maid's issue

i spoke to a brief acquaintance.

finally, she had her domestic helper sent back to philippines.

another case of broken trust, after many weeks of tolerance and she decided to stop trying to 'coach' and 'counsel' the helper.

the filipino helper came to her place and often complained of being unwell. a detailed examination revealed that she has some 'unclean' disease, which needed to be treated with some expensive medicine. the employer paid on her behalf.

the helper had an issue with physical fitness. for 2 weeks or so, she 'claimed' that she was not able to work, so a part-time helper was recruited while the full-time helper rests in her room. how ironical!

to me, she was taking advantage of the goodness of the female employer. coz' i was told, she would get up when she knws that the male employer returns home from work. i was quite pissed off upon hearing such behaviour of the maid.

anyway, it was good riddance after a couple of weeks of endurance by the female employer. in my opinion, why keep someone who's not fit to carry out her duties?

it's really not easy finding a helper who can work well in a household. i'm beginning to appreciate mine at home, who's still teachable and is of a softer personality. the only worry is that, she's young and seems gullible. so, granting her off might pose hazards to my employment....but keeping her at home all weekends is also not a good alternative.

while her contract requires no off day for her, i hv started granting her a rest day on mthly basis (min) and hopes that she will make full use of her time to attend mosque session, make good friends and learn sth worthwhile.

but my hubby just reminded me,"hmm....we hv to get prepared that we will not have a maid one day!" he meant, if anything wayward happens to this current one, we are likely to be left stranded and not wanting to take further risks in getting a new one!