The maid caused a stir online when she drove the owner’s family’s luxury car
For most maids in Singapore in particular and many countries around the world in general, their main job is to cook, clean, wash clothes or take care of babies and the elderly. Those are the basic jobs that a maid needs and must be able to do.
However, for Ms. Astinar, an Indonesian maid who is currently working in Singapore, there is another rather novel skill that she has been requested by her host family. It’s driving skills.
The maid caused a stir online when she drove the owner’s family’s luxury car
Recently, in a post on a Facebook group with more than 63,000 members called Singapore Incidents, Ms. Astinar caught the attention of netizens when she told her story and thanked the owners.
A few lines of Astinar’s confession were posted on Wednesday (April 13) and so far have attracted the attention of many netizens. In it, Ms. Astinar expressed her thanks to her parents and grandparents for sponsoring her to take a driving course and get her license, after which they even handed over the keys to an expensive Mercedes. red for her to drive.
Astinar wrote on Facebook: “It’s been four years since I started driving. Even if I say 1,000 thanks, it’s still not enough to express my gratitude to my grandparents.”
This Indonesian maid posted a picture of a couple, believed to be her boss’s grandparents. She calls them “Mr Ong Thiam Huat and Mrs Er Shu Qian”. Astinar also shared a video showing her driving the family’s Mercedes.
Many Facebook users also left comments expressing admiration and surprise at the couple’s “use of people”. It’s not like a maid is just hanging around the house with pots, pans, or clothes, if you give them a chance, they will show everyone their unexpected abilities.
Some comments from netizens.
Astinar isn’t the first domestic worker with a driver’s license to ask for help from her host family, but her situation is certainly more optimistic.
In 2012, an Indonesian maid with a valid Singapore driver’s license was involved in a road traffic accident while driving her boss around the street. She was verbally “violent” by the driver who collided with her. Her employer, to protect his maid, beat the other man, so she was sentenced to one month in prison.
Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) then responded to a letter in the Straits Times in 2012 that maids “shouldn’t drive as part of their job responsibilities”, as it would “violation”. their Work Permit conditions”.
The organization’s note is that they will consider each case on a case-by-case basis, but employers will need to obtain a permit from the authorities to assist with driving.
Source: Asia One
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