Wash And Clean

My wife sweeps and mops the floor in the evening. Now, it should not be a big deal, except that I just did those a few hours before.

Apparently my idea of clean and tidy is totally different from hers. For her, a clean and tidy area means a sterile place that if a virus, bacteria, parasite or Kevin Federline dares to step into, they will be vaporized immediately by the gallons of disinfectants poured there. Whereas for me, it means an area where it's possible for me to find my TV remote control only after 2 minutes of digging through the pizza boxes and beer cans.
So every time my wife says to me,” I need to mop the floor, the place is so full of dirt", what I see is a bright healthy living room with floor that is clean enough to eat from.
So while my wife is diligently mopping the floor, I am continuously telling her "what for?" and asked her to join me to do something more important, such as watching Desperate Housewives on TV.

That also happens with the dishes. For me, a simple rinse for my coffee mug is enough, as it is going to be used again, by the same person, for the same purpose, with the same kind of coffee, 3 hours after it's first used. But my wife insists on cleaning it fully, with dishwashing liquid and all.
So for me anything that doesn't have a visible stain should be good enough to be used again, whereas for my wife anything that is ever touched by anything, including breeze of wind, must be washed thoroughly.

Then we made a working arrangement for this. I can do the dishes or mop the floor. But after that, she can inspect the work. If she spots any stain (and she usually does), she can redo the work, while I do other house works, which she will inspect again. And do again.
Seems like a good arrangement for me as she will be the one who does the work huh? Unfortunately she always has this ability to make me feel guilty about anything, including earth gravitation. So she definitely uses that skill every time she needs to redo my work. So I end up cleaning more thoroughly in the already-hygiene-and-sterile room.
And they say female is the weaker sex.