tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post3580157316775449461..comments2023-12-12T11:39:43.504+01:00Comments on Blurb from the Burbs: SecondsMedicatedMoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-16277979268810511642013-04-21T10:29:24.155+02:002013-04-21T10:29:24.155+02:00Yep, Mission brown - with burnt orange floral tile...Yep, Mission brown - with burnt orange floral tiles in the kitchen and lovely brownish-scrolly ones in our bathroom.<br /><br />....and I'm already a cleaner - just an unpaid one!MedicatedMoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-59858292417048187962013-04-21T08:15:19.662+02:002013-04-21T08:15:19.662+02:00So that colour is the Swiss equivalent of Mission ...So that colour is the Swiss equivalent of Mission Brown, right? And the future is clear - give up writing, and become a cleaner!!! Of course I'm joking ...Red Nomad OZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020668094026661054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-39477400736753802202013-04-19T08:37:43.879+02:002013-04-19T08:37:43.879+02:00Definitely not, Ellena as G and his wife are never...Definitely not, Ellena as G and his wife are never home when she's hard at work cleaning up their debris!MedicatedMoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-32064237155279160272013-04-19T04:56:43.169+02:002013-04-19T04:56:43.169+02:00Is it possible that G's cleaning lady charges ...Is it possible that G's cleaning lady charges more because she gives some extra service once a week? I'm thinking along the lines of 'treesome'Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-53888654532209411102013-04-18T15:00:05.800+02:002013-04-18T15:00:05.800+02:00It is indeed, dianeb, especially when they're ...It is indeed, dianeb, especially when they're (sometimes) a huge part of their employers' (and employers' childrens') lives.MedicatedMoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-24451054420096037932013-04-18T14:19:17.090+02:002013-04-18T14:19:17.090+02:00it is sad that maids/nannies are still seen as sec...it is sad that maids/nannies are still seen as second citizens. diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-60183471661947935572013-04-18T10:30:17.826+02:002013-04-18T10:30:17.826+02:00FruitCake, I'd be an utter failure too, becaus...FruitCake, I'd be an utter failure too, because it would be impossible for me to keep my mouth shut and tell them what I think of them!MedicatedMoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-39978300425877051632013-04-18T10:26:56.945+02:002013-04-18T10:26:56.945+02:00It seems I would be an utter failure as a maid. Ev...It seems I would be an utter failure as a maid. Even thinking quickly is challenge enough, let alone running behind somebody's child like a slave.FruitCakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660225514077942415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-52888371154822887202013-04-18T10:24:31.959+02:002013-04-18T10:24:31.959+02:00Ashleigh, I'm aware of the culture of maids in...Ashleigh, I'm aware of the culture of maids in Asia and India, but living here is so DAMNED EXPENSIVE it makes my eyes water and I think that a maid is upping the ante. I wander around the place in my five year old target clothes and see endless fur coats, chanel pumps and bentleys. <br /><br />As for Guilliame, he did look rather shocked when I said that I didn't need his maid's services as "I'm the cleaner in our house."<br /><br />Ms O-Dyne, unless any of Ms Lollobridiga's jewellery makes it to the flea-market, it might be slightly beyond my price range. Even if I offered a cleaner's rate of 25 CHF to cover the event, I'm sure I'd still be too much for the PR company....MedicatedMoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-16107120161077074402013-04-18T10:14:29.034+02:002013-04-18T10:14:29.034+02:00Maids are something from a bygone era - well, live...Maids are something from a bygone era - well, live-in maids.<br /><br />But in Asia, its very common, and the size of your maids room is hugely generous compared to what I've seen for the maids quarters in brand new apartments in Singapore (and China).<br /><br />We might think its a bit odd, having a live-in maid.<br /><br />I was talking to some people who have lived in those places and they gave the other perspective:<br /><br />If you are a rich westerner with a well paying job you are EXPECTED to employ a maid. It is seen as your social obligation to provide employment for the less-well-off, and you will be looked down on if you don't.<br /><br />In the case of the live-in maids, this means they don't have to find and pay for their own accommodation and for all practical purposes, its only for sleeping - the rest of the time they are either cooking, cleaning, or skiving off in your house while you are away :)<br /><br />I'm not saying any of this is right or wrong, it just is. And in asia, those maids send a lot of remittances home which helps to spread the joy.<br /><br />It's not how I would like to live (that is, I don't want to share my space with a maid but I would not object to a regular cleaner visiting!), but I can see their point.ashleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03109431499306884717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-62434555962797035172013-04-18T10:13:56.926+02:002013-04-18T10:13:56.926+02:00Genevre newsflash: big auction there any day of Gi...Genevre newsflash: big auction there any day of Gina Lollobrigidas jewellery.<br /><br />Maybe the guy with the costly cleaner makes those $cary watche$.<br /><br />X XAnn ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-54389015732522536722013-04-18T09:49:25.153+02:002013-04-18T09:49:25.153+02:00True, River, the nanny'll get fitter but the f...True, River, the nanny'll get fitter but the fact that she has to seems very unfair. Otherwise she should ask the employer/mother to buy her some decent running shoes and fitness clothes!<br /><br />Me either, E-Child. They'll do (and expect) exactly the same in a couple of decade's time...MedicatedMoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-83720721917186392132013-04-18T08:55:06.220+02:002013-04-18T08:55:06.220+02:00The more things change...
And I am appalled at you...The more things change...<br />And I am appalled at your early morning vision. Hiss and spit. And I don't like the message it was sending to the child either. Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-34139542760016467422013-04-18T07:26:37.421+02:002013-04-18T07:26:37.421+02:00I used to be a cleaner, but gave it up to take the...I used to be a cleaner, but gave it up to take the job at Coles. Where I spent a good part of my time.....cleaning! Pfft!<br />I fell sorry for the poor huffing and puffing nanny. but if she does that every day, she soon won't be huffy and puffy. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-85542828341041146952013-04-18T07:21:01.150+02:002013-04-18T07:21:01.150+02:00PlasMan, put it this way: when a PR company contac...PlasMan, put it this way: when a PR company contacted me to ask if I'd cover the International luxury watch expo (for buyers and jewellers only, not peasants from the public), they asked my hourly rate. I nominated the one I receive for tutoring students (50 CHF per hour) and they said, "Oh goodness no, that's far too much...." So presumably they found someone much cheaper to spend a day talking to the makers of half-million dollar watches such as Rolex, Longines et al....<br /><br />Wilbo43, I guess it still surprises me how people seem to assume that paid help are somehow less important. Back in 1991 I had a hellish two weeks as a nanny in London and was utterly shocked then at how the family saw me, but 22 years on, it still occurs.<br /><br />Andrew, a maid might not own much, but surely you'd set up a room for her with a bookshelf, a big bed and a telly of her own?MedicatedMoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-68768598127815738252013-04-18T03:48:46.923+02:002013-04-18T03:48:46.923+02:00I guess a maid would not own much and so would not...I guess a maid would not own much and so would not need much space. I would put in a power point so that she can use a hair dryer in her room. After all, her appearance would reflect on you.<br /><br />I think I could easily get used to having a maid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-76954710596082906172013-04-17T23:52:02.933+02:002013-04-17T23:52:02.933+02:00I was going to offer to come over for a stint as y...I was going to offer to come over for a stint as your nanny, but hesitated when I found out there is no power point in my room for my computer, iPhone and bedside lamp. When finally I found out how people treat their nannies over there, that settled it. I'm staying put!wilbo43https://www.blogger.com/profile/00598066077101522060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-61837365990211962712013-04-17T23:28:42.244+02:002013-04-17T23:28:42.244+02:00Bonjour Kath,
375 francs a week???????
And he sa...Bonjour Kath,<br /><br />375 francs a week???????<br /><br />And he says "only 25 francs an hour?"<br /><br />That's an obscene amount of money for a cleaner.<br /><br />I'm obviously in the wrong career.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.com