Looking for a maid

**sharon** · 03-02-2008, 04:44 PM

My Farang friend is looking for a maid who can;

1. Live in Maid
2. clean the house
3. all laundry and ironing
4. care for Tasha Belle which includes cooking her food, feeding her, making sure she has water, giving her medicine (eye drops)
5. food shopping
6. cooking
7. watering plants

Any recomendations are welcome. Maybe if you know agencies, that would be good.

Cheers,
Sharon

**blackgang** · 03-02-2008, 06:03 PM

What are the fringe bennies? or are there any?

**Bluecat** · 03-02-2008, 06:07 PM

I do not think Thai maids want to be live in maids these days.
So the alternative is the Burmese.
But quite a hassle to get the permit (time consuming).
And if you do not get the permit, a bit risky to send them shopping.
Overall, if you do not mind doing your own shopping, they're a good choice...

**obsidian** · 03-02-2008, 06:08 PM

why not a butler?

**sharon** · 03-02-2008, 06:13 PM

I got a call from a few Burmese girls, damn... their English is just great but they are expensive though, one wants 11k and another one wants 12k a month.

My friend wants to pay only 7k-8k, anyway, they are interested still so I just arrange appointments for him and the 2 girls, actually not girls, they are 30+ already.

**Tao** · 03-02-2008, 06:16 PM

We had an excellent Burmese maid in Bangkok. A very hard worker.

**obsidian** · 03-02-2008, 06:17 PM

cant go wrong with burmese folks imo.

**AntRobertson** · 03-02-2008, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by obsidian

cant go wrong with burmese folks imo.

Just employed one ourselves, started yesterday. Seems ok. A very nice and pleasant girl that's for sure.

**ChiangMai noon** · 03-02-2008, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Just employed one ourselves

does she have a work permit?

**Bluecat** · 03-02-2008, 07:08 PM

Does she need one?

**AntRobertson** · 03-02-2008, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

does she have a work permit?

Nope, will do soon. Wife has to take her in register and all that stuff. She openly told us that she paid B7,000 to the immigration police at the boarder to cross into Thailand.

Of course she could've told you all this herself, had you made the delivery this evening as promised.

**sharon** · 03-02-2008, 07:12 PM

I didn't ask them about work permit but I asked if they're legal and they said yes. Hmmmm....

**ChiangMai noon** · 03-02-2008, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

had you made the delivery this evening as promised.

shit.
sorry Ant.

totally slipped my mind.
have been on cloud 9 since last night after Wales literally killing England and all.

will be able to run them down Tuesday evening if you are still out of jail.

**NickA** · 03-02-2008, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

have been on cloud 9 since last night after Wales literally killing England and all.

Seriously???

I didn't know "One man and his dog" was on at the moment

**AntRobertson** · 03-02-2008, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

have been on cloud 9 since last night after Wales literally killing England and all.

I'd figured as much. Tuesday would be great, cheers.

**panama hat** · 03-02-2008, 07:27 PM

It seems Burmese are popular - we had a Burmese housekeeper in Singapore, fluent in English and didn't think the idea of a clean house was a quick sweep with the OTOP broom. Ah, we do miss her a lot.

Won't have a maid here, don't like the idea of Thai domestic staff after the travails we've had with Thais at work.

I'd also opt for the Burma solution.

(Ant, what's the mystery?)

**AntRobertson** · 03-02-2008, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by panama hat

Ant, what's the mystery?

CMN promised to deliver disks of s2-4 of 'The Wire'. Clearly his failure has left me Wireless, angry and disillusioned.

**ChiangMai noon** · 03-02-2008, 07:34 PM

^
bet the rest of the board will be sorry that you aren't occupied elsewhere also.

sorry all.

**panama hat** · 03-02-2008, 07:58 PM

^ and ^^ =

**obsidian** · 03-02-2008, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by sharon

I didn't ask them about work permit but I asked if they're legal and they said yes. Hmmmm....

ask to see it as it is quite common to fib on this point. it is also province specific so look for that. it isnt a work permit in the falang/teacher sense of the term but there is a method to the madness though it sometimes is a simple bribe at the cop shop.

**November Rain** · 03-02-2008, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by sharon

I didn't ask them about work permit but I asked if they're legal and they said yes. Hmmmm....

I don't know all the legalities, but it seems there is a way of being nearly but not quite legal. We used to have a Burmese lad working for us at the center. I'm not sure exactly what he had but he had paperwork based on working with us, which we had to sign for every year, but the police still used to shake him down occasionally. It was never a problem for us, but could be for him. So, if your friend does employ a Burmese girl & wants it all legal, maybe he should check exactly what paperwork they have or need.

**obsidian** · 03-02-2008, 08:09 PM

^ and take some responsibility to protect her from the shakedowns, threats and sex abuse from thai popo. thais, imo, are at their absolute worst in the way they treat the burmese*. terrible!

(* except for the lao, khmer, muslims, tards, midgets and anything else that is different.)

**kingwilly** · 03-02-2008, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by Tao

We had an excellent Burmese maid in Bangkok. A very hard worker.

me too.

Sharon, you can check the notices outside the front of Villa supermarkets.

BTW - 10K is pretty standard for a live in maid these days in BKK.

**panama hat** · 03-02-2008, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by obsidian

^ and take some responsibility to protect her from the shakedowns, threats and sex abuse from thai popo. thais, imo, are at their absolute worst in the way they treat the burmese. terrible!

How they treat anyone defenseless. (especially Burmese, Lao and Cambos)

This has been one of the many huge eye-openers for me about Thais. Quite sad, really.

**obsidian** · 03-02-2008, 08:17 PM

example -- burmese cant use trains in thailand.

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