My Maid Said Instant Noodle Is A Snack to Them
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If you and your family members are eating the same lunch (instant noodles), she should accept it. It should not be a daily affair though because it is unhealthy.
If she’s on her own every day, perhaps she could cook more during dinner, and heat the excess for lunch the next day?
We have steamed fish and porridge for lunch quite alot because of the kids. I know my helper is not crazy about them but she eats what everybody’s eating. It’s too much trouble to be cooking separate meals anyway. -
Dun let your maid cook maggi mee. Just let her cook rice. U ration the amt of rice for her to cook. She can use the soup and the ingredients for the noodles as a dish for her rice. I'm assuming that you will add vegetables or egg to your maggi noodles. If you dun add anything, then just give her some veg or an egg. Dun need to hv 3 dishes lah. Maid shld be able to cook for herself. If she wants to be black faced abt cooking her own meals, then let her be....surely she cannot expect the employer to cook for her when the employer is not eating the same food as her.
If your family cook porridge and has cooked her share, then tell her to eat the porridge so as not to waste and tell her that if she is still not full, she can top-up with bread. Frankly, if she dun like porridge, then dun cook her share. Just let her cook her own share of rice. She can go with the dishes for porridge.
This is how we handle the issue of maggi noodles and porridge.
And dun hv to buy snacks for your maid as in-betw meals lah. U are spoiling her and setting her high expectations. I dun even buy mac for my maid when I bring my kids out for a breakfast treat n the maid comes along. She will eat bread at home. If we have extras, then she will take part of the mac meal...like we have extra coffee or hashbrown, then we will give her, but she will never get the full set. Anyway, the maid eats breakfast early 'cos she wakes up early to do housework, different breakfast timing from us.
If your maid wants to show attitude abt food, then just go back to the basics....no extra \"snacks\" or in-betw meals....we are only responsible for their 3 main meals. There is really no need to give money to maid to pack food fr outside if the family is eating out n not bring maid along, and the maid knows how to cook ie. can handle the stove and electrical appliances at home. U can always give her some rice, some canned food like sardines, baked beans, or some veg n eggs and she can cook her own meals.
Just my 2 cents
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how can she feel slighted when you are all eating the same thing?
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My helper eats what we eat. If we are eating instant noodles, she will eat that as well. If we are having Mac, she will have a meal of Mac, if we have bird’s nest, she gets to eat that too. She has preferences, and she would prefer instant noodles over porridge. Haha. She is free to cook anything she wants for meals that she eats on her own, I do not portion out anything for her consumption. Initially, she does not like porridge, steamed fish and soups. But over the years, she has learned to appreciate these food. She is still partial towards deep fried stuff and processed food though.
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The bottom line is that if the maid get to eat whatever you eat, then there is nothing much to complain about. The maid should adapt to the master’s eating habit, not the other way round.
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Is your maid putting on weight? My maid puts on >10 kg since she started with us 2 years ago. I think she is trying to control her intake too so cannot complain about food what …
She eats whatever we eat. As for instant noodle, I think she cooks for herself if we are not around. I dont really ask her what she eats when we are out since she is free to cook and eat whatever we have. -
Instant noodles and porridge are light meals. The food won't be enough if the maid has to do heavy chores. I feel that the food given should correspond with the amount of work the maid has to do? The more work she has to do, the more she's likely to fill famished if her lunch or dinner is not filling.
I enjoy Maggi Mee too... It's so convenient, but the packet of noodles has shrunk over the years... :sad: -
Gooby:
You have spoilt your maid already by buying snacks and giving her money to buy dinner when you are out.
She should eat whatever she cooks for your family and cook her own when you are out. If she prefer to cook her own separately, she can do so if it doesn't compromise on her other housework.
Any extras like snacks, macdonals', money to buy dinner are treats and should not be treated like an entitlement by the maid.
Once maids are spoilt, its very hard to go back.
Funz: wah... your maid is very lucky.. get to eat bird's nest!!:P
I try not to spoil my maid, but do get her share of snacks sometimes as it's quite nice to have a little treat apart from the usual food, but she understands it is not an entitlement, and will say thank you.
my 2cents
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I agree that the helper should follow what we eat… but personally i think instant noodle is not considered proper lunch or at least it should be limited… we usually have instant noodles for breakfast tho… my girls love it.
but I’m ok for porridge for lunch cos stimes really dunno what to cook… but i know Philippino does not fancy porrdige… -
My maids do have a preference for rice. (I have 2 maids, 1 Pinoy, 1 Indo) I see it as they expend a lot more energy than the us who are at desk bound jobs. So I always let my maid cook rice for herself if she wants to if we are having noodles, maggi mee or porridge. She takes the rice with canned sardines or other vege/egg which she cookes. We never cook on Sundays and the maids are off. We will eat out for dinner and we either buy dinner for the maids or give them money to buy dinner. When we buy dinner, we may buy hor fun or something but I always buy economy rice for the maids as they must eat rice.
I don’t force them to eat porridge or less carbo type food or adapt to our habits because I know it is not sufficient for them.
I think it is a matter of accommodating each other’s preferences. Since it does not cost us much more or cause inconvenience, I have no issues accommodating the maids’ preferences which is not unreasonable in this case.
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