Bye Bye Aye Aye

We heard no news about our new maid which was supposed to have come in soon. So, I called the agent up 2 weeks ago and to my shock, her passport was not ready yet. The agent promised to call me back during the weekend after his counterpart get back to him but didn't do so. So, I called him up last week again to check on the status. Again, he told me he has no update and advised us to go down to pick another one as a contingency.

We went back to the agency today and demanded an explanation from the agent. Aye Aye (the maid's name) most probably didn't submit the full documents or didn't pay the agent fees. We got to say bye bye to her. The agent recommended a transfer maid to us (Poh Poh Myint) who requested to come back herself as she was tasked to work on 2 homes. She is very young and look pleasant, we almost took the agent's recommendation but upon questioning further, we realized that she was not suitable at all and decided to choose another one from his stack of files.

Why did we reject her?
- She wanted to keep long hair despite us telling her that short is nice and neat.
- She kept wanting to have off day even though the agent kept telling her that no off day is allowed. She wanted 1 off day per month. Although she agreed to work even without the off day, we could tell that she was reluctant.
- She didn't speak very good english, we couldn't understand what she was saying in the first place esp when she was telling us about the off day. It got us a while before we made out what she meant.
- She had her hair highlighted, wore a necklace around her neck and had a long sleeved shirt under her maid uniform. I can tell that she is very conscious of her looks. I had enough of vain maids.
- She was too young to look after children. She looked young and skinny and is single (may not have prior experience).
- She was too smart to have called the agency and let in the news to them that she was assigned to work in two homes. If she could do that to others, she may very well do the same thing to us!
- She was easy to influence. Being only 4 days in the agency, there was no way she could have requested for off days. She must have heard about it from her peers and decides to try her luck. I don't want another maid who always say "My friend say this and my friend say that!".

We managed to find another one maid who has passport ready and one who seems obedient and pleasant. Didn't rely on the biodata as we learnt that it was totally inaccurate for the case of Poh Poh Myint. The new maid should be coming in 2 weeks' time. Another maid, hope this one doesn't give any problem!


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