Re:Dating in Delhi when you're poor
by devoutsalsa on Friday August 06, 2021 @02:44PM
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The mother of a friend on mine in Pakistan was hiring a part-time housekeeper for ~3 hours per day. One housekeeper asked for $40 USD/month, and the mother thought that was too expensive.
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Re:Dating in Delhi when you're poor
by captain_price7 on Friday August 06, 2021 @03:04PM
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Here in Dhaka, we pay around 45usd/month for 1.5hr of work per day.
Captain, did you move back to BD from the West?
Re:Dating in Delhi when you're poor
by captain_price7 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @06:07PM
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No, born and raised in BD, never left.
How is the industry doing these days?
Well it depends on 1) the local price and 2) the ability of the mother to pay. She may not be able to afford help with an American minimum wage.
In Mumbai, our friends were pretty well off and had a housekeeper who came 2 x 2 hours daily (preparing lunch and dinner, doing laundry, and cleaning around). The housekeeper, being paid pretty well, had her own housekeeper so she could have time for all these housekeeping gigs.
The well-off friends had never tried their aircon because it "was not that hot" (35 degrees C) and rummaged around to find the remote. It was so hot, I couldn't imagine that they just accepted it.
Re:Dating in Delhi when you're poor
by 908B64B197 on Friday August 06, 2021 @05:16PM
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> The housekeeper, being paid pretty well, had her own housekeeper so she could have time for all these housekeeping gigs.
Sounds like her housekeeper should get better customers.