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The Cleaning Ladies of Europe

By Joshua Errett

europeancleaning.jpg(Phone ringing)
European Cleaning Lady: Hello, European Cleaning Lady, how may I help you?
Customer: Hi, I’m looking for the south of France. Doesn’t necessarily have to be Bordeaux, but around there.
ECL: I’m sorry, but that lady is out of the office today. Can I interest you in the Portuguese or Italian lady?
Customer: Well, you see, I live in a cul-de-sac, so I wanted my European cleaning lady to have some knowledge of French.
ECL: We have an excellent lady from Luxembourg. She isn’t fluent, but she can get by.
Customer: No no no. I changed my mind. Somebody from England, please.
ECL: I’m sorry. But this isn’t English Cleaning Lady, it’s European Cleaning Lady.
Customer: England is in Europe.
ECL: I’m afraid they are not full members of the EU, thus disqualifying any UK cleaning ladies from this agency.
Customer: You’re mistaken. England is a member of the EU, and if you make it a policy of not hiring English cleaning ladies, I’m going to have to report you for discriminatory hiring practices.
ECL: Hey, look buddy, why don’t you call me back when the UK adopts the Euro? Okay? Then we’ll talk.
(CLICK)

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  • jc

    Is this supposed to be funny? Because it’s lame.

  • Josh

    yes, lameness was the intent.

  • yourname

    I really don’t get this.

  • bigfoot Mamet

    me think you funny.
    not lame, unless you mean bum leg.
    you next Harold Pinter.
    Next stop Pulitzer!

  • http://www.tao.ca/~jody Jody

    I don’t know if I’m being obvious or oblivious but I see those signs all the time, and they drive me bananas. Isn’t “European” just another way to say “not brown”?

  • Josh

    yes jody! that’s kinda what i wanted to say, just not in the ‘this is so wrong’ kind of way. not sure if yourname and jc thought it was only a stab at comedy, but there are many different levels to my writing. VERY deep…

  • http://Yank@bell.ca Yank

    So is this supposed to be funny? The person who worte that little skit should committ suicide. That’s how lame it was. I passed kidney stones funnier than that piece of S%$#

  • geo

    Jeez people, lighten up already. It made me smile…