Noosa and Sunshine Coast cleaners and animal groomers reveal crazy jobs

Frontline service industry employees have spilt the beans on what it’s like working for A-listers as well as some of the most bizarre demands they’ve fielded.

Employment in service industries dominates the job market in Noosa and the Sunshine Coast and the frontline staff have collected their fair share of horror stories.

According to the Bureau of Statistics, in the Sunshine Coast the top five employment industries include hospitals, aged care residential services and cafes and restaurants.

In Noosa, the top two employment industries are cafes and restaurants and accommodation.

Our service industry workers have spilt the beans on outrageous things they have encountered in Noosa and the Sunshine Coast.

Cleaners

Boom Cleaning AU

Committed cleaner Shea, who would only give his first name, said he had once been called to a Sunshine Coast nightclub to clean up a storeroom because a drunk punter had mistaken the area for a toilet when doing a number two.

From a person pooing in a nightclub storeroom to shaving a mullet on a cat, employees are spilling the beans on outrageous jobs and dealing with A-listers.

The cleaner said the man was disturbed by staff.

“He kind of just freaked out and ran out the back door and left his pants,” Shea said.

“He left his wallet and phone and everything.”

The cleaner of Boom Cleaning AU said some of the holiday homes he attended were also “pretty wild” and one thing instantly made a room look like a crime scene.

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“You think people have left half their skin on the bed but it’s actually fake tan,” Shea said.

Fellow cleaner, Dean, said some of the scenes he had walked into in high-end holiday homes were also confronting.

Once, a couple of guests had not taken “one ounce” of food out of the home in five days.

“It’s five days’ worth of food on the benches,” Dean said.

“They ran out of counter space and started using rooms and everything.”

Dean said these were the horror stories and most cleans were fine.

“Most people are good, most people are courteous,” he said.

Sunshine Family Bond Cleaning

Peter Walker of Sunshine Family Bond Cleaning has owned his business for six years.

Peter Walker and his wife, Maria, enjoy bond cleaning and have found some interesting things that people leave behind.

A more unusual bond clean he had experienced he had coined the “pizza house”.

He had to use a high-pressure hose on the inside of the home and it looked like someone had tried to make pizza on the walls.

Peter Walker cleaned Hey Hey It’s Saturday’s Jacki MacDonald’s Sunshine Beach home before she sold it earlier this year. Picture: Richard Walker

Mr Walker said he had cleaned Hey Hey It’s Saturday’s Jacki MacDonald’s Sunshine Beach home prior to her sale earlier this year.

“She was really nice, she was great,” he said.

Hey Hey It’s Saturday's Jacki MacDonald sold her Seaview Tce, Sunshine Beach, home earlier this year. Source: realestate.com.au

During another clean in a Sunshine Coast home, Mr Walker said he had found a “high-end toy” a woman left behind.

“We rang the real estate agent and said ‘some of their possessions are still here, they should come and get them’,” he said.

The cleaner said he enjoyed dealing with rich people.

“They don’t sweat the small stuff, they just get on with it,” Mr Walker said.

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The cleaner said bond cleans were their most satisfying work.

“We run it like a military operation and find a way to get through it,” he said.

Animal groomers

Fantastic Felines Cat Grooming

Angela Hunt, an animal groomer for a decade, said she was once asked to shave a mullet on a cat.

“It was a black domestic long-hair and the owner wanted to do something different,” she said.

Animal groomer Angela Hunt once had a request to shave a mullet on a cat.

The Fantastic Felines Cat Grooming owner said the cut suited the cat.

“I did a mohawk on a border collie when I was a dog groomer,” Ms Hunt said.

“I told them that I’d do it only if you told no one it was me who did it.”

The groomer said she liked making cats look good.

“They strut around afterwards, cats are so vain, they show themselves off,” Ms Hunt said.

Pet Grooming Yandina

Jaguar Attard is a third-generation animal groomer.

“I’ve been in salons since I was a baby,” she said.

Genevieve Attard and her daughter, Jaguar, have learnt animal grooming from Genevieve's mother, Janice Joyce. Picture: Letea Cavander

The 18-year-old manages her mother’s business, Pet Grooming Yandina, that has been open since March.

More unique requests included nail painting some dogs and fashioning a mohawk on a cavoodle.

“The husband decided he always looked cute and fluffy and wanted to try something different,” Ms Attard said.

“The wife picked him up and was shocked to say the least.”

Ms Attard’s mum, Genevieve Attard, said the rule at their salon was they followed the instructions of whoever dropped the animal off.

Originally published as Noosa and Sunshine Coast cleaners and animal groomers reveal crazy jobs