I don’t know what it is about housemaids nowadays. The first housemaid my family has ever had, for as long as I can remember, was one middle-aged lady I called “Opah Susu”, as she was the one who made me my milk. She continued to work with the family until 1973 when we moved to PJ from Melaka.
After that, it was a string of sisters, Shamsiah and Kamariah, from Tanjung Besar in Pahang. I didn’t know what was really wrong with them. Shamsiah left after a few months, replaced in turn by her sister who also left after a year or so. Now that I’ve aged, do I know the real reason: they got pregnant by the neighbour’s gardener.
When my father was made the Inspector-General of Police, we had “batmen” so maids were actually Auxilliary Policewomen. So the discipline was there. When my father retired, it took four years to convince my ageing mother to have a maid. She got an Indonesian maid who proves herself to be an asset.
When I got married the first time around,my wife then was okay in her household management. Her attitude wasn’t. The second time I got married, I did all the housework as I married an extremely lazy woman, 4 years my senior in age. So I had to cook and tidy the house. Otherwise I’d fare better in a pig-sty.
With this wife, we’ve had 3 maids. The first was good with housework but her only snag was being caught spitting into my stepson’s milk bottle before feeding him. We gave her the boot. The second one, who is still here with us, is a lazy b*tch who sleeps and eats a lot. Always grumbling about having too much work around the house. So we got a third one to help her out. Quarrels ensued on who’s supposed to do what despite the division of duties; and th third one was also caught napping in my daughters’ room with the air-conditioner at full blast. Gave that one a boot, too,literally. So I’m stuck with this extremely lazy one whose butt is getting bigger than my tummy is by the day. The problem is my younger son and daughter are too attached to her.
Right just now I was at the end of my patience; I literally became the recruit instructor I was 14 years ago. I stood in one corner while I watched her clean the kitchen up (in the previous house, the kitchen was suitbale for breeding roaches and rats); and everytime she said she was done, I’d ask her if she was satisfied with her work, then if she said yes, I’d point to some little stain somewhere and asked her to remove it. All she has to do everyday is the housework and feed the two little ones; both she fail to do. Whenever my daughter cries in hunger, she’d make her sleep so she won’t have to feed her rice or something. So whenever the little one wakes up, the hunger would be just terrible. I don’t know what this maid does. My daughters and I tidy up our room respectively. I wash my clothes from time to time. I even do the gardening and tidying up the lawn. She can’t even wipe the dust off the table daily!
Now,if I kick this one out, what guarantee do I have that I will get someone better?
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