Domestic Helpers are like pirated VCD

Foreign maids; You need em' and you're also afraid of em'. You worry if they run away, kidnap your children, turns out to be a psycho, rob your house and so on but hey here's the news... They're scared of you too. They worry if you'll torture them, starve them, work them over and etc... Fact is we're scared of each other so we should respect each other if you wanna get things worked out. You know you need them so don't overdo it! Although they are paid to do your biddings, it doesn't mean that they aren't human. Who could work 16 hours every and on weekends too??? Even your mom or wife complaints about the chores they do everyday and they get to rest in between. Then again, if they do the work less than your acceptable cleanliness, why bother hire them when you could do a better job.

Perhaps the industry has gotten bigger and thus we get the lousy service from the agencies. The quality of maids has certainly gotten worse when compared to the earlier days. With more demands of these domestic helper, the agencies will just go to anywhere and recruit anyone to do the work. If they did had a screening test, I'd say they did a lousy job.

Helpers now are like pirated VCD while the agencies are just like the peddlers on the streets. Qualities not guaranteed and its your luck to get an acceptable helper. Like a pirated CD peddler, if you don't like your purchase just return it for a one to one exchange. Then again, the quality still s*ck on the next exchange. What happens to the cd that you returned? Its put up for sale again until the next sucker pays for it. There's nothing much they can do about it after the purchase. People just keep on going back to exchange for other defect products.

Thats how I perceive the agencies nowadays. If your helper is problematic, return it to the agency and they let you pick someone else. Your previous helper is pushed back to the available pool for some other sucker who wants to change their helper as well. What can you do? You've already paid the money and its not like you get a refund. You just end up with more headaches. Why are the agencies like this? Why not do some proper screening and interview before you recruit your staffs? If you did, try harder to improve. Just because people need your service doesnt give you the rights to slack off...