27 February 2008

Maid-in-issue...

Ok, i know i m supposed to be working. But i juz need 10 mins to post this up. Need a break from looking at numbers whole day long anyway...

19 Feb
Was feeling abit cranky due to work issues...
That nite, at home, i saw that the trash bin in my room was not cleared, even tho it's been full since a couple of days back. Called my maid in and questioned her. She said "I did not check". I was irritated because i oredi reminded her a few times to check my trash bin n clear it when it's full ( i think abt 3 times ). In the past, she still told me she forgot, tonite she said i did not check. Me not happy...

30 mins later, i was sitting on the sofa while deardear was drinking her milk. i saw 1 alphabet block lying beside the plastic bag. All the other alphabet blocks are kept properly in the bag. Called my maid in and questioned her why never keep the blocks properly, leave 1 lying around. She gave me the "buey kam wan" look, never say anything, juz went to keep the block.

I exploded! Can't stand her giving me the black face look! Ai zo mai zo ( hokkien ) like tt! Scolded her - told her not to give me the black face look. If she dun like to work for me, can jolly well tell me n i'll send her back to agency.
She got the cheek to juz turn away n start to walk back to kitchen while i was scolding her.
I called her back, n told her not to walk away when i have not finished talking.

Actually, I even asked her whether she's sick or not. Gave her many chances to "defend" her bad behaviour n poor quality of work. She kept on saying "No, no, no..."

20 Feb
Evening, after work, i went to mil's place. After Alan n I finished our dinner, mil told us the maid said she wants to go back agency, said i dun like her, always scold her. Fine with me, anyway, deardear is already 16mths', i could ask whether cherie hearts can take her in. If not, I m pretty sure i can work out some arrangement wif my boss regarding work. Worst case, i'll jus take 1 mths' leave since I have 30+ days of earned leave.

Mil did try to say good things about the maid. Told us that the maid was feeling tired yesterday bcos she was washing the balcony during daytime. Regardless of this, I told mil to tell maid to pack her things. If she wants to go, she can go, i will not keep her. The silly maid insist to go agency that nite. So silly! Already 7.30pm, agency would have closed for the day. She dun believe. Well, i called agency in front of her n let it ring. Of cos no answer!
Told her I will send her to agency tomorrow.

The weird thing is that after we went home that nite, the maid still carry on to do her chores on her own initiative, even ironing the clothes. I was surprised bcos if i think (as a normal maid's mentality), they would be very slipshod in their chores or even refuse to do any chores if they already intend to leave. Why is it then that my maid still so "ON"? She even double-checked with me when i told her not to wash deardear n my clothes. What if she used it to wipe the toilet bowl or sth? I can't see what she does in the toilet.

That nite, deardear slept with us ( don't trust the maid! scarli she do funny things. ). And according to Alan, the maid didn't sleep until he went to tell her to go n sleep, at 11+pm.

21 Feb
Hah! Just as I guessed! The maid said she changed her mind n dun want to go back agency anymore. She wants to work for me. When I questioned her, she said she was emotional yesterday n so said those things. I told her the following things:
- Do her work properly. If she doesn't do properly, I will stilll scold her.
- I also told her this is the last chance. If she's tired or not feeling well, she has to tell me directly. I don't like her to go through mil to tell me.

Anyway, i did keep her. But in my mind, i will monitor her more closely. My guess is likely the maids at SA agency told her stuff like i m only bluffing, can't do without her, etc... That's why maybe she try this tactic n if i or mil really retain her, then she'll be "queen"... Hah! Now, she has been put in her place and knows now I mean what i say. She is not indispensable to the family (mil even reiterated tt to her). She had better not do funny things or I'll send her back to her home country.

Hahaha... Mil told me my maid said she's very malu...

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