An employer faced a heavy backlash from netizens after she posted a Facebook message criticizing her domestic worker for running up her water bill by bathing too often.
The employer, likely a woman judging from her nickname “Little Cloud,” wrote in a post in Chinese on the Facebook page of Support Group for HK Employers with FDHs that she was angered by her maid bathing at 9pm on Saturday and again early on Sunday before going out for her weekly holiday.
She said such bathing habits would result in a heavy cost burden from her water bill. She also asked other employers in the group whether their domestic workers had similar habits of bathing before and after sleep.
The post was screen-captured and reposted on the Brother-Sister Facebook Club page. Little Cloud was slammed for her unkind comments about her domestic worker.
Many netizens said domestic workers had a right to take a shower when they wished, while any employer who tried to stop them was being unreasonable. Some said Little Cloud should praise her maid for being careful with her personal hygiene.
Taking a shower two or three times a day is normal if it is summer or the indoor ventilation is poor, they said.
Little Cloud was also slammed by netizens for creating a “control freak” image for Hong Kong employers. They added that the Water Supplies Department was providing water to Hong Kong residents at a low price.
Winter once a day lng nman take a bath/shower..Summer 2x ok nayon kc mahal din nman ang bbayaran ng amo…
me too…hindi pwede maligo before off…before sleep lang ako pwede maligo…sinabihan kc ako noong una kc pinaliguan ko ulo ko…sa umaga kc malapit na hating gabi ako makaligo saka hirap matulog basa pa Ang buhok….mostly naman sa mga kaibigan ko ganun din Ang hirap
pinay lang talaga mahilig maligo araw araw umaga gabi
Some bosses send the mais to take a bath at the clubhouses, because is free and they save money with water bill.
Cherlie Guddaran hahahahahaha
My boss he don’t care even hiw many times i take a shower or bath.. cos. He also do 5times shower a day if he in home..
hahahaa.
I have a friend. She only take a shower once every week… Coz her employer says the water bill may rise up… Even her food.. just left over for how many weeks.. so she buy her own food… That’ssting. Her employer
Bloody SHIT….EVEN THOUGH I’M A DOMISTIC HELPER HERE IN HONKONG MY GRANDPARENTS ARE CHINESE….BLOODY SHIT…AS YOU THINK YOU ARE AN EMPLOYER YOU HAVE ALL THE RIGHT? IT’S A STATUTURY HOLIDAY…. JUST GO TO HELL IF YOU DON’T YNDETSTAND THE GOVERNMENT LAWD….BLOODY BULLSHIT!
We Filipinos are used to bath two or three times mostly on summer time as it is so hot and we are working sweating while we worked and i think employers dont want us cuddling their kids to sleep while we are wet with perspiration anyway just a quick shower is ok but before bedtime really we bathed nicely so we will be comfortable to sleep. Thanks God my employers allow me and never been selfish of anything in the house Electricity water or food.
We filipinos are bathing 2 times a day! Kuripot ka!U Keep your water and do not bath urself to save water bill Crazy!
The same yan sa alaga kung matanda nagagalit sya f evryday akong naliligo kya sinabi q sa kanya tingnan mo ang other helper ng anak mo palaging nag kakasakit eh katulad nyo nmang Muslim dasal ng dasal pero ang lumalabas sa bibig bad word..