Southern California running low on servants

[TechBear_Seattle]

Southern California running low on servants

LOS ANGELES — The rich might be getting richer, but their lives are hardly trouble-free. In Southern California, there aren't enough servants to go around.

Wealthy families need more chefs to prepare meals, more maids and butlers to serve them, more housekeepers to keep mansions tidy, and more nannies and night nurses to tend offspring.

"I just filled nine positions, and I could have filled another nine immediately," says Christopher Baker, who runs Christopher Baker Staffing in Los Angeles.

"The wealthy are living larger than ever. Forget about second homes. Now you have a third home, a fourth home. And these aren't little shacks. They need staffs."

The article continues at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003659959_servant10.html

[babylonsister]

1. My heart bleeds - NOT! nt

[MikeNearMcChord]

11. We are not in a Weimar Republic

Try France pre-Bastille Day 1789.

[Donnachaidh]

2. GASP! You mean they might have to clean their OWN toilets?

OM*F*G!!!!!

[KansDem]

5. Not nearly as difficult for them...

For starters, their shit doesn't stink.

[BulletproofLandshark]

3. Don't expect much sympathy from us proles.

Sounds like someone needs to learn how to cook their own dinner and vacuum their own floors.

[valerief]

4. Heaven forbid they pay someone a liveable wage to do that work! nt

[tanyev]

6. More jobs for unemployed tech workers!

We're so lucky to live here.



:sarcasm:

[TahitiNut]

9. ... and new college graduates!

Gotta love that "trickle down" economy!

[aquart]

7. The illegal alien revenge.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. OMG!

The wealthy are living larger than ever. Forget about second homes. Now you have a third home, a fourth home. And these aren't little shacks. They need staffs. :grr: Tell me again why these people need tax cuts?

TIME TO RESCIND THOSE UNNEEDED TAX CUTS, YOU GREEDY A$$HOLES!

[displacedtexan]

10. That was a fascinating read!

Thanks!

I especially enjoyed the storyline of the woman who is now
in a position to choose which family will pay her $80K +
benefits per year to run a household.

[The2ndWheel]

12. To tend offspring?

I like the sound of "spend time with your child" better. To tend offspring sounds so distant and clinical. Then again, that seems to be the society we're building, so that makes sense.

But hey, life is give and take. You want 4 houses so large that they each need growing numbers of staff, then you won't have any time with the offspring that are in one of the houses, but not quite sure which one.

[eShirl]

13. if the rich are getting richer they can afford to pay more to fill those positions

I guarantee they could find enough "help," at the right price.

[bdamomma]

14. too bad, they will just have to take care of themselves.

[wicket]

15. Must be nice

:eyes:

[Deep13]

16. Will the horror of these times never end?

:nopity: