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    • bigsnoopyB Offline
      bigsnoopy
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      moonee:
      From experience most that I encounter are rude, most come frm the village, what to expect frm mynmars that dont even have a proper education system? most dont even have 8 to 10 yrs education but fraud their way here. Some may look good initially but after working a month or less with them, u can tell the difference frm their mannerisms and attitude.

      My last 2 maids claim that they had more then 10 yrs education but judging frm their behaviour, no way. Turned out that one carry tomatos everyday and the other hardly held a job for a month. My current maid can only count up to 10.
      Sometimes the schools will close for a few months whn theres a protest and not all will get back to school after that. Parents busy on the farm and no time for their kids.
      The so called training centre trains english and thats about all that their taught. Its the spore agent that give them some briefing on manners, not all of them can keep up with what they have been taught.
      Errr. ... Ive nvr heard 3 of my mynmars wish goodmorning, goodnite or say sorry not even a thank you.
      Mine does turn a deaf ear to wat i say so I normally call out her name firmly b4 i proceed with my instructions. Well, that seem to work.
      I thought MOM requires the girl to have at least 8 yrs education and be 23 yrs b4 they can come in.
      Haiz easy to get fake documents. Age also cannot fake. But make me wonder how they pass the english entry test here.

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        mng_kl
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        anyone get their maid(s) from Topmaids http://www.topmaids.com.sg/index.html?page=/HR%20Biz%20Top.html?

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          peapot
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          I almost got them but last minute I backed out.

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          • bigsnoopyB Offline
            bigsnoopy
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            peapot:
            I almost got them but last minute I backed out.

            Any bad experience to share?

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              yanyan
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              Oh… I juz realised my 2 wk old maid finish 1 tin of condensed milk & half a bottle of jam… Wat is amazing is she usu eat 1-2 slices of bread for breakfast on wkdays & wkends & 1 slice of bread for tea on wkends…

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              • bigsnoopyB Offline
                bigsnoopy
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                yanyan:
                Oh.. I juz realised my 2 wk old maid finish 1 tin of condensed milk & half a bottle of jam.. Wat is amazing is she usu eat 1-2 slices of bread for breakfast on wkdays & wkends & 1 slice of bread for tea on wkends..

                Y did you give her condensed milk? As for the jam, I ususally give 1 jar per month because my maid eats 2 slices of bread everyday.

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                  auntieM
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                  yanyan:
                  Oh.. I juz realised my 2 wk old maid finish 1 tin of condensed milk & half a bottle of jam.. Wat is amazing is she usu eat 1-2 slices of bread for breakfast on wkdays & wkends & 1 slice of bread for tea on wkends..

                  My burmese maid use to makan the condensed milk and jam straight from the container with a spoon.. ..She would even hide some in her room to eat at night.. :faint:

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                    fifiyeo
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                    One of my ex-Burmese maids used to tell me that bread was expensive back home so she loves bread. She eats a bottle of jam every 2 weeks and a big loaf of bread every 3 days all by herself.


                    Yes, they love to hide things in their room to eat. Found lots of ants crawling in her cupboard. There were food/sweet wrappers…and I actually made it super clear that there should be NO eating beyond the kitchen. Doesn’t get into their heads!

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                      moonee
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                      Big snoopy… they memorise the answers. … the agent here sends the questions over to the mymr agnt. The maid will study all the questions and answers but of course not all the questions will come out. eg study 500 questions and only 200 comes out.

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                        moonee
                        last edited by

                        yanyan:
                        Oh.. I juz realised my 2 wk old maid finish 1 tin of condensed milk & half a bottle of jam.. Wat is amazing is she usu eat 1-2 slices of bread for breakfast on wkdays & wkends & 1 slice of bread for tea on wkends..

                        Ah hah! no more paiseh, starting to get bold, if u hv pnut butter she will finish it all, notice all my past maids attack the pnut butter. We normally start them out by telling them what is not for them and to ask if they want to eat something, the maids know it but they prefer not to ask. I suggest u buy her her own jam and tell her not to touch the families. Of course tell her the jam is to last for ... no of weeks n not to finish in in one day. :evil:

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