We’ve all been there. Waking up feeling like your brain is in a vice, like your tongue was in a bowl of sand all night, and, for some reason, you’re naked and surrounded by beer cans and empty Chex-Mix bags. As you stumble around to find your pants, memories start trickling in, a solid mix of awesome and embarrassing. The bottom line is you’re hungover and conquering that should be your first move.
You ultimately settle for your roommate’s robe, with a half-empty RedBull in the pocket, because finding your pants seems to be impossible. Now it’s time to start assessing the damage. You had a wild night, but now that you’re snapped back to the real world you’ve got bigger problems. Your place (or your parents’ place) was trashed in the blur and you can’t handle the thought of deep cleaning the carpet or scrubbing the couch.
Luckily you booked the Morning-After Maids. You don’t have to worry about a thing.
Who are the Morning-After Maids? Rebecca Foley and Catherine Ashurst will show up to your house and handle the big problems so you don’t have to. They’ll deep clean and vacuum it all while you cuddle the pain away with their puppies, “Hangover Mascots,” and eat the breakfast they prepared you.
“We are just two girls who just work normal day jobs and go shopping at K-Mart,” a soft-spoken Ashurst told Mashable Australia. The service is currently only available in and around the greater Auckland, NZ area. As humble as Ashurst may be, though, the duo have apparently been getting offers to franchise the company globally. Like, immediately.
It’s an idea that’s prompting thousands of people to groan “Why didn’t I think of that?”
Foley and Ashurst are banking on your hangover being so bad that cost is an afterthought, and more often than not, they’re right. Initial booking fees range from $20 to $80 depending on the number of people you had at your bash. The maids then charge $30/hour for both of them to start scrubbing. Before they’re done, they add on the cost of travel to your pad and tack on a few extras (if you need them). Trash removal is $45, if your bin is full; cleaning up vomit comes in at $10 per area.
If you were too caught up in the rage to book in advance, you can order an emergency clean for $50 and even have Foley and Ashurst bring you food to make you feel all right again. It’s $25 a head for clean food — think granola and yogurt — or $20 for diiiirty food — think what you’d realistically order when you’re cripplingly hungover. They’ll also to do a fast food run for 10 bucks plus the cost of food. Cuddles with the duo’s puppies are thrown in free of charge.
All of this equals a pretty expensive hangover, but we’ve all had mornings where we’d pay double that.
(Via Mashable)
