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Post by the lynx » Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:53 pm

sundaymorningstaple wrote:Image

Actually this one is 85% Cocoa Dark Chocolate. :P
Eww... I just had my dark chocolate as dessert!

NR, on a serious note, how about leaving a note? Let the owner know and let them know also that people will be watching that.

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Post by zzm9980 » Sat, 07 Jul 2012 1:38 pm

NorrinRadd wrote:We found her.

She's a maid in our condo. The guards know of her, she's done the same thing to them and the dog on the condo grounds.

We actually found out her unit #. Am considering next steps.
A maid told you that? Wow. I'm surprised you couldn't tell she was a maid. I still can't decipher a lot of things here, but one thing I can spot a mile away now is a maid.

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Post by NorrinRadd » Sat, 07 Jul 2012 6:57 pm

Been here for years and no, even being pretty familiar with the different types of people here couldn't really distinguish from the distance if she was a maid or not, from looks nor her English. Couldn't determine her nationality either.

The update is, when we went to the condo management office, apparently she had already had a talking-to from them today.
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NorrinRadd wrote:We found her.

She's a maid in our condo. The guards know of her, she's done the same thing to them and the dog on the condo grounds.

We actually found out her unit #. Am considering next steps.
A maid told you that? Wow. I'm surprised you couldn't tell she was a maid. I still can't decipher a lot of things here, but one thing I can spot a mile away now is a maid.

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:34 pm

Almost sounds like she might have been local or a local maid.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers

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Post by therat » Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:49 pm

I never come across a local maid?

Part time maid, yes. Those work 4 hrs a week.
But stay in maid. Never heard before.

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Sat, 07 Jul 2012 11:15 pm

therat wrote:I never come across a local maid?

Part time maid, yes. Those work 4 hrs a week.
But stay in maid. Never heard before.
Are we sure that she is a live in maid? The unit number is that of her employer obviously, but it doesn't say that she lives there, she could come in the mornings and leave in the evenings or even work split shifts. The fact that she is admonishing others to leave Singapore to me, indicates that she is "at home" in Singapore, be it PR, new citizen or native. This might be why OP wasn't able to tell where she might have been from.
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Post by the lynx » Sun, 08 Jul 2012 9:53 am

therat wrote:I never come across a local maid?

Part time maid, yes. Those work 4 hrs a week.
But stay in maid. Never heard before.
There are but it is very rare. My neighbour has a live-in Singaporean maid who is not even a relative (to those who are wondering). But the maid has mild mental handicap and has no home to go to.

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