Ordinary Gweilo

More great thinkers in the SCMP’s marvellous Talkback column:

As a domestic helper gets a holiday on Sunday, if the Monday is a statutory public holiday the helper gets two days off. However when that happens, who does the cleaning for those two days? It means the house remains in a mess for that period of time.

The Mid-Autumn Festival last Monday was for the Chinese community to celebrate and I do not understand why the foreign domestic helpers should be allowed to go on holiday.

I hope some employers will join me in calling for this extra holiday to be cancelled.

T. Narain, Sham Shui Po

Actually, T Narain, you can give your helper Saturday off if you wish.  Then she could spend Sunday making your apartment spotless for you.

Or why not just clean up your own mess?