Maid from Hell

Actually nak cerita benda lain ...but this one thing has been bugging me :-

KUALA LUMPUR: By the end of the year, Indonesian maids will have a day off every week, enjoy Socso benefits and the security of an employment contract signed with employers. They will also receive unannounced visits from Human Resource Ministry officials at their place of employment.

-source : NST Online-

Ha ah cantek lah muka dema, suke la maid I tu boleh berpeleseran ngan pacarnya saban minggu. Jangan hujung tahun terboncit sudahlah Bibik.

I am not against the Law or whatever it is. Even SUHAKAM pun is quite worried that this development of the law will contribute to more occurence of social ills caused by these foreign workers.

Afterall, contohnya my maid. Her prior task is to take care of my kids when we work and anything to do with laundry. I will do the cooking, cuci jamban, gardening, etc. Paling2 pun she has to sweep and mop the floor je. Whenever we go for holiday, she will have her choice whether dia nak pi merendek and stay at her sister's or follow us. I pay for her phone reload cards (tak potong gaji dia pun), I buy her clothes whenever I buy mine (read : bila la I tak beli baju kan, all the time apa), I will tapau food for her when we eat out and again she will be asked whether or not she wants to tag along. We dont take her to Tesco and make her tolak the trolley like most people do, instead, we make a point that shopping groceries is a bonding moment with kids, maid waits at home.

Besides, we go out every weekend, and leave her behind so that she can lepak and verangan kat rumah sorang-sorang. Di sore hari pula, dia dibolehkan bersiar-siar di kawasan perumahan dan ngobrol2 bersama teman2 seperjuangan. Moreover, we would always make a point to be highlighted that she is not young anymore, so our kids (and us included) respect her as 'orang yang lebih tua'. Even my mom, my aunts semua will buy her clothes and nice things. I never gave her my old things, I will buy new ones sebab I tak suka derma my barang terpakai pada orang. Termasuk lah dia. So kira I ni baik la jugak kan.

So.....seminggu sekali nak kena bagi cuti jugak ke????? Give me a break la, housemaid bukannya teruk sangat pun kerja (except kalau dapat majikan macam Firaun la). I dont even nag. Kalau I marah pun, I will reasoned out. After 10pm dia dah buat aktiviti bebas dah, without interruption from my kids.Lagipun, rumah sapa la lagi kat Malaysia ni pakai dapur kayu that maids need to go into the woods nak cari kayu nak cari kayu, rumah sapa la pun yang kena cuci baju pakai tangan (kecuali la mesin basuh rosak sebab tunggu sparepart sebulan..ye sapa yg nak terasa silakan he he).

Just because of that secluded kes of Mbak Siti Hajar tu, we employer of foreign maids have a risk to be fined RM10K upon failure of abiding such rules. Subramaniam tu maid dia rupa macam mana pun dia tak perasan, sibuk nak jaga sangat kebajikan maid orang yea. Alangkan cuti sebulan sekali pun macam-macam pengarauh yang dia bawak balik, apatah lagi seminggu sekali???

Here are the lists of stories yang I kumpulkan from my relatives and close friends regarding bibik-bibik :-

• Lari dari rumah majikan, and left a 3 year old son sorang2 for 5 hours. When the mother (my neighbour depan rumah) came home budak tu dah biru dah nagis, sampai letih.

• My maid yang I bagi cuti sebulan sekali dah dua kali bertukar pacar hasil dari perkenalan di kala bermuhibbah sebulan sekali, pernah terambik extra cuti tatau pergi mana only with a text "Maaf ibu, saya ada urusan penting, saya akan pulang secepat mungkin, ibu nga usah khawatir" (Opah dia khawatir, I tak risau la kat dia tu, yg I risaukan, we all ni sampai kena EL sebab dia tak balik)

• My friend's sister's maid (apa aku cakap ni??) brought jantan balik rumah. Luckily her Indian neighbour called her and they rushed home only to find their maid selamba cipan berkemban with a shawl and that jantan lari ikut pintu belakang. Even worst, their kids were drugged to sleep untuk memudahkan si setan tu bersenda loka, macam haram.

• My previous neighbour almost had an heart attack after finding out that her maid operates a "pusat urut mengurut dan etc etc" di rumahnya when she was at work, providing services to the Nepals and Cambodians working at the factory nearby.

• My grandma's maid larik pukul 4 pagi tapi instead of pergi ke main road , dia ikut jalan pergi kubur and ended up at one of the neighbour whom later called my grandma to pick her up.

• My aunt's maid larik and curik duit beribu because my aunty ni businesswoman. So duit simpan bawah bantal kot.

• My friend's maid mandremkan they all satu rumah so that they all tak branik marah dia, once her neighbour ternampak she gave her toe to her toddler to suck.

• My staff's maid yang bagi air kencing campur teh to her bed ridden MIL

And I am sure the list goes on. One fact that we need to admit, yang baru datang bodoh2 dari kampung pun kalau banyak bercampur gaul dengan yang dah otai, akan terpengaruh jugak. Apatah lagi kalau they have the priviledge of going out every week.....so help me God.