Yippie, you can save yourself a $150 bucks
True point, but with the deck stacked so heavily against helpers why even point that out?
While we're at it, we might as well point out that the helper only gets 24 hrs off and not a minute more. Probably can demand they return to their cage at midnight on Sunday :/
Last edited by closedcasket; 05-04-2014 at 10:03 AM.
no body works sat here otherwise we might havek own.. its ok _ i got a pen an marking it on a calander..
yeh we had issues - an she's becomin even sloppier - back in the 20th century when I had a job in a chinese company I rememebr being dismayed to be told only some 'public' holidays were for some people...
actually I will point out she asked us b4 these troubles began - if she could have a budhist holiday off which fell on her birthday - we immediately said yes - and added that ofcourse we wouldn't be docking her wages for it,,,
had this stupid idea it would help give us a good relationship....
Even worse than that; it was a failed pun. See, among the duties of domestic helpers would be the task of sweeping, and so, if these helpers were to take the day off, what would become of the sweeping? It would be a grave (in the sense of formidible or a highly serious nature) day for this particular task. Now, the pun bit is that Ching Ming is often referred to as "Grave Sweeping Day" and what I thought I would do is invert those three words to suggest something else. That is what a pun is essentially but if no one notices it, what's the point? [rhetorical question] If one has to go around spelling things out, it's best to find another hobby. Sorry I have taken so long to get back to you on this. I have been busy reminding myself not to post after 2am (working on my material, &c).