All About Life Without Maids

[MintyMin]

janet_lee88:

My first maid asked me if I have a maid now as she wants to come back to work for me...told hubby yesterday. This maid is high maintenance...1 bottle of peanut butter and strawberry jam in a month...if she can work without giving problems, it's ok. But not now, children's education expenses are very high.

janet, isnt ur 1st maid the better maids u had? if so, y not check if anyone here in the forum who really nid a maid to hire her?

[janet88]

celtricia:

janet_lee88:

My first maid asked me if I have a maid now as she wants to come back to work for me...told hubby yesterday. This maid is high maintenance...1 bottle of peanut butter and strawberry jam in a month...if she can work without giving problems, it's ok. But not now, children's education expenses are very high.

janet, isnt ur 1st maid the better maids u had? if so, y not check if anyone here in the forum who really nid a maid to hire her?

I dare not recommend bcos she may have changed after all these years and it's not fair to anyone if I recommend her and she is not as efficient as before.

[MintyMin]

janet_lee88:

celtricia:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]My first maid asked me if I have a maid now as she wants to come back to work for me...told hubby yesterday. This maid is high maintenance...1 bottle of peanut butter and strawberry jam in a month...if she can work without giving problems, it's ok. But not now, children's education expenses are very high.

janet, isnt ur 1st maid the better maids u had? if so, y not check if anyone here in the forum who really nid a maid to hire her?

I dare not recommend bcos she may have changed after all these years and it's not fair to anyone if I recommend her and she is not as efficient as before.[/quote]Hmm.. tat's true.. sigh.. maids maids.. though i've joined bak the club of having a maid at home.. i can't help but have 2nd opinions abt them..

[catang]

ApronMama:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"LOLMum\"]
i would kill her if she's my maid. so disgusting :x :x :x

I heard such incidents before, esp the boys who are bigger like 3-4 and sleeping in same room as maids.

If you really have no alternative but to hire a maid, you may want to take this kiasu measure. Do not let your boy sleep with the maid. Install a CCTV or singtel mobile webcam, tell the maid she is being monitored thru that equipment during the time when you are not home. If you wait till something you see from CCTV and then sent her home, it is too reactive and too late already.[/quote]staying at my brother's house so i cant install camera. long story but no choice gotta wait till i have my own house.

my boy is not even 2 years old lor. anyway i dun let maid totally care for him n he dun like the maid to carry, feed or sayang him. so she's more of doing household chores and adhoc duties.

current maid can work but need to instil fear to make her work lor otherwise hardworking gd job for awhile den slowly laze a bit here n there. guess all maids r like this, no matter how gd they are, after working for a while with us, they tend to do anyhow or their way when our eyes r not looking.

when my ma is not around, she have nothing to do can even sit down n read, so i get her to go take nap. funny thing is when my ma is around, she seems to work non stop and my ma is not the one paying her but me. sometimes she will show a disgruntled black face to my ma when i told her off on her mistakes. sigh....

[b2b3m4]

ptmom:

Hi all,


Really happy to chance upon this thread. My maid of 3 years is leaving in a few days time and I have decided not to have a new one after many bad experiences the past 14 years of having maids!

Besides being inspired through this thread, I have also learnt many household 'toys' that I hv decided to get - irobot, dryer & thermal pot

However I am still contemplating on the following and would like to hear from any users its effectiveness :

1) standing steam iron - is it easy and good to use?
2) dishwashing machine - any good brand to recommend?

Thanks!

I would not recommend a standing iron, it only helps in freshening up clothings but if you need a sharp ironed look, a standing steam iron will not be able to achieve that. Especially if u use tumble and dryer funsction, clothes tend to be even more wrinkled which i feel a standing iron will not be able to steam the creases out. For fast ironing, i still believe in a steam iron system.

[ptmom]

b2b3m4:

ptmom:

Hi all,


Really happy to chance upon this thread. My maid of 3 years is leaving in a few days time and I have decided not to have a new one after many bad experiences the past 14 years of having maids!

Besides being inspired through this thread, I have also learnt many household 'toys' that I hv decided to get - irobot, dryer & thermal pot

However I am still contemplating on the following and would like to hear from any users its effectiveness :

1) standing steam iron - is it easy and good to use?
2) dishwashing machine - any good brand to recommend?

Thanks!

I would not recommend a standing iron, it only helps in freshening up clothings but if you need a sharp ironed look, a standing steam iron will not be able to achieve that. Especially if u use tumble and dryer funsction, clothes tend to be even more wrinkled which i feel a standing iron will not be able to steam the creases out. For fast ironing, i still believe in a steam iron system.

My dh couldn't wait and went ahead with buying the standing iron. After using for the first time, I agree with b2b3m4. It only works for t shirts where u do not really need to have the crisp look. For business shirts and pants, still need the normal steam iron. Another thing to note is that the steam from the standing iron made the clothings slightly damn & we need to let the clothes 'air' for a while before putting them back in the wardrobe. However I must say it is rather convenient and saves time for me as i do not have to set up & put away the ironing board. As my kids and myself wear a lot of casual wear, the standing iron is still very useful for me

[catang]

wat brand did u get and how much is it?

[ptmom]

catang:

wat brand did u get and how much is it?

Brand is Simplis by Novita $139. Bought from Courts.

[janet88]

b2b3m4:

ptmom:

Besides being inspired through this thread, I have also learnt many household 'toys' that I hv decided to get - irobot, dryer & thermal pot


1) standing steam iron - is it easy and good to use?
2) dishwashing machine - any good brand to recommend?

Thanks!

I would not recommend a standing iron, it only helps in freshening up clothings but if you need a sharp ironed look, a standing steam iron will not be able to achieve that. Especially if u use tumble and dryer funsction, clothes tend to be even more wrinkled which i feel a standing iron will not be able to steam the creases out. For fast ironing, i still believe in a steam iron system.

My hubby die die insisted on getting the standing iron, esp after seeing those sales assistants in dept stores ironing. I told him those clothes are brand new and won't have much crease. After 2 months, that stand iron is now in the store room...definitely white elephant :x
Definitely need the conventional ironing board to press and iron out the pleats on daughter's pinafore.

[ptmom]

janet_lee88:

b2b3m4:

[quote=\"ptmom\"]Besides being inspired through this thread, I have also learnt many household 'toys' that I hv decided to get - irobot, dryer & thermal pot


1) standing steam iron - is it easy and good to use?
2) dishwashing machine - any good brand to recommend?

Thanks!

I would not recommend a standing iron, it only helps in freshening up clothings but if you need a sharp ironed look, a standing steam iron will not be able to achieve that. Especially if u use tumble and dryer funsction, clothes tend to be even more wrinkled which i feel a standing iron will not be able to steam the creases out. For fast ironing, i still believe in a steam iron system.

My hubby die die insisted on getting the standing iron, esp after seeing those sales assistants in dept stores ironing. I told him those clothes are brand new and won't have much crease. After 2 months, that stand iron is now in the store room...definitely white elephant :x
Definitely need the conventional ironing board to press and iron out the pleats on daughter's pinafore.[/quote]ha ha ha all husbands seem to be alike - always fascinated with new gadgets. My girls' pinafores also have lots of pleats! Sigh no choice then. I have decided to use the conventional iron once a wk and the standing iron on a daily basis to reduce my ironing basket. :idea: