Friday, June 8, 2007

Me: Looking for houseboy

Scenario #1
Me: Hello
Her: Hello Madam
Me: Yes...?
Her: Madam, you looking housemaid?
Me: Yes. You live in Sharjah?
Her: Yes. Cooking, cleaning, you want part-time, Madam?
Me: Thanks, goodbye.

Scenario #2
Me: Hello
Him: (foreign language) xhh hhdhdh eyeye fbfyye???!! yys&&(9))) ??
Me: You speak English?
Him: jajajuu ddydydy ddhdhdh
Me: It's late now, please call tomorrow morning, late now
Him: I come tomorrow?
Me: No, not come tomorrow. Thanks, goodbye

Scenario #3
Me: Yes
Him: Hello
Me: You look for houseboy job?
Him: asdjasj uouroorr
Me: You come morning-time?
Him: Yes, yes, no ploblem
Me: I live Jebel Ali
Him: MALYALI?

Scenario #4
Me: Phone on silent, I give up

i*maginate update: I finally found a suitable houseboy. Then, on the first day of work, he informed me his skills include foot massage.

Malyali anyone?

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

LOL! hahahahah. I loved scenario 3!

There are companies who are specialized in this. So did you finally manage or would you need some suggestions?

Anonymous said...

Hahaha MALYALI!!

BuJ said...

isn't it malayalam? as in the language...

Amna_a said...

Haha, that was funny.

It's so hard to find good help these days ;P

Just kidding, but yeah, as who-sane said there are agencies that can help you out with this sort of thing I'm sure.

i*maginate said...

*who-sane - hehe yup, #3 was the last straw for me! As soon as he said "Malyali" I just thought I HAD to share it here!

Thank you so much for the suggestion, I already found somebody!

*al-republican - yeah, exactly! MALYALI!! *_*

*buj, no clue. I have heard the word "malyali" - no idea which is linguistically correct, and as far as I am concerned, I'd prefer English over Malyali any day!

*moviemania - yeah it's hilarious. You'd need immense patience to go through this ordeal. I do have a zillion missed calls on my mobile and gave up my search once I got someone who actually understood what I wanted...which was not much, really, considering my simple requirements! Thanks - already got somebody - the agencies don't make a difference, trust me. I thought I'd go direct. As least I'd be dealing with just ONE person rather than a whole agency too!

Anonymous said...

haha! this is so funny :)

but I do understand your pain on finding a decent maid, not easy these days.

Red Dragon said...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA,,,

Foot massage, LOL

Loved scenario 3 too,,,

JT Sullivan said...

'Then, on the first day of work, he informed me his skills include foot massage.'

Is he in to fetish?

Anonymous said...

A houseboy?

How pretentious are you?

Anonymous said...

Well written article.