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Bengaluru housing society slammed for ‘classist’ rules for domestic helpers: Report
A proposal - understood to have been made by a resident - said maids can use the waiting areas in all buildings to wait between jobs or eat their food.
A reported proposal to disallow maids from using the common areas of a Bengaluru housing society while they 'wait between jobs or eat their food' made waves online this week and has been panned by Twitter users as 'classist' and 'pathetic'.
The proposal - understood to have been made by a resident and submitted to the Residents' Welfare Association for consideration - also says 'residents can feel uncomfortable when surrounded by maids everywhere we walk' and also appears to denigrate other service staff, including cooks, carpenters and plumbers.
"Maids can use the waiting areas in all buildings to wait between jobs or eat their food. We do understand there may be breaks. It's difficult to see them hanging out everywhere in the park, amphitheater, gazebos. Residents can feel uncomfortable when being surrounded by maids everywhere we walk," the proposal, shared online by a Twitter user named Vipin Baburajan, said.
“Security is not able to monitor common areas. Cooks, carpenters, plumbers sit on the sofa at the building reception. Most of us (residents) have probably stopped sitting on the sofas by now.”
Hindustan Times has not been able to independently verify the proposal or its text and the RWA in question - which has not been named - has yet to comment.
Several Twitter users have responded angrily. One user wrote, "The same maid roaming in your house, cooking for you, cleaning for you is ok. But seeing them around you in the park is troublesome? Pathetic!" Another user wrote, "It's not just Bangalore I see this everywhere, Noida, mumbai I don’t know if this is entitlement or just need to control people which is inherent part of our culture.”
