House maids

Am sure most parents have undergone  headaches with several house maids, what do they want? Honestly, i have given up of trying figuring them out. You give them a place to live, food, and all other household amenities for free and yet they still give you headache. Sincerely i understand why some mothers quit their jobs to bring up their kids. These girls can drive you to near madness.  Personally i treat them like part of my family, sometimes i will tell them to take a break while i do the chores just to make them feel appreciated but wapi, one day they will just wake up and tell you they are leaving for no apparent reason without caring at all, with mighty attitudes. I pity my young kids-i don’t think psychologically it’s good for them to have different caretakers changing very often. I have had a turnover of 5 maids this year alone. Some friends of mine tell me they almost have a new girl every month.

The ages 22-26 are the notorious ones, very hot blooded, always on the phone, all their salaries are spent on buying clothes, skin lightening creams etc, they become prey to young men from the grocery, shops, butcheries, masons etc. On Sunday i went to the butchery and the young man behind the counter asked me where a previous house maid went to....now i know why i was getting good cuts whenever i sent that girl to the butchery...aah! I always make a point of telling my house girls the dangers of frolicking around, the guy will not marry you, will likely get you paged or worse infect you with an STD, for what? Buying you sodas over the weekend and promising you bliss. The older ones want to take over your home, they have a mindset on how homes should be run and do not want to be corrected, almost commanding you in your home!

With all these horror stories of house girls liaising with kidnappers, some are murderers, thieves basically crooks. The choices to a parent are few, either get one from a trusted person, get to know about their backgrounds, parents, relatives, friends or just raise your kids and get something you can easily do from home.I am almost choosing the second option...almost.