i can only think of one reason why people will insist that you can not trust cleaning help….its called racism. if you have such a problem with it, hire someone jewish to clean for you. believe it or not, there are frum people who clean houses. then you avoid all concerns, and you can give a yid parnasa 🙂
I don’t think I am racist – but your comment sort of implies you are. I don’t really trust anyone (except for my family and friends) to be alone in my house. The temptation is often far too great for people. Many cleaning ladies are poor and taking a few quarters wont necessarily matter to YOU but it might really help them out. Are there honest people out there? Sure. Are there honest people who give in to temptation? Yes. I don’t think most people are theives by nature, but if you put someone in that situation…
I’m curious about something. If you worked for an employer and, as part of your job, you were told to never, ever go into the conference room, would you go if there was no chance of your being caught and you wanted something in the room?
Wolf, I try to follow my employers rules. Sometimes though, I give in to temptation (and lets say use the internet for more than my lunch hour). The difference is, with kashrut, a small transgression makes something traif – I can always make up my time by staying late.