won't listen to me and wash them in a way that prevents them from sticking. Funny skillet story. I told one housekeeper that I didn't want her to put my skillets in the sink in dish water. So one day I walked into the kitchen while she was working, and she was standing over the sink with the skillet raised up over the sink and was splashing soapy water up onto the skillet. I couldn't believe that one. I caught another housekeeper washing the skillet in the sink and when I told her about it she insisted that it was ok because there wasn't soap in the water anymore, saying, "see, look it doesn't bubble anymore." Just because the water isn't bubbly doens't mean the soap is not there anymore. I can't believe she thought the soap would magicly dissapear after it was put in the water. Anyway good luck with your job.

14 and you are worried about giving your teen life away to help your family? you just turned a teenager for gosh sakes. who knows, you may learn something as a teenager by helping your family where otherwise you wouldn't have learned a thing. i know for me though....if my family needed me, i wouldn't turn my back on them. sounds like you have resentment issues that exceeds just trying to make a little extra income as a teenager to help with things.kids don't have a choice to be born in to this world, but that doesn't mean that they should seperate themselves with the problems the world is already facing. would you rather be spoiled and hold a silver spoon in your mouth and not have to work a day in your life?if there is something going on here besides your own selfishness, i would like to hear it. in 4 years, you'll be 18 and be able to do whatever you want without having expectations being put on you. you will still be a teenager too! but are there other circumstances here? are your parents emotionally abusing you? are they physically abusing you? are they not fit parents?if they are trying to do their best or if there have been unfortunate circumstances that dictate that they have to swallow their pride to recieve a little more help from people they wouldn't otherwise expect help from, then maybe you should reconsider your mind set.your 14. i am not trying to put you down. i understand your concern about not being able to do what other kids do or doing what you want to do fully as a early teenager. i mean working will take away from spending time with friends or other hobbies you might have. personally, i am not fully understanding what your parents are wanting from you. usually as a 14 year old, you cannot hold a regular job legally. do they have a family business? do they want you to collect cans or get on your bike for a paper route? do they want you to work around the house for them so it gives them more time to bring in a better income?you really weren't too specific but i have a feeling this post was more of a vent than anything too serious about jobs and careers.....the category you posted in. obviously you are too young for a career, so tell me what kind of job or jobs we are talking about here.