Interesting article in the National Post about the Jan Wong pseudo-story about becoming an undercover maid. Better read it quickly before it gets snatched, but basically, . . . . . . . my sentiments exactly.
There is an interview conducted “online” by her employers in which stringent parameters are outlined about the nature of the questions allowed, which of course results in much fawning and soft lobs in her general direction. A couple of illustrative quotes for your reading pleasure:
Karen McIntosh from Hamilton writes: "Many were very critical of the fact that you have a housekeeper and expressed the view that you were being hypocritical of those that hired you as a maid. Would you care to defend yourself here?"
Jan Wong: "Thanks, Karen. I don't understand what is hypocritical about my hiring a housekeeper. She has worked for me and my family full-time for 11 years. Now she comes in once a week. I have a housekeeper, but I have also considered getting an agency maid. Now that I know what I know, I think I won't. Mainly people tell me they're so glad I didn't clean their homes."
Jeez, Jan, I’ll have to remember that when I’m next in a Tibetan hovel, about to be rounded up by local Revolutionary Anti-bourgeois-roader Party stalwarts and looking for a Chinese maid to clean up the turds I left behind. I'll just tear up your resumé, shall I?
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