Love-hate maids

Love-hate maids

Most people have a mixed feeling for foreign maids. Maids are almost an indispensable commodity in many families, even progressively taking over the job functions of their employers' wives.

You can count your luck if you have chosen a good one, but not everyone is that fortunate. We have read about too many tragic stories between employers and their maids. We have seen really bad maids and similarly cruel employers.

The recent incident of an Indonesian maid tossing her employer's son down the flats before plunging to her own death has shocked many families with maids. How well do you know about your maid's mental health?

A young lady working alone in an unfamiliar land often needs to make some psychological adjustments to the new environment. Nevertheless, we discover that not many employers realise this point. A lot of them try to make the best out of their money by making their maids work long hours.

And such thing can cause mistrust and hatred to pile up and eventually be turned into a time bomb.

Due to the evolution of our lifestyle, many families increasingly find themselves hard to go on their lives without getting a little help from these maids. If the relationship between employers and their maids is not handled properly, our lives and emotions will be jeopardised. Any negligence of this crucial issue will only invite tragedies!

-- Sin Chew Daily, Selangor