Is it 'common' for foreign domestic helpers to be fixated on their phones while their elderly employers are left at a HDB block void deck to see the 'same scenery'? That's what this Hougang resident, who said that he is new to Singapore, wants to know - in a Facebook post shared on Wednesday (Aug 9). 'Is this the standard...
Is it "common" for foreign domestic helpers to be fixated on their phones while their elderly employers are left at a HDB block void deck to see the "same scenery"?a Facebook post shared on Wednesday"Is this the standard operating procedure for bringing the elderly down for a walk or fresh air here?" asked Ho Wei Sheng, adding that he does not know the senior citizen in a wheelchair and his maid.
Ho shared that it is not the first time he had seen the pair at the "same spot", while the maid is doing the "same thing". "Playing, swiping her phone. Same scenery the uncle is seeing, the bicycles," the man said. "It hurts me if this is happening to my elderly [family member]."Ho's Facebook post has since garnered over 180 comments and 200 shares."Pity the elderly," one of them said, while another criticised the maid for her "irresponsible behaviour"."Please blame his own children for not taking care of him.
One netizen, who seemed to be a foreign domestic helper, felt that "some people are judgemental and don't know what work" maids are facing.
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