Filch vs. House Elves and Extracurriculars

[Anne]

No: HPFGUIDX 54624

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Marci" <blackgold101 at y...> 
wrote:

> thinking about the house elves, seems like their main function is 
> food, taking the kids' belongings to their rooms, possibly 
laundry.  
> Some cleaning as well, but maybe they come out after a certain 
hour, 
> so not to be seen.
> 

It would appear (or not, since they are rarely seen) that the house-
elves do a lot of their work while the kids are in class. The kids 
leave their dorms at (I'm guessing) 7:30 or so for breakfast, and 
then might not return until 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the earliest. The 
house-elves would have plenty of time (IMO) during those hours to 
handle all the laundry, cleaning of rooms etc. Though I'd bet, unlike 
the custodial staff at hotels, they don't wander around with 
pushcarts full of dirty laundry, cleaning supplies etc :-)

Anne U
(wondering whether/how SPEW might progress in OoP)