Time : Ticking Ten AM
Day : A Lazy weekend
My brush is gnashing my teeth in anger all thanks to my maid not turning out yet. Its weekend and I have the privilege to sleep till 10AM but she is a maid how can she not appear by 7.30?? Be it rain or shine, weekend or weekday, maids ought to be as early in the morning as possible. The world stops for us working ladies if the maid is out of reach. Strange, right !
One look at the dirty kitchen sink, dusty floors and messed up dining table, my BP shoots high, my blood boils and my tongue waiting to lash at my maid the moment she will be in. Is it the fear of my laziness at the prospect of cleaning the house which irks me so much? My mind is reluctant for any logics now and is awaiting the maid’s entry to vent out my pent-up anger.
The moment finally arrives and here she comes with a rather straight face trying to cover up all the tension and acting confident. My anger is now overjoyed and I scream my lungs out at her for her unpardonable crime (coming late to work on a weekend) ! She starts her story of excuses, her eyes betraying her and acknowledging the fact that both of us know they are simply ‘flimsy’ excuses. After my screaming and her excuses, both of us are relieved and get back to our business.
A few minutes of awkward silence and my maid tries to strike a conversation with me. The ice is finally broken and after a few more minutes, the friendly banter begins. The work progresses well much to my relief and my maid is also relieved to see me relieved and smiling. When it is time for her to leave, I give her strong instructions that she should be in by 7.30 AM on a weekend, to which she nods and leaves.
It’s Sunday morning 10AM….my brush gnashing my teeth in anger….my maid doesn’t turn out yet…..and history repeats…..!!!!!
Day : A Lazy weekend
My brush is gnashing my teeth in anger all thanks to my maid not turning out yet. Its weekend and I have the privilege to sleep till 10AM but she is a maid how can she not appear by 7.30?? Be it rain or shine, weekend or weekday, maids ought to be as early in the morning as possible. The world stops for us working ladies if the maid is out of reach. Strange, right !
One look at the dirty kitchen sink, dusty floors and messed up dining table, my BP shoots high, my blood boils and my tongue waiting to lash at my maid the moment she will be in. Is it the fear of my laziness at the prospect of cleaning the house which irks me so much? My mind is reluctant for any logics now and is awaiting the maid’s entry to vent out my pent-up anger.
The moment finally arrives and here she comes with a rather straight face trying to cover up all the tension and acting confident. My anger is now overjoyed and I scream my lungs out at her for her unpardonable crime (coming late to work on a weekend) ! She starts her story of excuses, her eyes betraying her and acknowledging the fact that both of us know they are simply ‘flimsy’ excuses. After my screaming and her excuses, both of us are relieved and get back to our business.
A few minutes of awkward silence and my maid tries to strike a conversation with me. The ice is finally broken and after a few more minutes, the friendly banter begins. The work progresses well much to my relief and my maid is also relieved to see me relieved and smiling. When it is time for her to leave, I give her strong instructions that she should be in by 7.30 AM on a weekend, to which she nods and leaves.
It’s Sunday morning 10AM….my brush gnashing my teeth in anger….my maid doesn’t turn out yet…..and history repeats…..!!!!!
Once a human being, always a human being and never a super human being :-) In this journey of life, there is an eternal need for interdependency on one another emphasizing the fact that every human is valuable and yes honourable. If the maid needs us to get her daily bread, we need her to help us with the household chores to go to earn our daily bread. As long as this interdependency continues, even the maids have to be ‘Maids of Honour’.
About the yelling I have no clue coz till date I have not yelled at any maid simply beacause I like silence in the morning and secondly I feel sorry for the poor souls doing all the dirty cleaning without a single day's break. Infact I tell my maid to take 3 days off a month. But yeah a day without maid is like the beginning of a nightmare, considering the fact that I'm the sloppiest soul on earth... :D
ReplyDeletegood one...
ReplyDeleteHi dear u r blog is excellent …but u should live in a country like Kenya where Any public holiday is also a holiday for maid and if u calls on holiday u have to pay her extra money also give her transport charges. So please try to love maids in India
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raji pinni
I really happy to read a blog which is about the reality.I feel sorry for my wife when I see my wifes face if a maid didnot turn up. So little bit of help and mess from my side will spoil whole weekend atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteMaids needs rest "good " thought process. But they work for 1 hr and getting the money they worth or even less. On the flip side we are paying our hard earned money. Sometimes u should show ur good side and sometimes bad side. They way you "LADIES" are showing your faces to your husbands.
Dear,
ReplyDeleteYou wrote about weekend but actually this happens almost every day! In Telugu there is this saying called "Blowing horn before a deaf person". All your screams ultimately vanish in air with no affect whatsoever on the maid!
The article is interesting in its flow. Very readable. Good language.
When maid is late, why dont u take it an opportunity to do the stuff urself? Such small "dirty" things will teach a lot ..believe me. A person who wants freedom in his/her office hours can not tolerate little delay in maid's time. I am talking about in general and not ur case. I dont know how indisciplined she is.
ReplyDeleteYour writing skills are superb. Flow is well maintained, the readability and the language are awesome.
Another nice post from u..
ReplyDeletewe never screamed at our maid like UUUUU..
we never woke up by the time she leaves our house..we are happy that we still recognize her when we see her somewhere else..
Well I cant afford a maid here! so here it goes.... week day or a weekend I know I have to dishes, laundry, cleaning everything. So I finish everything before I go to sleep and I wake up to see a sparklingly clean kitchen :-)
ReplyDeletebetter not to make any dishes in friday evening, so the table also would be clean :(
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