How I live my everyday life...
As long as I live, I always have a servants or in Indonesian we call them pembantu, i am not intentionally being cocky.. but that's real life. It is common practice in Indonesia to have servant to help managing your household errands.
If you are commoners, at least you are hiring one, but if you are rich, you’re probably hiring more than two.
This practice has been going on from generation to generation. Some families even have servants that serve them for many years, these workers not only raise them as a child but also raise their children.
The servant's life revolve around the family they live with. The working hour is from sunrise to sunset. Their main goals is making their employer's life easier. Their job start from preparing employer's breakfast until making sure all the doors in the house are locked at night.
Back to my family, not like the lucky families who have a very loyal servants, my family have to face high turn over of servant. Mostly we have to change our servants after one to two years of working. There are various of reason regarding this high turn over, from getting higher salary from another employers until entering married life.
The servants usually take their yearly holiday at the end of moslem month of fasting to celebrate Iedul Fitri. During this holiday, loads of families are effected by the absence of their servants. During this time, all family members are responsible to several house chores, no one can escape. literally. Doing everday house chores is like a challenge for people who used to be served. Some survive from the challenge, the others choose to end this misery by hiring temporary servants, although this solution will need them to dig their wallet a little deeper.
In closing, rights and obligations of the relationship between employer and servant should be defined from the beginning to avoid disappointment from both sides. Respect to each other is a must. After all, the existence of the servant will make life easier.
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How I live my everyday life...
As long as I have lived, I have always had servants, or pembantu in Indonesian. I am not intentionally being cocky, but that's real life. It is common practice in Indonesia to have servants to help manage your household errands.
If you are commoners, you hire at least one, but if you are rich, you’re probably hiring more than two.
This practice has been going on from generation to generation. Some families even have servants that serve them for many years. These workers not only raise them as a child but also raise their children.
The servant's life revolves around the family they live with. Their workday is from sunrise to sunset. Their main goals is making their employer's life easier. Their job starts with preparing the employer's breakfast and ends by making sure all the doors in the house are locked at night.
Back to my family. Unlike the lucky families who have a very loyal servants, my family has had to face high turnover of servants. Mostly we have to change our servants after one to two years of working. There are various of reason regarding this high turnover, from getting higher salaries from another employers to getting married.
The servants usually take their yearly holiday at the end of the Muslem month of fasting to celebrate Iedul Fitri. During this holiday, loads of families are affected by the absence of their servants. During this time, all family members are responsible for several house chores, no one can escape, literally. Doing everday house chores is like a challenge for people who used to be served. Some survive from the challenge, the others choose to end this misery by hiring temporary servants, although this solution will need them to dig into their wallet a little deeper.
In closing, the rights and obligations of the relationship between employer and servant should be defined from the beginning to avoid disappointment on both sides. Respect to each other is a must. After all, the existence of the servant will make life easier.
Very well written and interesting. The errors were minor.
-turnover is one word
-be careful with affect/effect
-Moslem is an older spelling. Muslim is the preferred spelling now, with a capital M.
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