All About Full-Time Maids
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madinked:
Locked your girl in the storeroom???? :!: :!: can develop claustrophobia leh. Tell her that this is considered unlawful (wrongful confinement) and can report police hor.
She has since locked my girl in the storeroom, forgot to lock my car door but we never even punished or scolded her at all.
Seems like this girl needs memory booster. :roll: -
hquek:
1. been doing that.
1. stress to her to follow instructions. If she's not receptive, likely there are lots more worms you haven't uncovered yet.
2. remind her that roaches like to go where food is - by keeping food, she's only inviting friends of unwelcome sort. And tell her if she still keeps food, henceforth you will search her stuff every few days to remove all these and put in proper place. I don't think she'll like the idea of having you rummage through her stuff.
2. As I mentioned, I always gave reasons for things I ask her to do. She saw the ants in my kitchen and the roaches in my car and I too used that as reasons. I also told her we don't put food or eat in our roomso no double standards. But ya if I see food again. I will use your method.
Not going to take off days away for good. Maybe for three months or so.
Anyway, my old juicer was rescued from blowing so this one may be rescued too, if she is persistent in blowing it often. I actually don't want to remove her off days too. -
hquek:
ha ha. She didn't do it on purpose. She didn't see my girl walked into the storeroom and she closed the door. No malice but total carelessness.
Locked your girl in the storeroom???? :!: :!: can develop claustrophobia leh. Tell her that this is considered unlawful (wrongful confinement) and can report police hor.madinked:
She has since locked my girl in the storeroom, forgot to lock my car door but we never even punished or scolded her at all.
Seems like this girl needs memory booster. :roll: -
I wonder if all new maids are terrible or I have been really lucky with my previous one. Just to share some of the things she has done:
1. didn’t wash my girl’s cup properly (could see the milk powder stuck to the side)
2. can’t iron clothes properly- still look creased after she’s done
3. ask her to arrange the books on the shelf according to size - she only arranged half of it, the other half still has the bigger books in the middle
3. can’t rememebr instructions
4. forgot to look the gate after repeated reminder from Ils, a personal reminder from me that it’s VERY impt
5. ask her to keep an eye on the kids, she go off after awhiel when no other adult around
6. after washing the curtains, doesn’t know how to put back, misplaced a hook and insisted that it’s missing - hubby found it amongst the kids’ toys
The list is not exhaustive :x :x :x . -
My maid is also 1, 2, 3 & 4.
Do not wash things properly. Creases on clothes. But I’ve told her off already, when I happen to see them.
Always asked to close toilet door because curious baby and dogs will go sniff and play with the cleaning agents. Always forget.
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talk about washing cups… Once my ex-maid washed milk bottle and put it to dry. When milk time, I prepared the water and found it suprisingly foamy…our friend didn’t rinse properly…wah lau eh.
Asked her if she would drink from this and she told me "no"…she got an earful from me.
As for creased clothes, I will show her and tell her to iron again. My hubby theory is that if she repeat it enough, she’ll know to do it right next time. -
hquek:
Wah the wash cup one ulitmate!talk about washing cups.... Once my ex-maid washed milk bottle and put it to dry. When milk time, I prepared the water and found it suprisingly foamy....our friend didn't rinse properly...wah lau eh.
Asked her if she would drink from this and she told me \"no\".....she got an earful from me.
As for creased clothes, I will show her and tell her to iron again. My hubby theory is that if she repeat it enough, she'll know to do it right next time.
I always notice my clothes are not ironed properly when I want to wear them. But may think about asking her to re-do it until she gets it right. That's a good idea. -
Sometimes scold, we get angrier. I quite agree with his theory lah…ask them to repeat enough times (whether it’s clean floor or iron clothes) - they should either learn to do it right, or must have amazing patience to keep redoing.
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My maid also has terrible laundry habits .. the worst thing is not just wrinkled clothes, it's white items become blue, grey highlighted in red, pink turned blue, so on . . . :x
She spent so much time ironing and when she puts them in the wardrobe, she simply shafts it in instead of dividing a space to fit it in nicely and smoothing it downwards and the nice item becomes wrinkled. OK, my wardrobe is bursting but still ... it can be done better
Her previous employer used to tell her \"my this dress, very very expensive, you wash, better be careful, it's $50!\". Then i have to warn my maid ... if that definition is expensive, then she has to be lots more careful as my many dresses mostly from US or Paris cost close to $500. :rotflmao: After she seriously damaged my DH's fav 2 shirts and 1 tie within the week (>$600), I decided to go on the cheap when I shop from now on.
I never told her I'll deduct her pay ... our anguished face and foul mood is enough torture to her! haha -
hi blurqueen,
Have to teach them to separate colours from whites lah…that’s the most secure way. Although once my maid managed to dye my kid’s (white) clothes reddish. Apparently when hanging out to dry, the red coloured item managed to ‘touch’ the white one…wind blow so the 2 pieces came into contact, and voila! I think if suay boh pian.
Yup. my hubby bought a couple of shirts we class as expensive…he was in a painful dilemma if to let the maid wash it.
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