Liana,
yes! I was really riled over the rice cooker massaging issue. In fact the whole of yesterday was a really bad day!
1. she took 2 hours just to sweep and mop the living and dining room and wash 5 pieces of baby clothes (out of which 3 were small washcloths!!)-- skiving!! because we woke up late yesterday.
2. the baby clothes were dripping wet and i nearly fell! So angry with her and told her to fix it. Guess what she did? She took the mop and mopped the floor while the clothes were still dripping away! What's the logic??
3. She's obsessed with cleaning the brown rice. She spends nearly 30mins just trying to clean rice. I had to stop her cos I needed the kitchen time to prepare the chicken as well as my boy's lunch.
4. Eventually when she got to have her lovey time with the rice, she took forever!! That's when i caught her massaging the rice cooker! I really pounced on her at that time cos it was time to feed my boy and she was still lurking around in the kitchen!
As a result, my boy's lunch was 1/2h late!! stupid maid! She thinks a 1yo kid can handle hunger pangs!?!
5. Told her specifically to vacuum clean my boy's room, particularly the corners where the dust had collected to be as thick as a $1 coin. When i came back from errands, i went to check. Dust still there. Asked her abt it. She said she did vacuum. Then she changed story, said dust is 'sticky cannot get out'. I swept my fingers across, the dust went onto my fingers. what sticky?!? Then she changed story again, said she vacuumed with the small brush. Asked her which brush, is it the same one she used for the couch. She answered "small brush" Pushed again for answer. Eventually then she said she vacuum w/o nozzle. I don't believe her at all. Cos the dust was still as thick as before i told her to vacuum. told her to vacuum again until everything is cleared.
Really really drove me nuts!
This morning my hubby caught her using a rag from dunno where to clean the dining table. Upon questioning, she said she's been using that cloth only for cleaning the table. In the first place, there is a cloth for cleaning dining tables. She did not ask when she wasn't sure and just took anything to use.
Also, she started in our hsehold quite well. I remembered the first morning when i told her to toast bread for us, she straight away found the tongs and used it to handle the bread instead of using her hands. Today i caught her using her hands. I asked her abt tongs, then she apologised...
what's with the maids really??!?! I really think they start to treat employers with contempt once they get familiar....and i'm NOT even familiar with her...just she and herself getting very acquainted with the toaster and the rice cooker
as for low class maids, I'm also seeing a few in my area, but Liana, my neighbourhood is just average lah..
but still it's no good. These LC maids really look like prostitutes. Their boobs and butt cheeks are always popping out. they have dyed hair, wear huge chunky jewellery, smoke, and wear heavy make up. It makes me want to puke just seeing them...