1. She is very good in cleansing the house, but use lots of lots of detergent.
2. She keeps throwing rubbish out, even the rubbish bag is not full.
3. She keeps washing the dishes, even I only used one bowl.
4. I don't have much work for her, she spends the time to iron everything, including bedsheets & underwears. (Wasting time, electricity....)
5. She has nothing to do and send MSM after I ask her stop ironing the underwear, bedsheet and group the dishes to wash at once.
6. She is not good at cooking (I wonder if she can cook!) I have to tell her what to buy, how to cook, how to marinate the meat etc. If I don't ask, she will walk away and won't stand next to me to learn how to cook.
7. No initiative - if I don't ask her to help baby take a bath, cook dinner, shopping for food, she will never ask and act.
8. I was not hungry yesterday, I waited to see what was she going to do, she stayed in her room until 12:30, then I started to cook for myself (and for her!) She heard it and came out to ask if anything she can help.
9. As I am now 坐月, I have visitors to come see me, if I don't yell her to come out to serve the vistors, she will stay in her room.
10. My husband is responsible for shopping food on Sunday, when he has done his shopping and arrives home, she will never come to help put the food in the fridge etc.. ONLY until we ask her to.
11. Our family prefer less meat and more vegetables. I cook with little salt & oil with never use soya sauce. She prefers meat and lots of seasoning. One day, I ask her to buy something from Park N Shop, she bought a pack of BBQ pork for herself (without asking me, but use my money). She did not share with BBQ pork, she ate it in the morning and when we were not around.
Thank you! I think she is not that bad too, because she is quite good in taking care my son and baby. She used to work for a rich family in Repulse Bay for 14 years, that family hired a few maids, I believe she was responsible for cleansing and ironing. She can tidy our house & closet like a 5-star hotel.
She arrived our home when I was in the hospital so I did not have time to tell her our 'rules' in advance. I will give her one month's review this week.
There is always some areas that we do not satisfy with maids. Considering your case, you can review with her and tell her your expectation. See whether she follows. If not, then you'll need to instruct her everytime. Don't be angry as most maids do not have initiative and are not considerate. Just tell her to do what you want everytime.