Let's talk about house maid again. A little bit background info about my history with maid. I've been staying with maid since I was in primary school, when my parents left to work. I also experience hiring two maids to take care of my children. Here's the list of my bad experience with them:
1. Stealing
My first maid went back to Indonesia with my jewelries! I've hide my jewelries in a place that I assume nobody would ever think of. But she is smarter than me and she found it. I didn't check her luggage when she was leaving my house since I trusted her. At that moment too, she was upset with her lost as her youngest daughter died. But the heartless bitch ran away with my gold bracelets, necklaces and so forth!
My mother's maid stole my parents belonging. How we got to know about it? When we went to her house, we saw the painting that my father drew was hanging on her house's wall, the brother was wearing my father's shirt and many more. Why can't you ask?
2. Abuse
My brother been abused physically and verbally by the maid. I saw it and told my mother. She admitted it and apologized, But again, she did it again and again! Damn her!
3. Neglect the children
I saw with my own eyes that my maid pushed Maleec away when he went near the maid. It's normal for young kids to hold you now and then, but the maid just pushed him away. I was so sad with her behavior towards my son but I didn't say anything. Why? If I say something that she might not like, perhaps she will take the revenge on my kids when I isn't around. Therefore I just keep quiet.
I saw my maid was busy talking on the phone with her boyfriend and hold my 4 months baby with a single hand. At this point, I told her to put down the phone and pay attention to the baby. She gave me unsatisfied look!
Maleec was asking for more food and my maid just walked away from him without attending his need.
4. Busy body
My mother's maid can't wait to bring us to the playground in the evening. Why? That's the place where she met her friends, who were maids as well. They will gossiping about the domestic issues in each house. In the end, everybody in the neighborhood knows what's happening in my house.
My aunt's would eagerly come back from the playground when she heard a bad rumors about neighbor to bitch around with my aunt. I just can't see the point why you have to busy body about people's life. But later, I found the answer: the maid feels it is the only way to connect with their employee. Sad!
My maid will tell me every single detail on what happened in my in-laws' house when I was away at work. Even she ear dropping my father-in-law's conversation with his wife and children. Too much information!
5. Not appropriate attire and behavior
My maid was lying on the floor in the middle of my living hall, with her a skimpy, tiny blouse, exposing her tummy (not so flat!) while my husband was around! Need I say more?
6. Demanding
My maid only wants to wear the same products that I'm using.
My maid was choosy with food and I had to prepare special food to her sometimes as she didn't eat certain food, e.g shrimp, squid! Who's the maid now?
My maid demanded to have holiday on each weekend. Reason: she wants to go to Chow Kit to eat Indonesian cuisine! Halo! You have no holiday until you work for 3 years! And what is so tiring about your work? You don't have to cook. You barely clean up my house. And you have to look after my baby, but most of the time, my mother-in-law was the one looking after him!
7. Lack of capacity
My maid doesn't know how to cook, clean up the house, communicate with the kids; yet she demands for better salary! Wow!
8. Hygiene
My maid always need to be remind to trim her fingernails. She also needs to be remind to wash her hand after she did housework, before attending the kids.
I know some people are lucky to have a good maid. But I had a bad experience with them. I don't think they are fit to handle my children. And I wouldn't take the risk again to hire maid.
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