My family grew up with no maid, but recently there’s been an illness in the family and we had to get a helper for my parent because the other parent is working, and both my sibling and I work full time.
I’m not used to a stranger in my space 24/7 (I wfh and usually home on the weekends/PH), and through no fault of her own, I find myself getting super annoyed she’s in my space. I am not comfortable with having this stranger close to me, touching my stuff (even though it’s kind of her job to help around the house when that parent does not need attention), needing assurances from me, getting close with me on my bed when I’m trying to rest, etc.
I find myself being so possessive of my bed, food, etc, and I’m sure she bathes but I keep smelling her bad breath and the fact that she sweats outside and then lay down on my bed makes me irrationally mad.
Obviously I don’t make my displeasures known, I just keep quiet and try to get away when I can, but seriously man, how do you guys who have maids handle a stranger all up in your space all the time.
Oh, sorry if unclear. Our place has four bedrooms, one my parents, one for me, one for my sibling, the other used for study/office.
She sleeps on an air mattress in my parents room because the arrangement is that she’s here for my parent since they are not mobile from the illness. When they wake up at night to go toilet, she’s supposed to help, etc. All this has been cleared with her and agency during interview process. We’ve asked her during interview if she’s ok with this sleeping arrangement in front of agent since if she has her own room, she can’t hear when my parents calls, and she says it’s good with her.
During the day sometimes I like to chill on my bed, so she will come to my bed to lay down beside me which I really don’t like but can’t chase her away because she don’t have privacy in other parts of the house.