maid gek me again
1) i asked her to halve the cherry tomatoes for salad. was latching c2 in the hall. i wanted a drink fm the kitchen, so went inside. guess what? she was munching on the cherry tomatoes. on top of that, can tell me "mdm, v sweet, these tomatoes" i diam diam but she can def tell i m not happy.
but she made up for it almost immediately by cutting up the cherries that i gave to her, put into an ikea plastic bowl for C2 to eat.
(at least she knows she has been caught red handed)
2) she asked to go out to buy her top up phone card on sunday after her chores were done and volunteered to bring C2 along since he woke up from his nap. i normally say yes, but this time, all her little bits of sass came back to me... so i asked her "eh, i thought you were on leave 2 weeks ago? ur topup finished so fast"
she replied that the intl portion of her topup is finished and she did not manage to buy the card on her off day. i nodded sagely and said "on your next off day, since you normally come back ~15-20mins before our agreed time, pls walk over to 7-11 to buy the topup before you come back"
i dun really mind the tomatoes or the time taken to buy the topup. but i do need to remind her that those are not rights, but privileges. she has been taking matters into her own hands, time to pull in the reins and remind her who is the actual mistress of this household.
Mr C thinks i m making smthing out of nothing. i disagree. minor sassiness, if not checked, can and will turn into outright insubordination. sekali later she thinks mdm very shui bian, anything also can.... hmmmmph.
and these behaviours are considered not too bad already. haiya... maids. FTWMs cannot live without them, but they bring their own sets of worries.