Comments on: Having It Maid http://equivocality.com/2009/03/14/having-it-maid/ To be equivocal is to truly live. Wed, 23 May 2012 19:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Xibee http://equivocality.com/2009/03/14/having-it-maid/#comment-34472 Xibee Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:57:32 +0000 http://equivocality.com/?p=3530#comment-34472 Unless there were at least two more people in the place, I'd be uncomfortable with it. My current Hong Kong friends' families don't have servants; they weren't able to do well enough because some members of their families and large properties and businesses were lost in the cultural revolution times. They fled Guandong province to get there. But they still mention when they were little, how they had servants that would carry them to school on their backs, and take care of absolutely anything. It's lovely that your family shows them such a relationship. Unless there were at least two more people in the place, I’d be uncomfortable with it.

My current Hong Kong friends’ families don’t have servants; they weren’t able to do well enough because some members of their families and large properties and businesses were lost in the cultural revolution times. They fled Guandong province to get there. But they still mention when they were little, how they had servants that would carry them to school on their backs, and take care of absolutely anything.

It’s lovely that your family shows them such a relationship.

]]> By: Jeff http://equivocality.com/2009/03/14/having-it-maid/#comment-34152 Jeff Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:59:16 +0000 http://equivocality.com/?p=3530#comment-34152 I'm sure that at some point, if you make enough money, then your time is actually more valuable earning it than doing things like cooking dinner or cleaning, because the potential monetary gain would be more than the expense of hired help. Private time is something I never considered though, maybe because I'm used to living with people here already. If it was just me and a maid, I'm not sure if that extra person would be worth the loss of privacy, even if everything else is taken care of. I’m sure that at some point, if you make enough money, then your time is actually more valuable earning it than doing things like cooking dinner or cleaning, because the potential monetary gain would be more than the expense of hired help.

Private time is something I never considered though, maybe because I’m used to living with people here already. If it was just me and a maid, I’m not sure if that extra person would be worth the loss of privacy, even if everything else is taken care of.

]]> By: Jeff http://equivocality.com/2009/03/14/having-it-maid/#comment-34151 Jeff Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:56:25 +0000 http://equivocality.com/?p=3530#comment-34151 Yeah, sometimes I wonder if I'm just getting in the way and making things harder for the maid to work when I try to make myself some toast and somehow screw it up because I'm not used to the toasters here. Yeah, sometimes I wonder if I’m just getting in the way and making things harder for the maid to work when I try to make myself some toast and somehow screw it up because I’m not used to the toasters here.

]]> By: joe http://equivocality.com/2009/03/14/having-it-maid/#comment-34150 joe Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:04:22 +0000 http://equivocality.com/?p=3530#comment-34150 I guess you either spend all your time making enough money to afford a maid, or you keep more private time so you can do the household chores yourself. I guess you either spend all your time making enough money to afford a maid, or you keep more private time so you can do the household chores yourself.

]]> By: Rodney http://equivocality.com/2009/03/14/having-it-maid/#comment-34127 Rodney Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:13:28 +0000 http://equivocality.com/?p=3530#comment-34127 Everything in this post resonated with me. When I visit Goa, our live in staff take care of everything. At first I tried to help out, but would often get funny looks from family. The cook never served himself either. After someone served him, he would say thank you, politely excused himself and would leave the table to go and eat alone in the kitchen - something I never got used to. Everything in this post resonated with me. When I visit Goa, our live in staff take care of everything. At first I tried to help out, but would often get funny looks from family.

The cook never served himself either. After someone served him, he would say thank you, politely excused himself and would leave the table to go and eat alone in the kitchen — something I never got used to.

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