No, not because it's probably haunted.
Next to the women whose only worry was to find a husband under fifty years old who netted a gross income of 10,000 pounds a year the life of a maid was pretty darned busy! The full-length skirt is modest enough for Victorian standards while the bright white apron would make any Mistress proud.Traditional Maid Costume for Women It might sound like a hard career but when compared to the alternative Victorian jobs for poor women which include washerwoman and brick maker, it wasn't half bad. Just remember to dust behind that vase on the mantelpiece, trust us, those high-class ladies will check! After that, they'd be running around until past dinner time: cleaning the house, helping their mistress's into their ridiculous gowns, and helping in the kitchens. Do you ever see one of those huge mansions and shudder? You should shudder because of how much hard work all those floors, annexes, and terraces represent.