Maids

The unfortunate incident of the maid running away happened again. The 2nd maid is not good, very slow and lack of intelligence. However as we pity her we decided to keep her instead of sending her back to the maid agency. After working for us for 4 months she ran off in early April, 2006. This time it happened during the day and at my house! My daughter was busy teaching her students at my house. The granny was feeding Kay Lyn and my own maid was busy collecting clothes which was hanged outside the house. I was taking my afternoon nap. The maid was supposed to look after Kay Li as she was not asleep. Suddenly my daughter burst into my room and told me that her maid had ran away. I was shocked. We discovered that she opened the back door and ran off through the back lane. We searched around but could not find her.

This incident got me rattled. The thought that the maid could run away under several noses is unnerving. I must say I am very thankful that she did not take Kay Li with her. It would be a big nightmare for all of us.

When my daughter went home, she checked the maid's room and found that several of her personal items were missing. Hence it must have been planned. Someone must have contacted her and entice her to run away, perhaps with promise of higher wages.

Looking at it from the positive side, I must say it was a good thing she ran away as we do not have the heart to send her back to the maid agency. Secondly since she ran away less than 6 months after working with us, we do not have to pay the full agency fee for the next maid.

On the other hand we have to pay a fine of RM250 to the immigration. Though we do not have to pay the full agency fees, it still will cost us about RM2000 for a replacement.