Butlers

madison avenue · Mar 3, 2008

One word if you get a butler he has to be like Jeffrey from The Fresh Price of Bel air. If you watch some episodes when he was not it butler attire he wore some nice sports coats!

globetrotter · Mar 3, 2008

I had an intersting conversation on Sunday - one of my son's school friends mothers is a "household manager" for a family that has 21 live in servants. I guess that is the modern equivelent of a butler.

it was intersting, she was working on a book that they have made to give to each of the servants that explains who they do everything in the house - how the beds are made, how the tables are set, a list of the 100 most common house guests and what their preferences are, how often each room is cleaned at when, etc. very interesting. she said that they have a real problem getting people who are really "servants" - that for most of the people they need to train them to know how to act. I honestly didn't think that there were many households like this in america anymore.

imageWIS · Mar 3, 2008

Originally Posted by globetrotter

I had an intersting conversation on Sunday - one of my son's school friends mothers is a "household manager" for a family that has 21 live in servants. I guess that is the modern equivelent of a butler.

it was intersting, she was working on a book that they have made to give to each of the servants that explains who they do everything in the house - how the beds are made, how the tables are set, a list of the 100 most common house guests and what their preferences are, how often each room is cleaned at when, etc. very interesting. she said that they have a real problem getting people who are really "servants" - that for most of the people they need to train them to know how to act. I honestly didn't think that there were many households like this in america anymore.

I'm sure there are less than before, but the high-upper class can still easily afford such luxuries. I wonder how many servants Hearst had at San Simeon or the Vanderbilt's at the Biltmore Estate.

Jon.

Roy Biggins · Mar 3, 2008

I have always wanted to be a butler... Someone please take me.

the_butler · Aug 24, 2008

Butlers are alive and well and growing in numbers as the "New Money" find them a must have. There are about 70,000 people calling themselves Butler at the moment though good ones are hard to find as there is no set in stone course that you must take. Imagine a chauffeur that has never taken a driving test!! http://www.a-butler-for-all-occasions.co.uk/

JetBlast · Aug 24, 2008

I have seventeen 19-year-old Egyptian virgins that take care of my every need.

JB

RJman · Aug 24, 2008

Originally Posted by JetBlast

I have seventeen 19-year-old Egyptian virgins that take care of my every need.

JB

Augusto is 19?

Matt · Aug 24, 2008

Originally Posted by the_butler

Butlers are alive and well and growing in numbers as the "New Money" find them a must have. There are about 70,000 people calling themselves Butler at the moment though good ones are hard to find as there is no set in stone course that you must take. Imagine a chauffeur that has never taken a driving test!! http://www.a-butler-for-all-occasions.co.uk/
best first post spam ever. Welcome to the forum!

DocHolliday · Aug 24, 2008

Originally Posted by JetBlast

I have seventeen 19-year-old Egyptian virgins that take care of my every need.

JB

If they're virgins, they're not taking care of your every need.

eg1 · Aug 24, 2008

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Jesus.... how rich are you two?

When I was a kid I had to do the dishes myself.... and one summer, I broke the dishwasher, and as a lesson I had to do the dishes every night by hand! Woe is me.

We never had a dishwasher. I also washed our kitchen floor by hand.

JetBlast · Aug 24, 2008

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

If they're virgins, they're not taking care of your every need.

Touche

JB

Augusto86 · Aug 25, 2008

Originally Posted by RJman

Augusto is 19?

celery · Aug 25, 2008

The CEsspool makes sooooooooo much more sense now.

Augusto86 · Aug 25, 2008

Originally Posted by celery

The CEsspool makes sooooooooo much more sense now.

Just a heads-up, friend - I'm 22, not Egyptian, and certainly not a virgin.

RJman · Aug 25, 2008

Originally Posted by Augusto86

Just a heads-up, friend - I'm 22, not Egyptian, and certainly not a virgin.

Fencing camp doesn't count.

"This one time, at sabre camp..."

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