But the more that I talk to other people and read on the Shanghai Expat chatroom about what horrible things the other ayis are doing, it makes me appreciate our ayi more. Here are some of the stories:
- ayis stealing money
- ayi does her grocery shopping out of her employer's refrigerator. They found out when she dropped her tote bag on the way out of the door and the food items rolled out
- ayi and her husband move into her employers' apartment while they are away in Thailand and use it as a hotel. The employers found out about it from the concierge guy
- ayi dragging kids around on the playground by their ears
- ayi dragging a 7 year old kid up the stairs by his leg, while he's screaming, crying and banging his head on the stairs. Mom came home to see it and when asked what was going on, the ayi said that the kid wouldn't let her do her work so she wanted to take him upstairs
- ayis asking for loans, help with visas (if they are not Chinese), and other favors
- ayi caught watching tv while kid sits and tears paper
Never in a million years would our ayi do any of these things. I've intentionally left money on the counter or dresser before and they were always there when I arrived home. Our ayi even presented me with a 100RMB that she found in the washer, which must have fallen out of one of my pockets. She has even told me that I have paid her with counterfeit money 2x now but she wouldn't let me replace the bills because it wasn't my fault that I was given counterfeit money. My friends here unanimously find this dubious. No one turns down money, especially here in China when she probably needs the money and I'm a Westerner on an expat package. But at the same time, they couldn't come up with a possible motive for our ayi to lie about it. I hope I leave China before I become that cynical.
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