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Friday, February 14, 2014

Katulong Blues - a warning

By its very term, a katulong (or helper) is one that is supposed to make life and work easier.
Keep that in mind as you read this particular post.

Beware of a day help with initials NB.  She is a big woman, rather clumsy,
She also has a tendency to disparage others - including her superiors to make herself look better
She used to help out but because she is lazy, she almost killed me.
Using police parlance, it would be Homicide.

What happened, you wonder?  Once upon a time, i was at work and she went to work.  The lady who irons for me supervised her.  Otherwise she (NB) would not have been in the house.

Well, she mopped the floor and because there was a spot that was difficult to clean, she concocted a chemical stew that was composed of water, lysol, zonrox,  and another strong cleansing agent.  Must have been vitriolic.  At any rate, she didnt completely rinse the floor and to make a long story short, i slipped.

i am disabled so i am careful about walking. if she had rinsed the floor completely, i wouldnt have slipped.

i confronted her the next time she went to the house.... and this is what she said.

ay sorry po.  nakalimutan kong banlawan ng husto.

can you imagine that?

actually, she was just too lazy to fully rinse the floor 

i am also particular about not mixing usage of things
rags used for tabletops are NOT used for the floors, and vice-versa
i have told her these a gazillion times - and she keeps saying she forgot
i have since concluded that she is merely lazy

i had told myself not to allow her to help anymore but she has a daughter who has a serious illness
and i sympathized with her plight - and after that she only mopped the floors with water
BUT
she told me i was the only one who would reprimand her everytime.
and that she was only helping because she hadnt found anyone else to go to....
so i told her to depart and never darken my doorstep

so, if she is now working for you, watch out - she just may kill your loved ones

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