Myanmar maids
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I have never sent back any maid until recently. Even though the myammar maid I had was not very hard working, and did not keep my house clean, I continue to endure it. But something happen and we decided to send her back. And now I look back, it is probably a right decision. My house has been much cleaner now. The floor is nice to step on.
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The straw that broke the camel was the glass shrapnel from my perfume bottle that she broke. I stepped on it and cut myself. I can endure forgetfulness and lying but it is another thing when she used a floor towel to wipe the glass pieces off my bathroom floor, carried the towel off to the other toilet to shake the glass pieces off and then hung the towel on the balcony.
She has also repeatedly put paper/cardboard near the stove. My kitchen is windy and I have repeatedly told her not to do that in case the paper catches fire from the stove.
These are not all the dangerous and stupid things - and she has the cheek to give justifications. -
hi 1amber,
gosh, this is bad. Yes, I notice that their commonsense is different from ours. So far, I’m lucky in that mine’s still amenable to reason (she won’t justify if i ask her to do things differently). But yes, there are times when my mum complains that she’s really quite block head in the way things are done - have to console her that she has many things to learn.
In your case, good riddance. Hope you get one with more sense and good attitude!! -
Thanks hquek. I certainly hope so.
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Hi 1amber,
Whatever your maid is doing it’s super dangerous. Hope you will find a better maid. Good luck! -
Take care 1amber… Hope u are ok… You did the right thing… Better change before more accidents happen…
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why did MOM allow Burmese maids to be brought into Singapore ? Evidently they are not suited to work in this country in this environment.
i think at least those Anhui aunties are better -
verykiasu2010:
I have been wondering the same too. Majority of the burmese dnt have what it takes to be a domestic worker. To date Ive only seen 2 that are doing well as a maid and have been in spore for more than 5 years when mynmars were not that popular.why did MOM allow Burmese maids to be brought into Singapore ? Evidently they are not suited to work in this country in this environment.
i think at least those Anhui aunties are better
The agents are to blame, they take in any one frm the village today and with no training send them to spore leaving us with the burden to train.
It may not take long for the girl to know simple hsework or any routein duties assigned to them but their attitude and mentality remains the same. \"hard nuts to crack\"
The agents knw we are desperate for help and due to the recent problems with the other nationality they market the burmese and price them as high as Indons. After 7 months the girl still cant see things the way we do n every small thing have to be explained and shown like a child learning a,b, c.... Almost all their ages are inaccurate and see spore as a get away frm mynmar. -
consumers should continuously voice out so that the problems don’t perpetuate
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just to share my experience. i had a burnese maid for 8 mths so far. totally agreed she is very PRIDE. like a princess.
1. why they give us the feeling they are not coming to work as a maid - when she first came, my sis’s maid (burmese also) came and went out with her for few hours. and my sis’s maid told us she said she got a shock about what she supposed to do here. her agent in Yangon did not train them how to be a maid at all. she was told she is coming here to work as a clerk, that is why she learnt English only when she stayed at the agent’s house.
2. background - she is U grad from kampong but nvr worked before, so she is not bad with housework and cooking, as that is what she did at home everyday. my hubby is not satisfied as he felt her housework done is not very clean. but me can accept it, as she is quite fast. my sis’s one is super slow type which i cannot take it. for cooking surprisingly she is not too much into oily, salty and spicy stuff. and she can cook quite nice chinese meals (at the beginning, now a bit bo chap so standard dropped. i got to write down a list of things for her to take note while cooking, but luckily she read through and say thank you to me). why i said she is like a princess, also becuz she is quite particular with her look, always like to wear skirts,(mini skirts are her favorite, of course dare not to wear too frequently). she brought 20+ sets of clothes when she came, i did not know that cuz i did not check her luggage. only get to know when i open her wardrobe(obviously i was shocked). i still bought her 2 sets of clothes before knowing that. but after that realized her own clothes are much more fancy than what i gave her. that is why i did not give her any used clothes, her bras are either pink or purple with laces. made me felt she is from a rich family. then i kind of ‘forgive’ her and thought she is quite poor since she was ‘cheated’, did not expect to be a maid. still ask the agent to check with her if she is willing to stay since this is below her expectation. anyway, i guess i treated her good enough, and she is not that rich to the extend that she doesn’t need to work, she chose to stay.
3. food - breakfast she will have bonjour pandan flavor bread with chocolate spread, i let her tried all the flavors and that is her choice. lunch she will eat rice with the leftover dishes from dinner, or cook maggie mee, up to her. since she is the only one at home whole day. dinner she will cook for us and eat with us, i don’t seperate anything for her, since we stay together, i don’t want to be so particular. when she first came, leftover food she will just throw away, if we eat outside and she doesn’t like the food, she will just leave it there. my hubby was super angry with that, he hates ppl waste food. so i talked to her nicely, tell her sir is not very happy with that. and i purposely say infront of my girl, that wasting food is not allowed in my house. i guess she got the hint so now she dare not to waste, at least not in front of us. weekend i will cook, and she likes my cooking, so weekend she ate a lot. she loves seafood, so when we had steamboat with live prawns and scallop, omg, she ate more than my hubby. that’s why so far she had put on 3kg.
everyone said she had a good life here, cuz my girl go to childcare everyday, we send her to school in the morning and fetch her back at night. the maid only need to clean house and cook. she is free in the afternoon as there is really nothing for her to do, plus no one at home. i let her watch korean drama since that is very hot in Myanmar. my hubby always said i spoiled her, but i told him, even i don’t allow her to watch TV, whole day no one at home, do you think she will nvr turn on the TV? when i saw my neightbor’s burmese maid at playground, i still let her to go down and chit chat for a while, cuz i scared she felt too lonely and boring here. my bottom line is don’t bring any stranger into my house. the rest i can close one eye liao.
now she is having 1 day off with a pay of 340 a month, seems very cheap as compared to other maids. i think i am quite lucky to get this girl, no one is perfect, but at least she did not threw any tantrum at all, she is always smiling, so i had nvr scolded her so far. her sis is also working here, so i am arranging them to meet up during their off day. hopefully she will appreciate all we did for her.