i feel so bad.....

Yeah that is really bad to have your trust violated. After sending them the money and everything they would just not arrive as agreed upon. This is also a problem of many of us who is looking for household help. Most of them would just ask for advance but nothing happens after you've send the money wo them.

Yes, it is a annoying problem. Your patents are too old to do some housework. Nowadays, it is quite hard to find a maid. But don't worry about that, you can try to find a new one. In this period, if you have free time, you can do some chores for your parents.

maroseqf hi that is a puzzle, and your husband and friend waited for her, perhaps she misunderstood or got lost, I would have notified the police as she might be wandering around in the wrong place probably as frightened as you are feeling bad.If whe was an honest young woman, she just might have got lost, I would think your husband cou ld enlist some help to find her.

Which city you belongs to..?? If you are in chennai, Tamilnadu, tell me, I will try to help you out to get some of the good maid, who take care of your parents. Else if you are in any other places, you can contact any of the man power agency, i think more of man power agency will provide you these services.. So, try to get their services, and make your work done.. When you get the people through the Agency, you should have some hold, in case of any problem with the maid, or if you suspect that if she took anything from your home or something, you can contact the agency, and get their help also.. And also another advantages is, that incase if she took leave for some day, she will be replaced by another maid, this arrangement you will get, if you recruit the maid through only the agencies.. If you took anybody from private, you will not get this type of replacement in all times.. Try it. Have a good day.

Hey,maroseqf! Didn't you contact with the maid?It is really a bad news that you have to find another maid,but it will be worse if you employ the maid unbefitting. Keep your patient,and you'll get it!

maroseqf,please don't sad!Maybe there are some misunderstanding,she may confused the place or the exact time.Why did you send some of the money to your parents?then they can hire a new maid by themself. The age of you and me is nealy,I'm the only child of my parents,and now I'm working in a city that it's more than 1000 kilometers away from my hometown,I'm aware of the life of my parents is lonely,I'll try to persuade they live with us together,maybe you can do it like me. Is it difficult to hire a maid in Philippines?in China,we can find a maid easily in the empolyment exchange.

i completely understand you. I have experienced the same thing at home. our maid who used to work for last 12 yrs suddenly departed. i was very sad as I need someone to work. my parents are getting old. my mom works so much.i searched so much for a maid.got one and that too departed after few days. after than again tension and seraching. got one. now this one says she will not come on monday as she will be going to hometown. i doubt whether she will be back . again tension.

i would have been very mad at first! my first thought would have been that she just took the money and skipped out on coming to work. but you have since posted that you've contacted her family and that she DID get on the trip. so...now i would be worried. man i hope she just got lost and that nothing bad has happened to her! you said that the trip departed last Tuesday and is supposed to arrive 9 days later? did i get that right? that is a VERY LONG trip!! was it by train or bus? maybe she missed a connecting part of the trip. maybe thats what happened and she ended up having to wait for a later train/bus. hopefully she will just be late.

[i]Hi marose, Maybe she has some reasons for not arriving there on time and wish that she can contact you for whatever reason it is! ANyway, I hope she will arrive this week and you can also ask your friend who recommended this girl how she contacted them and you can call if ever they have a CP![/i]