Underaged Maid!!

For some strange reasons, I notice only Indonesian maids tend to lie on their actual age. My current one who came to my home about a month ago, is 18 years old, according to her though I thought she cant be more than 16. She said her Indonesian agent told her that if she tells the truth about her age and her ability to do house work, no employer will want to employ her.

I took her based on her biodata provided to me by my maid agent. In her bio, she indicated her age as 24. I felt that it is rather unfair of the Indonesian agent to coach their maids to lie. The issue will be with the maid and the would be employer, like myself, as the maid will not be able to do the work they supposedly know.

Apparently during her stay at the training centre, all she did was to memorise the English test as her English really sucks! The agent was extremely excited that this maid passed her test at the first attempt! Big deal! I didnt find this a big deal when all you do is memorise some 300 - 400 multiple choice questions over a month doing absolutely nothing else except eat!


Looking through my previous posts, seems like its the same thing over and over again. Most of the Indonesian maids whom I hired are liars! When I confronted my agent, they asked me how come the maid tell me that she is 18 years old? She was unable to do housework independently so I asked her how come at 24 years old, she is unable to do housework and cooking. The maid said that she only helped her mum prepare the food for cooking and dont do the actual cooking!


I am not the bit surprised if a 24 years old Singaporean tells me that she is unable to cook or do any housework independently but for an Indonesian, it is almost "Crap!"


I am in the midst of changing her for a Filipino. At least I believe Filipinos do not lie on their age but they they have an attitude that they know better and tend to act smart!