I've spent the morning working in my office, and part of that time has been to clear out some space to file some new materials. Getting rid of paper in order to stash paper. I can't imagine anyone else making sense of my papers, or figuring out what I'd want to keep. The result would be useful stuff thrown away or a general stack that makes no sense. So if I had a cleaning person coming through to do floors, dust, etc., here and now, I'd still expect to handle my own papers.

There are so many reasons why someone hiring a cleaner would still go ahead and sort and clean ahead of time. As Susan and others remark, it's sharing the work with someone, and having them do the part that requires the least instruction but is still labor intensive. It makes sense to divide the labor according to who will do what job best.

This discussion of hired cleaners shouldn't be confused with those who have households and full-time employees to regularly maintain the people living there. I haven't a clue as to who would decide what goes where under that circumstance.

SRS