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    • PurpleflowerP Offline
      Purpleflower
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      What would u do if your maid steals money from you but you do not have evidence yet to prove.

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        hquek
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        Purpleflower:
        What would u do if your maid steals money from you but you do not have evidence yet to prove.

        They don't usually stop once they think they have gotten away.

        Usual practice is to send maid away. Unless you want to go to the trouble of setting trap (eg marked notes, cctv), or that it involves astronimcal number, else it may be hard to prove with the police.

        Else, if there is any redeeming factor, keep all monies very safely away. But this may not deter them for long since they clean the whole house and probably know the house better than you.

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          Hi


          Anyone can share on the hp usage rules for your maid? When and how long do you let them use the hp? Do they have the hp with them whole day?

          Thank you

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            ptb7476
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            Snow24:
            Hi


            Anyone can share on the hp usage rules for your maid? When and how long do you let them use the hp? Do they have the hp with them whole day?

            Thank you
            my rule is only HP after 9pm or after she done all her work.. cos else she will kept looking at her hp and neg the kids...

            i gave her wifi ..so she can chat with family or shop online or surf net .. up to her ...

            a few times i need to work after 9pm and ask her to look after the kids and i caught look gluing her eyes to hp instead of the kids hence ... STRICTLY no HP during day time ..only after 9pm

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              zbear
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              ptb7476:
              my rule is only HP after 9pm or after she done all her work.. cos else she will kept looking at her hp and neg the kids...


              i gave her wifi ..so she can chat with family or shop online or surf net .. up to her ...

              a few times i need to work after 9pm and ask her to look after the kids and i caught look gluing her eyes to hp instead of the kids hence ... STRICTLY no HP during day time ..only after 9pm

              So do you keep her hdph until you return home from work? If not, how do you know that she doesn't cheat?

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                ptb7476
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                zbear:
                ptb7476:

                my rule is only HP after 9pm or after she done all her work.. cos else she will kept looking at her hp and neg the kids...


                i gave her wifi ..so she can chat with family or shop online or surf net .. up to her ...

                a few times i need to work after 9pm and ask her to look after the kids and i caught look gluing her eyes to hp instead of the kids hence ... STRICTLY no HP during day time ..only after 9pm


                So do you keep her hdph until you return home from work? If not, how do you know that she doesn't cheat?

                i let her keep her own hp in her drawer ... she cant cheat cos on weekday day time she need to be at my mom place :rotflmao:

                on weekend she also din take it out til 9pm

                this was the agreement before employing her .. and she stick to that agreement

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                  Snow24, please be strict over the usage of HP your helper. I made the mistake of not setting it right the first time and also before employing her. Now my maid she hold her hp 24/7, and she is always glued to the phone, either yakking, texting, on Facebook, watch YouTube, listen to music etc… It’s disturbing especially she also does that when taking care of my baby. The best way I feel is to keep her hp and only let her have it after working hrs and be done by certain time, or they would be so addicted to it. My one can use it till past midnight. It’s really irritating.

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                    Purpleflower:
                    Snow24, please be strict over the usage of HP your helper. I made the mistake of not setting it right the first time and also before employing her. Now my maid she hold her hp 24/7, and she is always glued to the phone, either yakking, texting, on Facebook, watch YouTube, listen to music etc... It's disturbing especially she also does that when taking care of my baby. The best way I feel is to keep her hp and only let her have it after working hrs and be done by certain time, or they would be so addicted to it. My one can use it till past midnight. It's really irritating.

                    totally agreed .. that is the advised i got from friends too ... that is why i set the rules since begining cos they really glue to the hp and neg the kids ..if the kids are old still can take care of them selve but if it is baby or toddler then it is dangerous...

                    i also interviewed or saw some maid with 2 hp ..no sure why they need 2 hp .. and i have also heard some will hid in toilet to \"cook porridge\" or watch drama ...

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                    • sunny_side_upS Offline
                      sunny_side_up
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                      i also made the mistake of letting my prev maid hold hp whole day. she claims sometimes her family members need to find her urgently. maybe i was inexperienced then cos she my 1st maid. in the end she uses it in the middle of the night and take sexy photos of herself when no one at home in the daytime and fb…toilet trips more frequent cos she needs to check her hp.

                      she is alone wiht my baby in the daytime. now with this new maid, i only let her use alternate nights after 9pm. i keep the phone and pass to her at 9pm. she must put the phone outside my room before 12mn. no wifi for her…she buys her own card. no reason why maid needs to have hp in the daytime. if family got urgent matters, ask them to call you then you inform your maid. if they dont dare to call you, means not that urgent after all.

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                        sunny_side_up:
                        i also made the mistake of letting my prev maid hold hp whole day. she claims sometimes her family members need to find her urgently. maybe i was inexperienced then cos she my 1st maid. in the end she uses it in the middle of the night and take sexy photos of herself when no one at home in the daytime and fb...toilet trips more frequent cos she needs to check her hp.

                        she is alone wiht my baby in the daytime. now with this new maid, i only let her use alternate nights after 9pm. i keep the phone and pass to her at 9pm. she must put the phone outside my room before 12mn. no wifi for her...she buys her own card. no reason why maid needs to have hp in the daytime. if family got urgent matters, ask them to call you then you inform your maid. if they dont dare to call you, means not that urgent after all.
                        You are really good in controlling your maid usage of the phone. Will take note and set this clear to my next maid if I am going to get one to replace current maid or after current maid's contract is up. Maybe will do the same as you. 😄

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