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So Difficult to get a Good Maid

Wow, this is the first time I’ve had to get my own maid as all the others we’ve had has been on a referral basis.  My goodness, it’s like a task for a project manager!  Going into Bukit Timah Shopping Centre almost rocked me to my core.  It’s my first time there and I cannot believe the number of maid agencies.  I mean, how do you choose?

It’s funny too how they train them, i.e., they give them a book.  Can they read?  Most of them are just staring blankly, you can tell.  Some are mopping the same 3 sqm of floor over and over again.  How can you tell if they are doing it right since that 3 sqm is so clean already!  Shouldn’t they be put to more productive use like going to clean actual houses as apprentice or something?  Or is that illegal?

Anyway, I was so overwhelmed I decided not to go to any agency and went to have lunch instead at the Japanese restaurant in the basement which isn’t half bad.  There were some kids breakdancing- or trying to, outside.  Most of what they were doing was pressing their face against the floor- which I hope some of the maids have gone to clean otherwise they will definitely be getting blackheads and pimples with all the floor smooching.

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