Okay....maid saga....the continuation...
Maid #3 (Indonesian with prior experience in SG) came highly recommended from hubby's client. Initially seemed fine, but whenever I corrected her work....she would show me attitude (subtly), by abstaining from food!! Told me she was fasting but she is christian!! Initially I didn't make the connection....until later on I realized she would abstain from food whenever I corrected her work. After a while, I noticed some weird things going on. Eg. Once when I went out & went to my shoe boxes area to get a pair of seldom worn shoes, a letter of hers dropped out from the shoe boxes. As I was in a rush to go out, I did not ask her about it. But later on when I check the shoe boxes, the letter was gone. She was with me for about 4 months, but throughout that time, she never asked me to post any letter for her. Btw, she has no off day. One of those times when she abstained from food, after that she went to the bathroom which she used & stayed there for a long time. So I did a surprised check of the bathroom & found a bag with her dirty laundry inside & snacks!! When I confronted her, she told me she asked the maid from my neighbour upstairs to buy it for her. I found 3in1 coffee bags in her bedroom. I've always told the maids no food in the room as I don't want to attract ants & roaches to the rooms. But all these I let it go & just told her if she needs things to let me know & I'll get it for her. She was still with me after I gave birth to Nicole. But 1 month after Nicole was born, she said she didn't want to work for me, hence, I got my agent to speak with her regarding this (my agent only helped with the transfer since she was hubby's client's maid). When my agent came back to me, I had the shock of my life!! My agent said she bad-mouthed me & said I scolded her all the time!! Made her eat instant noodle everyday, she had a rash on her body & I didn't even bring her to see a doctor. My agent knows I roam out of the house quite often & know that it is quite impossible for me to scold her all the time. I only asked her to eat instant noodle at most 1 meal of the day & maximum is 4 days in a week. & the best part was I didn't even know she had a rash on her body as she didn't tell me. My agent told me that this maid was very deep (good actress) & told me better to let her go & not keep her. When I got home that day, I pretended that everything was fine, & my maid came to speak to me. She claimed that she didn't know why my agent called to speak with her, & she said the reason for her not working with me was because she didn't want to make me angry & that she had a rash which she is afraid may affect the baby. I sat there listening to her spin her lies & inside, I was really amazed!! She should have been an actress & not a maid!! After I sent her off, I happen to bump into my upstairs neighbour & asked if my maid had ever bothered her maid & she said no. So hubby & I concluded that she must have sneaked out herself when I was not home to post her letters & buy her things. I was glad to have gotten rid of her as I didn't know she was such a good actress until after her talk with my agent!!
Okay...I have to go get ready to pick my girl from school....so maid saga continues later!!
