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definition of maid

Is named maid To that woman who is engaged in a salaried way to carry out the domestic tasks of a house. Also called as housekeeper, maid or servant, although practically this last denomination is not so widely used today as a consequence of referring it to the idea of ​​slavery, the origin from which this job really becomes, the maid, will occupy her working hours or working day, taking care of the home as well as to its members, through the deployment of different and various activities, including: Cleaning the facilities that the house in question presents: rooms, kitchen, living room, bathroom, balcony, patio, washing and ironing clothes, shopping for food at the supermarket, either independently or accompanying their boss in the task, cook food and in some cases it must even take care of remove the children from school, take care of them, bathe them and assist them in whatever they require, walk the family pet and if there are older adults in the house, also watch over them.

Obviously, all these activities will vary from house to house and will also depend on the hiring conditions, because in the case of the maid with a bed inside, as the situation in which the maid lives in the house of her bosses is called, Withdrawing from the same only when her free or free day arrives, the maid performs almost all the activities mentioned in the previous paragraph, that is, she performs an absolutely integral job, facilitated more than anything by the number of hours she spends at home.

Another very common type of hiring is usually by hours, that is, one, two, three or more working days are stipulated which must be worked between 2, 3, 4 or more hours, or failing that, the hours will be measured once worked and then, for the hour of work a value is established, for example, 10 pesos, therefore, if the maid worked six hours, 60 pesos should be paid. In the case of the maid with a bed inside, the usual thing is the arrangement of a salary that will be received each time the month begins or is ending.

A widespread use and custom is the wearing a uniform to carry out the work, generally, they must be comfortable, as a first condition and supposes: low shoes that allow mobility and agility, a dark dress that is buttoned in the front and an apron falls over it.

Although, the job of maid is not only limited to a family home, also, maids are employed in hotels, sanatoriums and hospitals.

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