Domestic helper, not 'MAIDS'.
If you keep calling them 'maids', you will keep treating them like they are below you, Singapore.
On my way to work today, again I see across the street the horrendous sight of a teenage girl (Secondary 3) on her way to school. And a few steps behind her, was her domestic helper, carrying the girl's bag and books.
Once in a while, she looked back and frowned at her domestic helper, shook her head and said something harshly.
Where do you think the young girl learned such ugly behaviour? The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, as they say.
This is a scene from one of the episodes in Six Feet Under: A little girl asks her domestic helper to help retrieve something from her room. The helper declines politely, and replies, 'I'm your domestic helper, not your legs. You go get it yourself.'
The mother of the girl, was in the same room as them. She nodded and wordlessly supported the domestic helper.
Guess how will this little girl grow up to be like?
Gracious, no doubt.
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