No Maid Please
Sunday, 23 January, 2005
General | 笔者: Twinsmom
A year ago I joked to my friend, may be after the girls reach around 3-4 years old, I can consider work as a baby sitter, and specially baby sit for twins, got experience mah. Good money wor, I checked before 5 days/week, public holidays not included (otherwise double charge), from 8am-5pm, OT charge after 5pm, and one month RM400 in PJ area, and for twins RM1000, of cause not included their meal and milk. Yee? Why no discount on twins? Because taking care of twins more works, so charge more instead of discount.
But then I never thought about baby sitting is a very heavy responsibility work, because by then my girls till babies what, what else a baby do? Sleep, eat, and shit only mah. Not until the girls can walk, and plus recently read from paper about the baby injured or died under the baby sitter’s care.
When taking care of own children we already very be careful, if anything happen to them, I am the one to take the responsibility, blame myself or bang my head to the wall, and pay the medical bill etc etc. (pantang lalang, so don’t want to mention something even more worst) but when taking care of other’s kid, the responsibility far more greatest than taking care of own kid, anything happen I can’t tell the parent: “So sorry, I compensate your lost with my kid.”
It is just like when I borrow a out-of-print book 绝版书(actually bad example, never borrow book from others, and don’t borrow book to others, anyway…) from friend, I’ll take good care of it, never simply fold the corner or let my girls grab it and tear, but if it is my own book then different, still take good care of it (nobody buy a book and let it tear right?), but if so happen the girls tear it, I’ll just pick it up and tape it back that’s all. But imagine return a tear and taped book to friend…
Why these suddenly jump in to my mind?
Because the other day MIL came back from BIL#2’s place, told me SIL#2’s ex-tenant a SAHM hiring a maid, beside taking care of her two kids, also baby sitting for another two children. So told me this is not a bad idea, have a maid to do the house work (for both up stair and down stair), taking care of Auntie Shirley, and also baby sitting, and another RM1000 in my pocket.
Well, if MIL gives me this idea year ago, I’ll jump right into it, but not anymore.
Only few weeks ago during the new year gin-rammy game, they just talked about how horrible some maid treat the kids and old folk in the family, abuse them, feed them poison in the food etc, if got choice better not to have maid etc, then just weeks later suddenly think about all the convenience and wish to have a maid, because of see the few hundreds extra, and the horrible story no longer horrible.
No, no maid for me, I need no maid to clean my house, to iron and fold my laundry, to cook for the family, to…what else the maid need to do beside this? Goyang kaki, may be.
If I can live without maid with two babies then, I sure can live without the maid with two toddler now, and some more I still have the luxury hour to blogging everyday wor, am I not free or what? Why need maid? I got two hands and two legs, I’m not a 9-5 working mommy, may be I a little bit forgetful, but definately no need a maid to help me to find the egg yolk.
And then may be worst if I have one, I might need to jaga the maid as well.
Imagine jaga my toddler, plus baby sit two kids, plus jaga the maid to jaga the kids, how stress? Just like MIL have to be in BIL#2’s house 5 days/week, from 9-5 to jaga the maid to jaga the kids.