3 times lucky..?

Ever since our long time maid left us last year, we’ve had our fair share of new maid drama (its pretty much well documented in the May 2007 entries)
In June last year, we got ourselves a second maid. The first impression wasn’t bad, she was definitely more proactive than the first one.

Unfortunately, that initial good impression did not last very long.
That good impression was ruined when we found out she used my sister’s laptop without her knowledge and even denied that fact when we questioned her. She could only give me a very guilty look when I told her we saw her browsing history and the sudden drop in the battery level.

On top of that, her concept of cleanliness is not the same as us. For example, the general cleaning cloth in the kitchen turned into a disgusting, smelly piece of fabric, under her care. She sometimes wouldn’t wash/clean table mats after meals if she thought there were no visible food stains. She also didn’t think there was any need to wipe furniture or walls, so you can imagine how unclean my kitchen walls were in the first couple of months.

The initiative she had in the beginning, fizzled out after like 2 months.
She was taught several recipes (some of which she forgot), given many cookbooks to help her out but she sort of fell into routine. She bought the same food each week and cooked the same few dishes. Only when someone specifically told her to buy a particular item, will she break out of her shopping/cooking routine, BUT only for that one week.
She can’t seem to remember or maybe she couldn’t be bothered to notice which dishes were well received and which weren’t.

It wasn’t like we overworked her or anything.
It was actually the opposite - She had free time EVERYDAY!

My mum eventually gave up a few weeks ago. under the suggestion of the agent, she picked out a new maid.

2 days ago, my mum told her she was going to be replaced and that she’ll have to go for an interview with a potential employer the next day. She got upset but she seemed to deal with it ok. the next day, I was given the task to drive her there.
Upon reaching, she was told off twice for her poor appearance – she didn’t tie up her hair and she had multiple earrings on her ears.

After a hour and a half, I could go pick her up. Apparently, the potential employer didn’t want her, said something about her black polished toe nails. Picky picky..

Anyway, the moment she came home, she started packing. That morning, before the interview, she already borrowed herself a luggage bag.
I was puzzled at her eagerness to pack and go.

What was more puzzling was what she did yesterday.

After dinner, she asked my mum to let her stay and cried about needing money for her son, who is apparently sick. By then, there was really nothing my mother could do. Paperwork had been processed, our new maid was already undergoing training here in Singapore. My mum told her it was really too late as she had given her so much chances to improve over a course of 9 months! Yes 9 months with us and she still hadn’t quite adapted herself to meet the level of housekeeping my mum was hoping for.

Oh well, its abit sad that things turned out like that.
I just hope she LEARNS from this experience and hopefully the agency can find her a new employer in 2 weeks or she’ll have to really pack up and go home.

Anyway, I really really hope the new maid won’t disappoint.