Cerita Orang Gaji

We hired Rahma, our Indonesian maid when she was just 18 yrs old. That was 2 years ago and she’s still with us today. I must say Rahma is a good helper; she basically carry out all the chores assigned, she’s patient, obedient, rarely create problems, and my children love her. 

Now, some people might say a maid is just a maid, but to me.. Rahma is already like a sister. Because this is the person who takes care of my children, does my laundry, cleans my house and sometimes does the cooking… basically looking after my whole family. So what’s the better way to compensate her other than money? Answer: We treat her the best that we can, like our own family. 

But unfortunately, nobody’s perfect in this world… and so does Rahma. Apparently she’s just a young woman. So really, what do I expect? 

Story 1: Today we brought her along to Sogo. Since she wanted to buy a pair of shoe, I suggested we go separate ways. A few hours later tengah jalan2 I saw her inside the karaoke ‘jamban’ (it’s a very tiny room equipped with a tv and karaoke set). At that time she was singing alone, obviously not aware of us standing behind. I thought we better not disturb, so we left. 

About 20 minutes later when we were about to leave, I went to get her but surprisingly this time I found her in the karaoke room next door… squeezing inside with two Indonesian men and a woman. The woman was sitting on one of the men’s lap, so I assumed that left Rahma pairing up with the other guy. I immediately asked her to leave. Later when I inquire who those guys were, she said they invited her to join them when her karaoke machine broke down. Sounded so innocent, but still…
 
Story 2: Last month, while I was at work, she rang me up to tell that her relative is coming over to meet her. Adik sedara she said. Later, I heard from a neighbour that her maid told her “Lelaki tu muka tua, adik apa. Macam boyfriend ada la”.  Malas nak percaya, but still… 

Story 3 : Around last year she went to Klang.. untuk berubat katanya. Biasa la org Indon ni percaya benda2 halus. When she came back, she told me her agent kat klang tu bawak dia jumpa tok bomoh untuk berurut. Tanya dia tok bomoh tu lelaki ke perempuan. Dia kata lelaki. Gulp!

Banyak lagi cerita tapi malas nak ingat.

You see… I always ask myself the same question; why do I get paranoid over this matter? I’m sure I don’t mind if she got boyfriends because to me, everybody has the right to make friends, or perhaps find love… and you can’t just deny that. But it just pisses me off whenever I find out that she’s hanging out with them. Why? Is it because I’m afraid she might get pregnant? Or is it because I’m afraid she might run away? Or bring them home? Or bergayut over the phone tak habis2? Gosh.. she's doing her job well but here I am, complaining to the world. All I want is for her to be happy working for me, but I don't think me being a control freak does any good at all. Sigh….

Comments

[mahnon]

it's true....So untuk tidak memeningkan kepala akak, lepas tamat kontrak , akak dah tak ambik dah maid indon.terpaksa berkorban sikit..hantar anak ke nursery & settlekan kerja rumah sendiri. Now ,i'am happy.Dan rasanya mungkin tak akan ambil lagi maid walaupun kerja bagus. Akak ambik maid muda sbb energetic lagi tapi..yelah mudakan...asyik teringat pacar n nak kawin. nak ambik yang tua takut kita lak yang jaga dia.Susah jugakan pikir pasal maid ni????

[Ayoon]

i do understand ur situation......but have no experience on that......but i know u can handle it in a smart way.....okeh babe.....

so in future aku leh culik pengalaman ko ni laa ek..ehheehehehe....

lurve that 'control freak'...mengingatkan aku kepada seseorang......

[azury]

Kak Mahnon, org kata maid ni ada susah, takde pun susah :( Tapi so far saya tengok maid saya ni budak baik, so nak hantar balik pun rasa bersalah sebab bukan dia buat salah besar pun. Cuma harap2 dia tak lupe tujuan dia dtg sini. Sabar je la kan. Lagipun dia sendiri dah banyak sabar dengan saya. Harap Allah bantu, so tawakal je la.

[azury]

Yeah.. i also hope i can handle it well. Thanks beb. Btw.. who is that control freak u r referring to? Agak2 sensored tu jgn plak publish kat sini nooo...! Kena saman kang aku :p

[Kazu]

alahai rahma...karaoke sorang2 pon layan. huhu

bg seseorang yg kenal rahma, kazu pun sukakan dia and kazu percaya she's a good girl. tp tak dinafikan, kazu rasa dia ni masih budak, naive lagi dan mungkin senang percaya kata-kata orang.

berbanding dgn dia, masa kazu sebaya rahma dulu, pantang buat silap, mesti kena marah, kena tegur dgn mak ayah. mungkin pada umur dia muda2 ni, dan tak ada somebody yg dekat untuk menasihat, so dia pun rasa tak ada salahnya perbuatan dia tu.

kazu rasa elok juga kalau sekali sekala azury tegur dia kalau dia buat salah. kalau one day dia luah rasa tak puas hati dia, azury cakap la apa yang azury rasa seperti yg azury tulis kat sini.

post blog ni honest content-nya, dan kazu rasa mesti dia terharu dan rasa bertuah sbb ada majikan yang anggap dia macam adik sendiri :)

[mahnon]

akak setuju ngan kazu(walaupun tak kenal;)...mungkin sesekali azury kena tegur si rahmah secara baik..jangan sampai nanti rumah azury jadi tempat......???(huh tak nak cakaplah...sbb dah terjadi pada cousin sendiri....bila jiran mengadu ada lelaki masuk rumah time majikan takder).

i believe ..you can handle it and you're good majikan.mungkin boleh monitor lagi...insyallah dia ok...Good luck!!!!

[azury]

Kelemahan saya adalah menegur kesilapan orang... huhu! Tapi cakap Kak Azu dengan Kak Mahnon tu sangat betul, kalau tak tegur mana dia nak tau dia buat silap kan? By the way Kak Mahnon, Kak Azu kakak ipar saya :) Thank u sisters!

[Ayoon]

aku gasa ko kena beli karak jamban tu satu....xpun dia nak karak set kot...ahaks ahaks ahaks....

adalaa seseorang....x baper sensoredlaaa..cuma aku teringat kat dia...eheheheheeh

[MELanies]

hahaha..gile maid akak gi karaoke jamban. nyanyi lagu apa ek?lagu bunga cinta lestari kot..heheh