We have two maids in our household , our children are still young and we stay in a semi-D . As both husband and wife are working , we had no choice but to be dependant on our maids to take care of the kids and housework. Our maids are given day offs twice a month , one is Indonesia and the other is Filipina. Our reason for having two different races is to ensure that they dont get too close to cause mischief .
The postman ,news vendor and some foreign workers are often passing our house and we did not suspect much until one of our maids started to behave suspiciously . She was having mood swings and very irritable, often complaining about her Filipina companion that is not doing her work and she has to work more. I questioned the Filipina and soon there is a "war" between them .
Then I suddenly found out something very frightening , the Filipina confided in me that a dark skin foreign worker has been visiting my house 2 or 3 times a week and he will stay in the maid's room for a few hours each time! Although they have an agreement not to spill the beans because both maids are having some dark secrets, their unhappiness with each other prompted the Filipina to make the first move to report on the Indonesian.She further told me that the Indonesian has been asking her for medical advice to stop an itch around her genitals but she could only refer her to consult a doctor.
I almost panic as she is the one cooking for my kids and any form of venereal disease in her may affect my children. I confronted her to find out about her illness and she knew her Filipina friend has given her away, in between sobs she took the opportunity to report that the Filipina is also no angel and she was meeting her boy friends at short time hotels on off days too.that drove me crazy , I called for the Filipina and the whole situation became chaotic . They hit each other without pulling any punches and the Indonesian accused her of making money through the men she slept with.
I lost my patience and brought them back to the agent to cancel their permits , the agent rebuked me for not taking his advice that I should not allow off-days but instead pay them in lieu. He has his reasons which I did not listen as I was more concern with the maids' well being and agreed to off-days for them to have their own time for relaxation. Never did I once imagine that the day off is for them to engage in meeting strangers and making more money through sexual services. I was also shocked to hear from the Filipina that on week-ends , all budget hotels are fully booked for the whole day by these migrant workers .
From this experience, I pay my new maids in lieu of off-days and there is no fear of them getting into contact with men on the prowl.
The postman ,news vendor and some foreign workers are often passing our house and we did not suspect much until one of our maids started to behave suspiciously . She was having mood swings and very irritable, often complaining about her Filipina companion that is not doing her work and she has to work more. I questioned the Filipina and soon there is a "war" between them .
Then I suddenly found out something very frightening , the Filipina confided in me that a dark skin foreign worker has been visiting my house 2 or 3 times a week and he will stay in the maid's room for a few hours each time! Although they have an agreement not to spill the beans because both maids are having some dark secrets, their unhappiness with each other prompted the Filipina to make the first move to report on the Indonesian.She further told me that the Indonesian has been asking her for medical advice to stop an itch around her genitals but she could only refer her to consult a doctor.
I almost panic as she is the one cooking for my kids and any form of venereal disease in her may affect my children. I confronted her to find out about her illness and she knew her Filipina friend has given her away, in between sobs she took the opportunity to report that the Filipina is also no angel and she was meeting her boy friends at short time hotels on off days too.that drove me crazy , I called for the Filipina and the whole situation became chaotic . They hit each other without pulling any punches and the Indonesian accused her of making money through the men she slept with.
I lost my patience and brought them back to the agent to cancel their permits , the agent rebuked me for not taking his advice that I should not allow off-days but instead pay them in lieu. He has his reasons which I did not listen as I was more concern with the maids' well being and agreed to off-days for them to have their own time for relaxation. Never did I once imagine that the day off is for them to engage in meeting strangers and making more money through sexual services. I was also shocked to hear from the Filipina that on week-ends , all budget hotels are fully booked for the whole day by these migrant workers .
From this experience, I pay my new maids in lieu of off-days and there is no fear of them getting into contact with men on the prowl.
