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Friday, November 21, 2008

Who should wash the car?

There are probably 80,000 filipino maids in singapore and maybe 80 percent are washing their employers car if not everyday, twice a week or maybe once a week. My question is ... is washing car our responsibility? As far as i know we are employed to do housework and childcare jobs but washing cars? Isnt it suppose to be a mans job? Why can't emloyers wash their own car? They sit and sip a coffee or read a newspaper while we wash their cars?For some unlucky maids they are being paid 300 dollars / month for a housework that includes, cooking, taking care of children ,laundry, marketing, ironing, etc. Our work starts at 5 am while our boss are still asleep and our work finish [ if we are lucky ] at 10 pm when our boss goes to bed. Some even work till 2 am sleep for 3 hours then wake up at 5 am. How rediculous is that? Some work for employers relative at day and work at employers place at night , although i have not see anyone working at someones place but i talk to few maids who relate me their situation. Some earning extra but for some they work for free it depends on their employer.
If they want us to wash their cars why can't they pay us extra at least? Or do we have the right to ask for a fee for washing their cars? Can the ministry of manpower can do anything about this or let the employers relax and sit while we wash their cars? How about asking us to rest after we wash their cars. I doubt that... i know some employer who ask their maid to quickly wash the cars so she can feed the baby or go to the market or make the beds or do the cooking or do the laundry or god knows what else. In their eyes maids are not human, maids are machines.

Who should walk the dog

Who should walk the dog? That's the question most maid wants to know. Is it our responsibilty to walk our employers dog? Is it fair to us to walk the dog aside from feeding, grooming while our bosses are setting pretty at home drinking coffee or reading newspaper? In fact they are the one who choose to have dog and not us. Is there any answer for these?