Officer - someone cleaned my house!
Now why didn’t I think of this:
Man calls police after phantom visitor cleans and paints flatFrankfurt (eCanadaNow) - A mystified 45-year-old German called police after he returned to his apartment to discover that the walls had changed colour and someone unknown had cleaned out the refrigerator and polished the mirrors, but left all his valuables untouched.
Wary Frankfurt police wondered Thursday evening if elves had slapped a coat of white paint over the previous yellow, but then discovered a painter’s job ticket lying on the kitchen table … to renovate the next-door apartment.
The landlord had given the wrong key to the painter, who did not notice either that he was in the wrong flat, police said Friday.
Too bad it was an accident and that they found the culprit - this would be an incredible prank. In America the painter would probably be arrested.
Imagine phantom house-cleaning becoming a trend. Covert gangs of no-doubt gay miscreants sneaking into your house to clean the bathroom and make change your towels. Or someone mysteriously mows your lawn and takes out the trash.
Back in Art School days we used to cash the checks from our summer job, drive into town and throw large amounts of cash at panhandlers, people waiting in lines and anyone who looked like they could either use a handout or needed to lighten up. It was hilarious. Even the most decorous crowd would dissolve into chaos under the influence of a hand full of dimes.
But we never thought of sneaking into someone’s house to organize their closet or sort their records by artist. That my dear, is ART!