Indonesian Maid in The US

East and West need to learn to each other.

Amazingly, westerners treat human beings equally, regardless one’s occupation. 👍

What about us?

Lately, at the beginning of 21st century, we began to regard maids with better acknowledgement by replacing the term “pembantu” (=helper=maid) with “ART” or “Asisten Rumah Tangga” (= household assistant) by letting them take a day off once a week to allow them do what they want (go shopping, go to the movies, trip etc.) without obligation to work at that day.

Generally the connection between employer and maid was like boss and labor.

As to the son or daughter of employer’s regard their maid as “the 2nd parents” also happens in Indonesia. Not always so, but if a maid can lift up the atmosphere in employer’s family, they will be treated special by the family, especially by the children as the ones closest to the maid.

If the maid is kind, cheerful, funny, has a lot of stories, traditional skill and own experience, the maid will also be regarded as 2nd parent by any children, regardless their nationality.

People from outside town are amazing. They bring good things from their birth places. They teach (without pretending as teacher) the metropolitan residents with good manners, politeness, kindness or such.

Dutch Guy Parodying Indonesian Habits

It’s performed with exaggeration. But as an entertainment, it truly succeeds ~

It’s likely for Indonesians, foreigners as a comedian have more chance to be funnier even than prominent local comedians.

Due to their way of thinking, accent, original character and culture or whatever, they look funnier.

Asking “are you married?”, “how old are you?”, “where do you live?”, “do you go to college or work?”, “how much is your salary?”, “do you have children?”, sleeping anywhere, crossing the road ‘without manner’, dumping a trash anywhere, eating with hand etc.

Anyway, this Dutch guy is not purely Dutch. One of his ancestor was Indonesian.