New Household helper

Always happens. After we arrived from a trip, one or two maids would leave. My only conclusion was, while we were away, they got so used to not doing anything. When we arrived, there were things to be done- paki pitpit yung bawang, paki ligpit ito, hugasan ito…. Their tv sessions got disturbed.

A——————- “Ipaghiwa mo nga ako ng sibuyas, yung pino”.
Maid Cristy——— “Mam, aalis na ako. Pinapauwi na ako ng asawa ko.”
A——————- “Saan ba ang inyo? Samar? Leyte?
Maid Cristy——— “Malapit lang mam”.
A——————- “Saan yung malapit?”
Maid Cristy——– “Sa Commonwealth”.
A—————— “Isang linggo lang, maiinip ka na gusto mo na uli magtrabaho”.
Maid Cristy——– “Hindi na kasi ako mam nakaka-samba”.
A—————— “Iglesia ka pala. Di sumamba ka”.
Maid Cristy——– “Webes at Linggo”.
A—————— “HIndi pwedeng dalawang araw. Linggo ng umaga magsamba ka, bumalik ka ng mga ala una. Diba isang oras lang naman yun?

She insisted that it had to be two days.
As soon as I arrived home tonight, I let her go because she said her husband had been calling.

Our cook Jocelyn had been absent for two weeks. She came this morning but she told me she’s feeling dizzy from high blood. I told her to just go home and rest. She left with Cristy.

After an hour, the agency brought here another international cook. She was coughing and coughing. I heard the agency rep and she, arguing about something.
A————- “Anong problema? Sino’ng inuubo?”
Conching—— “Mam, ako si Conching, natandaan mo pa ako?”
A————- “Inuubo ka pala. Dapat sinabi mo sa agency para hindi ka dinala dito, nagpahinga ka na lang.
Cook———– “May trangkaso nga ako”.
A————– “Ha? Magrest ka, baka ka mabinat. Bakit ka pinadala dito?”
I gave Conching P300 for their taxi fare.
Conching——- “Mam, P500”.
A————– “Bakit kita bibigyan ng P500, dapat nga hindi kayo nagpunta dito, maysakit pala sya”.
Conching——- “Hindi ako tumatanggap ng P300”.
A————– “Deo, ihatid mo nga sila sa sakayan ng taxi”.

A new labandera was brought by the agency yesterday morning at 9:30.
A—————– Marunong ka bang maglinis?
She looked at me blankly.
A—————– Hindi ka pala nag-lilinis. Wala kang gagawin, once a week lang ang laba at once a week ang plantsa, kasi apat lang kami, meron kaming…
Agency Owner—— … machine washing

A—————– Kailangan tutulong ka ring maglinis kasi nga wala kang gagawin.
She was holding her cellphone close to her face.
A—————– Naku, baka wala kang gawin dito kundi magtelepono at mag-charge…
Agency owner—— Charging phone. Masipag yan mam.

A—————– Tatanungin kita ng diretso ha? Malandi ka ba? Maraming lalaki dito, baka itataas mo yung damit mo.
Agency owner—— Mga gwapo ba mam?
A—————– Pagmalandi kahit pangit papatulan. So, malandi ka ba?
Maid V ———– Hindi ako mahilig, yung asawa ko nga hindi ko na pinapansin. Mga gwapo ba talaga driver nyo ?
Agency owner—— Kung gwapo….

After 10 minutes,
A—————- V, wala kang lalabhan at paplantasahin, pasamahan kita kay Cristy kung saan yung mga hampers, at yung palantsahan, Para makita mo.
Maid V to the other maid—— Kumain muna tayo.
A—————- Ha? Kararating mo lang. Anong oras na ba. Hindi ka ba nag-umagahan?
Maid V———– Pandesal lang, umagahan yun…

After 30 minutes, I saw her in the garage, mingling with the drivers, standing by the post and holding her phone, texting.

A————— O, sabi ko na nga ba, mag-te-telepono ka lang.
Maid V———- Hindi mam. tinext ko lang ang anak ko.
Lucy was barking as usual, while I walked to the van.

Maid V tried to show that she’s doing something by calling Lucy in a loud voice.
“Hoy Bakla! Tumigil ka!”
I was horrified.
A————– “Hindi sya bakla. Lucy, at babae sya”.

7 pm
Tonight when I came home, Lucy started barking again when she saw the van. I was inip na so I got off outside the gate.

Upon seeing me, maid V tried to impress me again by showing she’s taking care of our dogs. She aimed at Lucy, “Badash! Tumigil ka na, Badaf!”.

Our dogs are English speaking. They say truffe truffe and not bawawaw.
They only know Stop, You’re so cute, Come here, Out, Wait, No, You’re bad, Good girl, Good boy. The only Tagalog words they hear from us are “ang kulit mo”. With maid V around, our dogs would have some culture shock. How terrible for a girl to be called badash or badaf.
After dinner, I heard her speaking to the little dogs in the same lingo style. She called one of our little dogs “badoosh”.
I hope she doesn’t call me Hoy Manay! Baka mahimatay ako.