Comments on: Abuse Of Maids In Jordan On The Rise http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/20/abuse-of-maids-in-jordan-on-the-rise/ A Jordanian Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:43:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: jennifer bay http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/20/abuse-of-maids-in-jordan-on-the-rise/#comment-126960 jennifer bay Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:12:49 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/20/abuse-of-maids-in-jordan-on-the-rise/#comment-126960 I just want to write something to get it out of my head!!! My first experience with a girl ( so far I didnt even like to reduce them to a MAID) from the philipines. began, when I needed help (for the first time of my life) after my baby was born and I neened to go back to work. I seriosly thought, that that really nice girl is like a part of my family. And all the opinions from the local peiple here in jordan are just made up, or really taff... I know better... I was naiv, and her REALLY nice face, her jokes and the trust she seem to give.... I paid her 400 JD in the month, and she worked for 42 hours a week. Help in my house and help with the baby.... Then I started to miss money!!!!! I didnt say OR THOUGHT it was her. Never!!! HOW COULD SHE??? I blamed myself, to be honest... even my very best friend!!!!!!! But not her. She got my trust to look after my baby, and I BLAME HER STEALING??? NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT, the me and my husband continued missing money, cellphone and several other items. And I still didnd imagine..... One day, I misses 240 JD I asked her if she MIGHT know something...... SCHE IMIDIATELY LEFT MY HOUSE!!! sayning it wasnt her and I should contact the police... After one week she came back to ask for her outstanding salary on 3 days!!! ok, part one. I started to mistrust, the people who I thought are sooo nice. Stupid and naiv me!!!! I was blind and now I am getting angry! I tried to UNDERSTAND...POOR PEOPLE... Second Filipina, older lady, I started like the previos one, after one week with her, letting her al;one for an hour with the baby. I was sooo nervous, I checked on the baby MANY MANY times more than before and I lokked everything away (still thinking, HOW i lock my things and trust her with baby....) She also was soo nice, and I was really nice too. 300jd for part time, and always polite. Most of the time I let her go earlier, cause it was all nice. Then, I stared to miss my loved golden necklace. .... I thought : NO, p[lease, please not again!!! But then I thought,, FUCK IT, my own fauld, and maybe I lost it. but I kept my eyes open. I wrote every single JD I used down. THEN I MISSED 175 JD!!!! ok, enogh.... I was crying.... not for the money, I cried cause I was sooo angry. I didnt want to understand nomore. I didnt want to feel sorry for myself beeing so silly. I didnt want her to go without a blame!!! I went to the police, and one guy came staight to my house and gave her a good talk. She gave back the money, cause she was told she will get big trouble... And I was sick to her AGAIN: "I swear to god it wasn"t me" I was really sick of listening to the same bullshit again. The police guy connacted me to ANOTHER girl, and said she really would be soo good and honest... I KICKED HER OUT AFTER ONE WEEK!!! I DO NOT TRUST THEM AT ALL ANIMORE!!!!! I HATE HOW THEY TRY TO MAKE ME BELIVE<THAT THEIR BREVIOUS FAMILY LEFT THE COUNTRY. I hate how i learned the lesson to be taff and hard to them. But this is what they NEED AND ASK FOR!!! I was naiv and sweet. NOW I AM THOUGHTFUL AND HARD. Good, thanks maids, and if i ever notice something missing or anithing ANITHING ELSE...... THE NEXT ONE DOESNT GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!! I just want to write something to get it out of my head!!!
My first experience with a girl ( so far I didnt even like to reduce them to a MAID) from the philipines. began, when I needed help (for the first time of my life) after my baby was born and I neened to go back to work. I seriosly thought, that that really nice girl is like a part of my family. And all the opinions from the local peiple here in jordan are just made up, or really taff… I know better…
I was naiv, and her REALLY nice face, her jokes and the trust she seem to give…. I paid her 400 JD in the month, and she worked for 42 hours a week. Help in my house and help with the baby….
Then I started to miss money!!!!! I didnt say OR THOUGHT it was her. Never!!! HOW COULD SHE???
I blamed myself, to be honest… even my very best friend!!!!!!! But not her. She got my trust to look after my baby, and I BLAME HER STEALING??? NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT, the me and my husband continued missing money, cellphone and several other items. And I still didnd imagine….. One day, I misses 240 JD I asked her if she MIGHT know something……
SCHE IMIDIATELY LEFT MY HOUSE!!! sayning it wasnt her and I should contact the police…
After one week she came back to ask for her outstanding salary on 3 days!!! ok, part one. I started to mistrust, the people who I thought are sooo nice. Stupid and naiv me!!!! I was blind and now I am getting angry! I tried to UNDERSTAND…POOR PEOPLE…
Second Filipina, older lady, I started like the previos one, after one week with her, letting her al;one for an hour with the baby. I was sooo nervous, I checked on the baby MANY MANY times more than before and I lokked everything away (still thinking, HOW i lock my things and trust her with baby….)
She also was soo nice, and I was really nice too. 300jd for part time, and always polite. Most of the time I let her go earlier, cause it was all nice.
Then, I stared to miss my loved golden necklace. …. I thought : NO, p[lease, please not again!!! But then I thought,, FUCK IT, my own fauld, and maybe I lost it. but I kept my eyes open. I wrote every single JD I used down. THEN I MISSED 175 JD!!!! ok, enogh…. I was crying…. not for the money, I cried cause I was sooo angry. I didnt want to understand nomore. I didnt want to feel sorry for myself beeing so silly. I didnt want her to go without a blame!!! I went to the police, and one guy came staight to my house and gave her a good talk. She gave back the money, cause she was told she will get big trouble… And I was sick to her AGAIN: “I swear to god it wasn”t me” I was really sick of listening to the same bullshit again.
The police guy connacted me to ANOTHER girl, and said she really would be soo good and honest… I KICKED HER OUT AFTER ONE WEEK!!! I DO NOT TRUST THEM AT ALL ANIMORE!!!!! I HATE HOW THEY TRY TO MAKE ME BELIVE<THAT THEIR BREVIOUS FAMILY LEFT THE COUNTRY.
I hate how i learned the lesson to be taff and hard to them. But this is what they NEED AND ASK FOR!!!

I was naiv and sweet. NOW I AM THOUGHTFUL AND HARD. Good, thanks maids, and if i ever notice something missing or anithing ANITHING ELSE…… THE NEXT ONE DOESNT GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Anandi Pendse http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/20/abuse-of-maids-in-jordan-on-the-rise/#comment-19512 Anandi Pendse Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:36:55 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/20/abuse-of-maids-in-jordan-on-the-rise/#comment-19512 Hi, I am Anandi Pendse, a graduate student pursuing my masters in Human-Computer Interaction at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, U.S.A. I belong to the college of computing (http://www.cc.gatech.edu/). I am writing a research paper on the Effectiveness of blogs in promoting and raising awareness about development activities such as women's issues, conflict resolution and education etc under the guidance of Dr. Michael Best ( http://www.inta.gatech.edu/~michael_best). I am focusing on blogs written by residents of developing countries or blogs about developing countries. I am trying to cover as many countries and development issues as possible. I came across your blog through a blog search engine and thought you would be an ideal person to be a part of my survey. I would be grateful if you could take out some time from your schedule and answer the questions in the survey. This survey should not take more than 15 minutes to complete. I am hoping that this survey will help me to pinpoint the deficiencies and improve blog service providers so that you and other bloggers like you can use the blog in a better way to raise awareness and get your ideas across. I assure you that the information you give will not be used for any purpose other than this paper and your identity will not be revealed to anyone. There will be no mention of your name or nationality or any other personal information in the paper. The information you provide will be used to generate statistics and only these statistics will be used in the paper. This survey is divided into 2 parts. Following are the links to the 2 parts. Please do respond to both the links http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=231122912261 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=87962927704 If you go to this link and respond to the survey it means that you are voluntarily consenting to be a part of the survey and allowing the information you provide to be used to compile statistics for the research paper. If you are a minor i.e. an individual who is less than 18 years of age the please seek parental permission before taking the survey. I would once more like to make it clear that no personal information you provide will be revealed to any person or organization. If you have any other questions or would like to share any other information please email me at anandi@gatech.edu. I would be glad to answer. I am hoping that you can be a part of this survey, Anandi Pendse Masters in Human Computer Interaction College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Hi,
I am Anandi Pendse, a graduate student pursuing my masters in Human-Computer Interaction at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, U.S.A. I belong to the college of computing (http://www.cc.gatech.edu/). I am writing a research paper on the Effectiveness of blogs in promoting and raising awareness about development activities such as women’s issues, conflict resolution and education etc under the guidance of Dr. Michael Best ( http://www.inta.gatech.edu/~michael_best).
I am focusing on blogs written by residents of developing countries or blogs about developing countries. I am trying to cover as many countries and development issues as possible.
I came across your blog through a blog search engine and thought you would be an ideal person to be a part of my survey.
I would be grateful if you could take out some time from your schedule and answer the questions in the survey. This survey should not take more than 15 minutes to complete. I am hoping that this survey will help me to pinpoint the deficiencies and improve blog service providers so that you and other bloggers like you can use the blog in a better way to raise awareness and get your ideas across.
I assure you that the information you give will not be used for any purpose other than this paper and your identity will not be revealed to anyone. There will be no mention of your name or nationality or any other personal information in the paper. The information you provide will be used to generate statistics and only these statistics will be used in the paper.

This survey is divided into 2 parts. Following are the links to the 2 parts.
Please do respond to both the links

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=231122912261
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=87962927704

If you go to this link and respond to the survey it means that you are voluntarily consenting to be a part of the survey and allowing the information you provide to be used to compile statistics for the research paper. If you are a minor i.e. an individual who is less than 18 years of age the please seek parental permission before taking the survey. I would once more like to make it clear that no personal information you provide will be revealed to any person or organization.

If you have any other questions or would like to share any other information please email me at anandi@gatech.edu. I would be glad to answer.

I am hoping that you can be a part of this survey,

Anandi Pendse
Masters in Human Computer Interaction
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/20/abuse-of-maids-in-jordan-on-the-rise/#comment-19353 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:38:53 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/20/abuse-of-maids-in-jordan-on-the-rise/#comment-19353 [...] The abuse of domestic maids is on the rise in Jordan, reports Black Iris. So far 10 maids have committed suicide this year in the country which has about 38,000 registered maids from abroad in addition to 60,000 illegal domestic workers. Amira Al Hussaini [...] […] The abuse of domestic maids is on the rise in Jordan, reports Black Iris. So far 10 maids have committed suicide this year in the country which has about 38,000 registered maids from abroad in addition to 60,000 illegal domestic workers. Amira Al Hussaini […]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/20/abuse-of-maids-in-jordan-on-the-rise/#comment-19354 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:38:53 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/20/abuse-of-maids-in-jordan-on-the-rise/#comment-19354 [...] The abuse of domestic maids is on the rise in Jordan, reports Black Iris. So far 10 maids have committed suicide this year in the country which has about 38,000 registered maids from abroad in addition to 60,000 illegal domestic workers. Amira Al Hussaini [...] […] The abuse of domestic maids is on the rise in Jordan, reports Black Iris. So far 10 maids have committed suicide this year in the country which has about 38,000 registered maids from abroad in addition to 60,000 illegal domestic workers. Amira Al Hussaini […]

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