household help

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Arunima Singh @arunima25 (93194) • Bangalore, India 18 Aug 19

I had a hint that it is dengue. My household help's blood report is here and she has been tested positive with dengue. Luckily her platelet counts are not so bad and she need not be hospitalized. I requested other...

dengue

household help

worried

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I am worried for her...

Arunima Singh @arunima25 (93194) • Bangalore, India 18 Aug 19

It's about my household help. She is not well since last two days and has not come to work. Just after my lunch I called her up to find about her health. And it seems worrisome.Her fever is not coming down and she has...

ill health

household help

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Do you always let your household help advance their salary?

aileen2008 @aileen2008 (838) • Philippines 15 Apr 13

Our household help always advance her money, that by the end of month, no money is left for her. I try to help by advising her on how to handle their money but still she lacks until month-end. Do you allow your help to always do...

cash

money

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Are you satisfied with your nanny?

aileen2008 @aileen2008 (838) • Philippines 1 Sep 11

I have a nanny for my 3.5 year old son. She takes care of him whenever we are away for office. She attends to him and accompanies him to school. She is not a stay at home nanny, but instead she leaves when we get home from work....

babysitter

household help

nannies

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Did you get any household help when you raised your children?

dorisday1971 @dorisday1971 (5657) • Philippines 3 Feb 09

Was there somebody who helped take care of your children when they were still small? Taking care of our children isn't an easy task. We are fortunate if we our parents, sisters, relatives, friends or neighbors are there to assist...

household help

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What would you rather have, a nanny, a housekeeper, a cook, or a chauffeur?

kellys3ps @kellys3ps (3723) • United States 22 Nov 08

If money (and the current economy) was no object, and you could hire one assistant to help you out with your day to day tasks, who would you hire? What would you rather have, a nanny, a housekeeper, a cook, or a chauffeur?

household help

nanny

the nanny

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help wanted

jeninays @jeninays (30) • Philippines 20 Jul 08

Me and my husband are both working so we always have two hired helpers stying with the kids. I always find it hard to keep helpers faithful and I always find it hard to keep up with helpers. so far, the hired helpers that had...

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Confronting a house helper

mimico @mimico (3617) • Philippines 4 Jul 08

In the Philippines, it isn't unusual to employ house helpers to help out with the chores. Anyway, it's also not unusual for these helpers to be 'disloyal' to us. For instance, I sometimes catch the 'maids' rifling through my...

confronting others

household help

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maid salaries?

rouwel23 @rouwel23 (1353) • Philippines 16 Dec 07

do you have household help at home? how much do you pay them? we have two maids at home. one maid is having 1500 pesos per month the other is 1300. how much does your maid receive in a month?

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Any ideas of what to do with left over carpet pieces?

jen_jen @jen_jen (76) • United States 29 May 07

Hello mylotters! I recently had new wall to wall carpet installed in my living room and I have two remnant pieces where we left the lineoleum pieces in front of the door. They're probably about 3 ft by 4 ft. Any ideas?

extra carpet

household help

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Maid, chauffer, cook or gardener

susieq223 @susieq223 (3742) • United States 10 May 07

If you could hire only one helper for yourself, which one would it be? I'd hire a cook.

household help

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Hiring household help for your babies

ARIANNELEXI @ARIANNELEXI (798) • Philippines 17 Feb 07

Is it necessary to hire household help for your babies? What are the qualifications if you do so? Right now i have two babies one is 4years old the other is 2 month old. After I gave birth I have to go back to my immediately...

household help

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hiring from agencies

joshdale08 @joshdale08 (2320) • Philippines 2 Dec 06

is it wise to hire household helps thru agencies? a friend of mine hired her nanny thru an agency, thinking that it's safer this way because the agencies supposedly check them out thoroughly before distributing them. all was well...

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