What do you call a “cleaning lady” who whizzes through the house like an Olympic class runner?
When you invite her to join you for a cup of coffee before she starts work, she disappears.
Not wasting a minute while she waits for the coffee to brew.
She whizzes by broom covered with the cloth, sweeping up the spiders on the ceiling.
(I never knew I had spiders! Who looks up!?!)
Hire Arlene as your cleaning lady and you've hired a whirling dervish. A speed demon.
A top-of-the-line GLEAM specialist. Not to mention Interior decorator. Financial expert. 'Personal advisor.'
But most of all, her greatest claim to fame: famous New York City undercover 'sex betrayal sleuth'!
Back in the days, she fell in love with an unemployed actor.
Moved with him to Harlem, and lived with him in his mother's apartment while she looked for work.
Two years later, now working in two accounting firms (thanks to her accounting diploma from Concordia University), she had the money for a one room apartment in Downtown New York.
They made friends with the young people who lived there and every weekend went to the club.
And there is where it happened. Her boyfriend was seating opposite her as they enjoyed their drinks.
He was looking straight at her....not really.....he was looking behind her....
to the gorgeous stripper in the club!
In one moment flash, Arlene had the total picture and planned her attack.
The next day, she put her plan into effect.
Posing as the head of a casting agency, she called the club. “I’m from ABC casting. We're looking to cast your lead dancer in a TV commercial. Would you have her phone number?”
“No problem.”
That night around 10 pm Arlene called the stripper's number.
“Hi, I’m from the ABC casting agency, we’re looking to cast Andy in a TV commercial.
Do you have the telephone number where i can reach him?”
“No problem, he’s right here.”
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Game over. She had her prey. No escape.
“Andy? This is Arlene. Don’t let me disturb you.
But you’ll find your stuff in a garbage can outside the apartment house.!”
Mission accomplished!!
POSTSCRIPT:
Arlene came back to Montreal 4 years later, vowing never to look at another white page with figures on it.
And NEVER TO work as a prisoner in a 9-5 job.
She vowed to establish her independence.
And she did.
With 2 cleaning jobs a day four days a week.
And working the other 3 days as a top commission sales woman for a linen store.
Enough money left over to put in the bank for a down payment for a condo!
And it doesn't end there
The next goal?
To retire in a few years - and with the money saved up buy...a
Winnebago! Free as the wind!
