Comments on: Quick Tipp - sweep week

By: ifuel

ifuel — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:41:09 +0000

You’re not getting the concept. This is not about cleaning. It’s mostly about making everyone believe you are cleaning. So, make noise, leave water on the stairs, show off.

By: CPB

CPB — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:59:54 +0000

I live in Stuttgart and I’m American so I didn’t know all the “rules” to Kehrwoche. I was cleaning the stairs in our building. I began with the landing on my floor and swept to the landing on the lower floor. While I was sweeping the lower landing a lady came out of her apt. and started yelling at me that I shouldn’t be cleaning her landing.

1st of all in America when somebody cleans MORE than they are supposed to people will definitely thank them first and then tell them that next time they don’t have to clean xyz….

But here she yelled at me to be SURE that next time I stop at the last stair and not to touch her landing.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:47:19 +0000

Yeah, I am from Ba-Wü. Thanks to my parents I never had to live in a house with multiple families. Maybe because they hate “Kehrwoche” as much as I would hate doing it.
Now I live in a dorm and think maybe it would be better having “Kehrwoche”^^…
In the 2nd floor (3rd floor for an american) they already have this beautiful self-made sign “putzdienst” even though we are not forced to clean anything. maybe swabian people have that in their genes. even though they hate doing kehrwoche, they cant abolish it.

but you americans: come to swabia! it’s beautiful, we have nice castles, cute historic city centres, you will meet lots of americans and we can be quite nice even if you might not notice at first

By: Johanza

Johanza — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:21:24 +0000

The Kehrwoche don´t there is only in baden
i live in sachen anhalt an i´m civilized, darling
we have in our house a kehrwoche, too an this is underdone uncivilized

By: Dubbidubbidu

Dubbidubbidu — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:28:04 +0000

“If you have to live in Germany, live in Bavaria.” -

Horrible idea! Why should anyone want to live on the Balkans?

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:37:40 +0000

I have Kehrwoche here in the north of Germany. And I promise I will never forget. Otherwise I´d be an outlaw for life in my neighborhood.

By: Nadine

Nadine — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:04:37 +0000

If you live in an upper scale appt., a janitor or professional cleaning service is included in the Nebenkostenabrechnung. I’d rather pay for the service than having to clean the stairs myself - and I’m not fond of snow shovelling during the cold season.

By: Otja

Otja — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:03:20 +0000

Kann Micha nur zustimmen.
Ich wohne in Halle, und auch hier muss man nicht so peniebel sauber machen.
Wenn man eine Eigentumswohnung hat, liegt es natürlich an einem selbst, ob man bei der Hausordnung (wo jeder der in dem Haus wohnt mal damit dran ist) selber Besen und Wischlappen schwingt oder eine Putzfrau damit beschäftigt.
Dabei muss man nicht etwa die Mülleimer putzen, sonder nur z.B. das Treppenhaus putzen, Fenster wischen, und wenn vorhanden z.B. Laub vom Hof fegen beziehungsweise im Winter den Schnee zusammenschieben und etwas streuen, damit Jeder ohne gefahr zu laufen auszurutschen das Haus verlassen kann.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:25:58 +0000

You have to live in Switzerland. They can teach the Germans a lesson or two when it comes to Kehrwoche.

By: Micha

Micha — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:50:26 +0000

Wer solche briefchen schreibt, sollte 24-7 zum tragen von zipfelmützen verpflichtet werden
Eine solche blockwartmentalität habe ich auch außerhalb vom Schwabenländle (was ich zum glück nicht kenne!) erleben müssen. Jedoch habe ich solche “netten” briefchen erfolgreich jahre lang schlicht ignoriert. Blockwarte empfinden es unerträglich, wenn die treppe nicht gereinigt ist und erledigen das halt irgendwann von selbst. Und beschwerden eines ständig nörgelnden mieters beim vermieter über einen denkbar unkomplizierten stillen mieter verlaufen IMMER im sande *hehe*