x9200,x9200 wrote:I think she meant that both herself and the maid can not be at home on Sundays. Hopefully the maid has at least one weekday off outside weekend.
No... in another thread were the OP is seeking a replacement for this maid, the OP states that she can only give off 1 day per month.x9200 wrote:I think she meant that both herself and the maid can not be at home on Sundays. Hopefully the maid has at least one weekday off outside weekend.
patsy_sg wrote:oh no SE, they can't get a day off because they'll steal from us/mix with other maids and learn all the bad things!! they're sub-human anyway so don't need a day off, can survive on 2 packs of instant noodles a day and can't ever miss their family, that's why they're can't call home cause their job performance will suffer if they talk to their kids and miss them!! what's wrong with letter writing??? it'll only take 3 months for the letter to get to her family and maybe another 3 to get back... but make sure you send the letter to a person who speaks tagalog/bahasa to translate first in case she is sayiing anything bad about her employer!
oh, how could i forget, they have to automatically know how to cook singapore style food the minute they come! .
disclaimer: sorry for the rant, i frequent another forum where they openly discuss such things and have given up arguing with them on the abuse they are doing! just glad to find people of the same mindset here!! if you wanna see what i mean, read this: http://singaporemaid.blogspot.com/2010/ ... maids.html --- that's the mindset! i know i know, i should just stop reading it but it's the masochist in me!
I must apologies...I made a mistake and I thought that was her opinion when I missed the last part where she said that she was arguing against this....my sincere apologies....i redirect that line to ppl on that blog...carlsum1986 wrote:patsy_sg wrote:oh no SE, they can't get a day off because they'll steal from us/mix with other maids and learn all the bad things!! they're sub-human anyway so don't need a day off, can survive on 2 packs of instant noodles a day and can't ever miss their family, that's why they're can't call home cause their job performance will suffer if they talk to their kids and miss them!! what's wrong with letter writing??? it'll only take 3 months for the letter to get to her family and maybe another 3 to get back... but make sure you send the letter to a person who speaks tagalog/bahasa to translate first in case she is sayiing anything bad about her employer!
oh, how could i forget, they have to automatically know how to cook singapore style food the minute they come! .
disclaimer: sorry for the rant, i frequent another forum where they openly discuss such things and have given up arguing with them on the abuse they are doing! just glad to find people of the same mindset here!! if you wanna see what i mean, read this: http://singaporemaid.blogspot.com/2010/ ... maids.html --- that's the mindset! i know i know, i should just stop reading it but it's the masochist in me!
get a life.........really is that how u treat another human life............u are a shamelss individual who should be shot
no worries... good thing I read SMS's reply first (scrolled up rather than down)carlsum1986 wrote:
I must apologies...I made a mistake and I thought that was her opinion when I missed the last part where she said that she was arguing against this....my sincere apologies....i redirect that line to ppl on that blog...
yes same opinion I have....patsy_sg wrote:no worries... good thing I read SMS's reply first (scrolled up rather than down)carlsum1986 wrote:
I must apologies...I made a mistake and I thought that was her opinion when I missed the last part where she said that she was arguing against this....my sincere apologies....i redirect that line to ppl on that blog...
But serioulsy, this is an issue I feel very strongly about.... the treatment and the way they speak of maids (and any other non-Singaporeans) in general is appalling.
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