blessed,
How to scold aah? Raise yr voice and with a very stern expression. XD
Same as you, I talked to her like an adult. I can endure her making mistake, first time, second time but no third time. I will tell her nicely but in a strict manner, the correct way of doing things etc. The third time, I will really lose my cool liao. You know don't why Indo maids like glutton. She "steal" food... Once, my MIL sliced the orange ($2 each) and place inside the fridge for us then she go makan. MIL fuming mad, scolding her saying if she wants to eat sliced the orange herself, MIL is not to serve her. 2nd time, she ate my hubby's Thai dessert w/o permission ($3/pack). These 2 incidents, I did tell her off and said she cannot do such things. 3rd time, hahaha... I told her that she can eat my niece's full month cake(a square box) and placed inside the fridge almost 1 week still hanging there. Then rmb I bought cakes from GOBI for testing, GOBI box is in long rectangular shape. She ate the last piece which I wanna to keep for my MIL. She said that I told her she can eat it! What the F*&k, I told her she can eat the one in square box which was hanging in the fridge for almost 1 week, now a completely new box of cake which I NEVER will let her eat, so expensive! That time, I really scolded her and asked her whether want to go back to her maid agency? She kept saying sorry sorry.
I learnt sth, never treat your maid too nice(like tell her she can eat this, can eat that etc), don't let them have a feeling you cannot SURVIVE w/o their help, don't need to treat them as friend. There must be a barrier, employer and staff.
You know my MIL had a maid for 7 years, she is super good I tell you. She got our "heart", do things very "swee", very auto and we treated her like family liao. The things she did made us treat her well, not because we treated her very well in the first place then she somehow pay back. My MIL treated her till the extend that she can dine with us at Thai Village, we can order her a bowl of sharkfin.
Now this maid aah, I will not let her dine with us at restauarnt lor, not worth it. No "heart", do things so unattentive... Everytime got to tell her, "Siti, when you do things, you must THINK cannot do things blindly, ask you buy nasi makan, you will also buy sayur(veggies) or telur(egg) right or you really buy plain nasi makan only?" Really must speak that manner then they can understand.