but those japanese floor mat... but a cautious thinking for u..: she is like you a human being of a different country...Katieg wrote:We are about to employ a live in domestic helper. Her room is an awkward size and a normal size single bed won't fit - slightly too long and too wide. Has anyone else found this is a problem in a maid room and do you have any solutions?
All ideas very welcome. Thnx
Yes... get the maid a larger room! Why would you have her live in a closet? Maids are often poorly treated here. Does your maid have aircon, at least at night? Does she get time off? Can she have friends?Katieg wrote:We are about to employ a live in domestic helper. Her room is an awkward size and a normal size single bed won't fit - slightly too long and too wide. Has anyone else found this is a problem in a maid room and do you have any solutions?
All ideas very welcome. Thnx
You may well be correct, 10 years, that I have jumped to a conclusion. What got me were the words, "slightly too long and slightly too wide". What I see here is a closet size space that's not long enough for a standard single mattress, and if she shortened the mattress, the closet is so narrow that there wouldn't be room for anything else if a standard mattress were installed. This is pretty small... and quite typical of maid's quarters in some houses.beenhere10years wrote:Katieg,
The other posters are jumping to inane and unfounded conclusions. You ask a valid question. The fact that you are asking at all shows that you are compassionate about doing the right thing. Is the room really too small? If it truly is, then it's time to go to Plan 'B.'
I have lived in some beautiful high rises where the maid's room was tiny but she loved it -- we were fair employers, she had her own space (which was unheard of in her 'house' in the Philippines and we were right downtown. It worked out very well. Listen to that inner voice, it'll tell you what to do.
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