I had a client just last year volunteer for the MAID program. I thought it was a joke at first. He was a snow removal client of mine 3yrs ago, never signed up the following year, and then just last year his daughter and wife called me asking to get on my schedule again because he was doing the MAID thing. 
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. 

He was a difficult client to deal with and went with another company that following year so I wasn’t too worried when he switched companies.
But when the wife and daughter had called me back, they both acknowledged the fact he was difficult and then proceeded to tell me about how he was participating in MAID. 

I guess he didn’t like my service, but the wife did. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Yes, MAID is very real whether this article headline is or not.