Sunday, 30 August 2015

On sympathy and our limits.

I just hate the selfish maids. There's no point in doing good to them. They never pay you back. They are selfish, disloyal and opportunistic, No matter how long they have been with you, they would always go to the one who pays them more. Imagine their guts! They want rights! They want days off! They want better salary!!!! Disloyal 'koum'. I also don't tolerate well the dirty children that smell of poverty they bring with them. I don't want them messing with my perfect home. Except of course, if they can be hired as maids. The rule is that the younger the maid is , the easier it is to tame her. She doesn't have a sharp tongue and you can mould her the way you want. Of course I have to make sure her mannerisms don't affect our children. They go to school ( she cannot possibly go to school. With the upbringing she has had, she is not suited to education) The older ones are more cunning and they have more demands. They have kids falling sick, and marriages and death and disease in family. (I always suspect these are only excuses unless proven otherwise) . It is easy to say that we exploit them. Excuse me! We give them shelter and a place to sit (not on the same sofa, or chair, or bed) We give them a place to sleep (in the corner) We take them to restaurants ..well as caretakers of our children, or because we could not leave these potential thieves alone at home. But we take them,sometimes let them eat too. And the food in our fridge doesn't go to dustbin, it goes to them!!!!. Sometimes these people even borrow money from us, 20 to 30 thousand rupees at a time. All we ask in return is that they serve us day and night for duration of two years or so ( Oh the Brick Kiln owners HONY posted about, that was absolutely oppressive. I made touching comments there!!!) But i have seen so many maids running away , violating the contract!!! That's the deal with them. Ungrateful pricks, violating the sanctity of contracts! So lets place the blame where its due. I hate how these people can be such a headache. And so ungrateful when you need them that there is no point in doing good to them. They only think about themselves.
I have an education by the way. I am very concerned about child rights. I frequently share the humanitarian posts on social media. I paint the pictures of my sadness with beautiful words. I type touching comments under pictures of poor and unfortunate people. I find the photos of starving African kids very moving....! I also drop in a note if a charity box is passed over to me. I tip the waiters when someone is looking. I have a circle of friends and people who keep reminding me how good I am and that is necessary confidence. I wish life would get easier for the poor people , they melt my heart  

(When i first made this post, people 'related' to it instead of finding it ironical. This is the state of affairs.)

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