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    reasonable amt for maid phone card?

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      24hr-mum
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      basically maids want hp to network wf othr maids n b free to make calls. if u allpw tat u shdnt pay for her hp n usage.

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        PHMummy
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        am not that comfortable on that arrangement as home had no proper adult supervision for the children beside her alone. she is very insisting to get the hp which i even told her the high cost she had to pay on her own for the usage. any suggestion to handle this if she still go ahead to buy the hp? thanx 🤷

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          minami
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          PHMummy,


          Do you have cctv at home that you can monitor if she’s using the phone while looking after the children? I guess even if you don’t allow her to get, she might get the phone secretly, maybe you can give her warning that you will confiscate the phone if she use it when she’s working?

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            PHMummy
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            Hello Minami,


            Yes, may consider to put in the cctv and will give her the warning. seems we are at their mercy…

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              24hr-mum
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              u can keep her hp durg the day n gv her to use at nite

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                PHMummy
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                thanks! told her last night with this condition, she does not sound too happy with this arrangement.

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                  PHMummy
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                  anyone can help to tell where can get cheap hp and prepaid card to call myanmar? thanx

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                    24hr-mum
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                    they will nvr be happy, regardless of wat u give or dont give. stimes i find that maids are like our kids, take things for granted and nvr contented

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                      PHMummy
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                      yes, i agree also, we had treated them good but somewhere they

                      do not seem to be satisfy about all these…

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                        hquek
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                        PHMummy:
                        anyone can help to tell where can get cheap hp and prepaid card to call myanmar? thanx

                        not sure about cheap but I buy mine from Peninsula plaza. dunno which is the best, but there is one grocery cum money remittance shop at level 3/4 (with bright yellow?/orange signboard - it's a fairly big set up). My maid had sent back money twice there - no issue.

                        I used to get mine from street vendors around SG but they can be fairly unreliable - ie the number can NEVER get through. The ones I get from that shop is okay, haven't heard any complaints from my maid and while I dun monitor, I understand she was able to talk to her family.

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