Netizens were furious after seeing a Facebook post about a foreign domestic worker in Singapore who was ordered to clean the leaves on outdoor plants at her employer’s residence.
A netizen from the Philippines posted two pictures on a Facebook page titled “Foreign Domestic Worker in Singapore” on Monday, saying a maid had been asked by her employer to wipe the plants whenever the leaves were dirty. The netizen added the plants were in the front of the house and it was very hot outdoors.
The post was shared by another Facebook page titled “All Singapore Stuff” and received a lot of comments. Some said it was an unreasonable request as plants should be cleaned by rain or sprayed with water. Others called the employer cruel.
However, some employers said the request was reasonable and maids should not complain.
Malaysian Association of Foreign Maid Agencies (PAPA) vice-president Foo Yong Hooi called the employer’s request to clean the leaves strange and unreasonable in a China Press report. Foo conceded there may be a need to wipe an indoor plant’s leaves once in a while, but not every day.
There is no need to wipe an outdoor plant’s leaves because it will not help it grow any stronger, said Cameron Highlands Floriculturists Association president Lee Peng Fo.
Lawyer Lee Sok Wah said employers should provide umbrellas and long-sleeved clothes to maids doing outdoor work.
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This kind of people is animals,okay given if the employer is really wanted to wipe the plants but please not in the middle of too hot outside
Wowwww who ever this employers are youre lucky that shes obedient enough to do that.. wiping the outside plants leaves are you kidding me? Thats ridiculous.. you must be very rude… if you told me that shes a housemaid and that she must do whatever you want her to do… wtf shes not your slave you dont own her.. we housemaids are human too… we worked as a house help not a slave… this is inhumane.. just my two cents
Brainless Employer!!!
so true
Go to MOM
If i were the maid I pull all those plants !!! Excuse me ! To the employer im sure you are a good employee but u are very very bad boss !!!go to hell !!!! Damn you !!!
To me it is ok to ge the maid to clean the plants Outdoor or indoor. There is nothing wrong putting that as her daily chores.
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Wiping outdoor plants?? REALLY?? Silly !!!!!!!!!
Request REASONABLE??????
YOU talk without. REASON !!!
If….. THE employer became the EMPLOYEE….. let’s talk REASONS
the employer had a cruel heart does’nt want to see their maid a minute of rest that’s why even fresh plant they asked to wipe
This is real torture. Either the employer is mentally ill or high time to go to hell. Just because they are affordable to engage maids doesn’t mean they have to act this way. Be kind lah to the underprivileged.
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A person with autism won’t ask for something like that. You don’t know what you are talking about.
Jessica E. Camba oh really? so if you know everything what do you call this kind of person (employer) that asks her helper to wipe out the dirts of her plant’s leaves which are placed outside of her house? isn’t it weird?
Employers who ask that maybe they can try it first before the helper do. Lol
Naku sarap yabugin ng employer nito kung ako yan ewan kolang bakit may mga ganyan na employer sobra napaka inconsiderate nya grabe talaga.
Bring the Crazy employer to mental asylum
Employer is abnormalitism