Do maids have to wear a uniform?

[oldblue]

siguro dont judge na lang the amo accompanied with a uniformed maid in Jollibee or even California Pizza Kitchen. whether you like it or not, you are also committing prejudice against the person you perceive as an "elitist" just bec. he/she likes his/her maids to wear uniform in public. the thing is kilala mo ba sya?

that's the trap of righteousness, little will you realize that you are also slowly becoming self-righteous. discrimination goes both ways, it's not only for the underdogs. in america, there is this term called reverse racism or reverse discrimination - a perceived, reactionary, class-based hostility or antipathy of an oppressed and/or relatively powerless minority toward an oppressive "elitistic" group.

gitna lang. mind your own business.

[oldblue]

slight O.T. what if your boss asked you and your officemate to wear a suit on a product launching night at New World Hotel? sabi niya, dapat maging presentable kayo coz all the big-time client execs will attend the event.

tapos gulat kayo, during the event, binigyan kayo ng boss nyo ng madaming stack ng flyers. tapos pinapapapwesto kayo sa entrance to distribute and yun a job function nyo for the entire event and we were also tasked to dismantle the exhibit materials and load to the truck after ... and to think we were their technical software engineers. before the event, we made sure that our bosses can effectively market fully working prototype ATM's worth 20M+ to bank execs. happened to me & my officemate. first job hehehe .... charge to experience na lang.

[empy]

i don't get this thread. all this anger :swear:

isn't this a simple employee relationship? if your employer has a dress code, you either comply with it or you work somewhere where there is no dress code. if some people think of their maids as family members, then that's great, but those people can't impose that perception on other people to whom the distinction between employer and employee is very clear.

i read boyferrari's post and i'm not sure how "servant" is different from "employee"...

[empy]

siguro dont judge na lang the amo accompanied with a uniformed maid in Jollibee or even California Pizza Kitchen. whether you like it or not, you are also committing prejudice against the person you perceive as an "elitist" just bec. he/she likes his/her maids to wear uniform in public. the thing is kilala mo ba sya?

that's the trap of righteousness, little will you realize that you are also slowly becoming self-righteous. discrimination goes both ways, it's not only for the underdogs. in america, there is this term called reverse racism or reverse discrimination - a perceived, reactionary, class-based hostility or antipathy of an oppressed and/or relatively powerless minority toward an oppressive "elitistic" group.

gitna lang. mind your own business.

ayan na. everything that i was thinking is in oldblue's post. balik na lang ako sa pag-popcorn

[margaux]

whaaaa.....san na ba napupunta tong thread??!!

I'll just answer the question. We don't allow our maids to wear uniform. As long as they're doing their jobs well okay na yun,. Wala na kasing bata sa bahay kaya no need for uniforms tska wlang kelangan bantayan sa labas. We just tell them to wear appropriate attire if there are visitors.

[FPJ]

Kung yung maid mo nag boypren ng drug addict na tambay na siga na holdaper na killer... di ka ba matatakot?

Not related to the thread......kahit sinong tanga ay kaya kang sagutin sa question mo!

[margaux]

Not related to the thread......kahit sinong tanga ay kaya kang sagutin sa question mo!

[Jun aka Pekto]

The whole concept of having a maid was alien to me until we arrived in the Philippines and my Mom hired 2 maids to live with us.

My Mom made it a point to make sure they dressed in nice civilian attire whenever they're outside to discourage laborers from making a move on them. We lived close to a member of the Aguilar clan in Las Pinas City who raised roosters for "sabong". His laborers would often try to woo our maids. By making our maids dress nice, that kind of discouraged them.

I don't really have an opinion on maid's uniforms since I haven't seen one. But, uniforms can be a stigma on people's perceptions. For example, no one would think lowly of a student's uniform or that of an airline pilot. But, the bright orange uniform of a convict certainly will.

I personally wouldn't make a maid wear a uniform unless she wanted to and only if the uniform is professional-looking like that of a stewardess.

The thought has crossed our minds because we might retire there one day. We decided that instead of hiring maids, we'll just hire relatives to live with us as full-fledged family members.

[GasJunkie]

I prefer our slaves to be naked they fulfill my need for instant gratification.

[wren]

i used to wear these silly uniforms when i was in high school working for hot dog on a stick, while pretty girls walked by back and forth, but i decided to just have fun with them . my point? like many posters have said already, if your place of employment requires you to wear uniforms, then you should wear them, if not, you definitely have the prerogative to look for employment somewhere else.

[Flagg]

The thought has crossed our minds because we might retire there one day. We decided that instead of hiring maids, we'll just hire relatives to live with us as full-fledged family members.

Umm sir Jun, not that I'm denigrating your relatives but... i do believe that hiring relatives is not the best idea. Unless of course "full-fledged family members" means you're willing to bankroll a second set of dependents, and I do mean the word "dependent."

The closest American equivalent I could think of would be like having a set of grown-up kids still living with their parents, (only they aren't your kids).

Again, purely my opinion and I certainly am not implying your relatives are like those in many of the families I have observed.

[uls]

Not related to the thread......kahit sinong tanga ay kaya kang sagutin sa question mo!

and u even bothered to reply to that question... how smart of u to do so.

[explorer]

So as a result, most "amos" try their best to treat their maids as if they belong to the family. The concept of "belonging-ness" or "part of the family" thingy. So when you require a maid to wear a uniform in public, nasira yung bond of "belonging-ness", the maid is no longer "part of the family".

the best argument i've read in this forum.

[uls]

the negative perception towards maids in uniform and their "masters" is the perception of people who have exaggerated empathy for maids.

Maybe its coz of their proximity to the maids' socio-economic level.

those on the top of the food chain... the ayala alabang old rich (which the thread starter probably saw), the class A billionaires and upper B multimillionaires surely do not have that kind of perception.

They couldnt care less what the general public thinks. They are not gonna change their lifestyles just coz of some negative perception from people who dont matter to them.

So all of us are still going to see uniformed maids, uniformed drivers and bodyguards... and that is not going to change.

And as more people move up the food chain, we will see more and more of that...
and no matter how negative ur perception is, they dont freakin care.

[explorer]

Does that mean I can judge na you're s****d cuz you have a sailing pic as your sig in a CAR forum? Ehehe, buti nalang di me like you.

OT: ??? i don't need to put any car in my sig because i'm already sick and tired of seeing cars..having been in the new model launch section for more than 13 years of toyota philippines, ford philipopines and now honda UK...car is everywhere when i'm in workplace. even the screen of my pc most of the time is all about cars...and cars that are only few of us can still see because they are not launched to the public yet. so don't expect me to put any car-related thing on my sig.

[pajerokid]

do u think this is a simple topic?

judging one person is not a simple topic.

Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. Lahat ng topic sa tsikot simple lang sakin.

What makes threads complicated are the people and their responses.

You said it yourself and I quote: JUDGING ONE PERSON IS NOT A SIMPLE TOPIC.


Im not a judge of persons. Im a Moderator. I see the topic as it is. Period. So, is the topic still simple? Yes.

[van_wilder]

the question is the same as "do janitors have to wear uniform?"

yes... they do have to because they are working...

the uniform is not degrading or discriminating, but the eyes that look and the mind that thinks that being a maid is degrading, is the discriminating one...

[CLAVEL3699]

i really find it disturbing why some rich people are so worried about this...ang alam ko mag wo-worry ka lang sa ganitong possibilty pag di maganda trato mo sa katulong mo...i even knew some rich people who have maids that stayed in their house for generations...yung dating yaya ng anak nyang babae ay yaya narin ng apo nila....of course not all maids can be trusted...but why continue hiring a maid that you can't trust?

tanong ko lang...

Your working right?

Do u run a department or something or just a plain worker?

Kung may ari ka nang company or your managing a departmnent siguro dun maiintiondihan mo ako.

Even minsan maganda ang trato mo may mga ahas pa din...

Ano ba ang tagalog nang perception?

dba akala? Di ba nakakamatay ang akala.

[CLAVEL3699]

Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. Lahat ng topic sa tsikot simple lang sakin.

What makes threads complicated are the people and their responses.

You said it yourself and I quote: JUDGING ONE PERSON IS NOT A SIMPLE TOPIC.


Im not a judge of persons. Im a Moderator. I see the topic as it is. Period. So, is the topic still simple? Yes.

siguro if you see the thread kinda offensive siguro u should moderate it.

Just asking in my point of view

[Alpha_One]

the negative perception towards maids in uniform and their "masters" is the perception of people who have exaggerated empathy for maids.

Maybe its coz of their proximity to the maids' socio-economic level.

those on the top of the food chain... the ayala alabang old rich (which the thread starter probably saw), the class A billionaires and upper B multimillionaires surely do not have that kind of perception.

They couldnt care less what the general public thinks. They are not gonna change their lifestyles just coz of some negative perception from people who dont matter to them.

So all of us are still going to see uniformed maids, uniformed drivers and bodyguards... and that is not going to change.

And as more people move up the food chain, we will see more and more of that...
and no matter how negative ur perception is, they dont freakin care.

Eh di ano ngayon? May pakialam ka nga ba o wala kung nakauniporme yung mga maids/drivers/bodyguards? Hindi naman ata eto yung punto eh.

If you ask me, it's just plain preference of the employer and/or the employee.