PHONE CALLS re: Barat!
Saturday, January 26, 2008
I was at work, my phone rang.
"Allo?"
"Mme Francesca?"
"Oui, Madame?"
(She ratatat me in french )"I am a friend of your Boss, Mr. ----- and he refered me to you. I need your help. If you know a couple, filipino, to work for us, long term contract, live in, as we will provide a studio, full time work, good salary."
"Ah... Okey... Well... Who can I suggest...
Can I call you later Madame, if you can give me your name and phone number please?"
"Yes, please ,we are a family, my husband and I and my school age daughter. We want a man who can drive the car, a lady who is very good in working inside the villa, can cook... Here is my celphone no, -------------- and I am Mme ------."
I thank her for the call and hung up.
Krriinnnggg.Another call.
Si Butler!
"Fran, how are you and how's your vacation?"
"Fine, Butler, and you?"
"Unhappy painting my studio..."
"Whats up, why are you calling? Any SOS?"
"No, its just that a lady called refered by our Boss, asking for a filipino couple to work with them in a Villa in Roquebrune, Cap Martin(a town next to Monaco). Did she call you? She said,our Boss gave her our numbers..."
"Maybe".(i said innocently, hehe) "Why, whats the call about?"
"She is presently offering a work in a villa,Good salary, with accomodation, for a couple."
"Ah, then if it is "that good salary", we resign in our present work and be hired by her.That would teach our Boss for refering us to someone else!!!"
"Mais Non, maybe you know someone?"
"Us!"
"Not us!!"
"I ll see,Butler, but cannot promise."
(He hung up.)
I made a call to a filipino couple, and gave the phone number of the employer.
I want to know the "salary offer", lol. If it is interesting, bah, why stay to my present employers. I am not married to them, am I?
After thirty minutes, the filipina called me.
"I thought they are billionnaires!She is a "barat"(stingy)!She offered us only a minimum salary each!!!"
"Ah."
"I asked her 4000€ monthly with accom and food for me and husband,as we are good workers, filipino, etc etc. But she offers only 2300 for ten hours a day work!!!Barat na bilyonaryo pala yun?"
"Hahaha! what did you say?"
"We are already receieving 3500€ monthly with food and lodging from our present work so if she gave us more monthly we accept."
"And what did she said?"
"She was astonished! She said she is not that rich! She asked: who are my Boss, Russians?"
" Well, she should not need to know about your Boss..."
"I said no, Madame, but they give us good salary. If you gave us more than what she gave, we take the work.But Fran, seems she doesnt want our asking price, so she just do the work herself!!!"
"Exactly,Haha."
"But she took my phone, just in case, lol."
"Ah,maybe she will reconsider. But dont count on it, if she is that "stingy" better keep off and let someone do it" If she doesnt stick to the conract signed,
Away lang yan in the future.
"Unga. Bye."
After ten minutes, Krrrinnnggg!
Again? I look at the caller Id, it is the "Barat" Madame.
"Thank you for giving me the filipina but she is expensive. A 4000€ monthly salary with accomodation,for a couple, that doesnt exist..."
"There are employers that ready to pay that amount Madame as long as the work is quality."
"But it is too much! SMIC salary plus accomodation,is 1286€ it is already something good!"
"Mme, if you like "someone good" , for half day work like part time job, morning only, Salary can be 1300€ minimum.Thats the asking price at the moment..."
"But I like someone to stay with us. If you know somebody, let us know."
"Have you tried the ads?"
"No, because we dont know them."
(Me:you dont know me either, you goonie...)
"I let you know if I know someone willing to take the offer, Madame."
"If you found one, I can add 200€ per month more,so 2500 for two thats my offer."
"Okey, Madame."
"Au revoir."
"Au revoir."
Girls, sa totoo lang, no one will take her offer. Filipino house employees here are expensive.We got the reputation of being hardworking, smiling, patient and pleasant.(Besides, yung mansion sa pinas, 2million na nagastos, di pa tapos...
Kelangan na naman mag padala...
Hehehe...
Unless hired direct from Phils, 600€ per month... with board and lodging, paid vacation, free airplane tickets...Meron na daw dumating dito sa cannes, "suffering" with that salary bec of direct hiring under POEA contract.When she learned, one week lang ng iba yang ganyan salary, gusto punitin ang contract, lol!
Eniweys...tsika lang yan sa kape kape with my coffeemates...
Krrriiing! (This is the fourth ring, cant I work?!!!)
"Allo!"
"Fran, I heard your daughter Marghie will be going home in Manila, via Dubai, can she buy me two boxes of Marlboro cigarettes as pasalubong?"
"I thought you are coming home on same date via Amsterdam, you can buy your cigars at Ams airport noh?"
"Yes, but it is expensive there, in Dubai Airport it is cheaper bec of Riyals..."
"But Marghie got two hours stop over only, she cant make it, maiwan pa yan ng plane JUST BECAUSE OF TWO BOXES OF CIGARETTES... Why dont you buy in Italy, its twenty minutes ride from where you live?"
"No, in Vintimille, it is not tightly manufactured."
"At Manila Airport, there's Marlboro too, hah?"
"Yes, but it is "mapakla"(bland taste)"
"How much price difference in Amsterdam compare to Dubai?"
"2€ each."
(Ngek!)
"Allo?"
"Mme Francesca?"
"Oui, Madame?"
(She ratatat me in french )"I am a friend of your Boss, Mr. ----- and he refered me to you. I need your help. If you know a couple, filipino, to work for us, long term contract, live in, as we will provide a studio, full time work, good salary."
"Ah... Okey... Well... Who can I suggest...
Can I call you later Madame, if you can give me your name and phone number please?"
"Yes, please ,we are a family, my husband and I and my school age daughter. We want a man who can drive the car, a lady who is very good in working inside the villa, can cook... Here is my celphone no, -------------- and I am Mme ------."
I thank her for the call and hung up.
Krriinnnggg.Another call.
Si Butler!
"Fran, how are you and how's your vacation?"
"Fine, Butler, and you?"
"Unhappy painting my studio..."
"Whats up, why are you calling? Any SOS?"
"No, its just that a lady called refered by our Boss, asking for a filipino couple to work with them in a Villa in Roquebrune, Cap Martin(a town next to Monaco). Did she call you? She said,our Boss gave her our numbers..."
"Maybe".(i said innocently, hehe) "Why, whats the call about?"
"She is presently offering a work in a villa,Good salary, with accomodation, for a couple."
"Ah, then if it is "that good salary", we resign in our present work and be hired by her.That would teach our Boss for refering us to someone else!!!"
"Mais Non, maybe you know someone?"
"Us!"
"Not us!!"
"I ll see,Butler, but cannot promise."
(He hung up.)
I made a call to a filipino couple, and gave the phone number of the employer.
I want to know the "salary offer", lol. If it is interesting, bah, why stay to my present employers. I am not married to them, am I?
After thirty minutes, the filipina called me.
"I thought they are billionnaires!She is a "barat"(stingy)!She offered us only a minimum salary each!!!"
"Ah."
"I asked her 4000€ monthly with accom and food for me and husband,as we are good workers, filipino, etc etc. But she offers only 2300 for ten hours a day work!!!Barat na bilyonaryo pala yun?"
"Hahaha! what did you say?"
"We are already receieving 3500€ monthly with food and lodging from our present work so if she gave us more monthly we accept."
"And what did she said?"
"She was astonished! She said she is not that rich! She asked: who are my Boss, Russians?"
" Well, she should not need to know about your Boss..."
"I said no, Madame, but they give us good salary. If you gave us more than what she gave, we take the work.But Fran, seems she doesnt want our asking price, so she just do the work herself!!!"
"Exactly,Haha."
"But she took my phone, just in case, lol."
"Ah,maybe she will reconsider. But dont count on it, if she is that "stingy" better keep off and let someone do it" If she doesnt stick to the conract signed,
Away lang yan in the future.
"Unga. Bye."
After ten minutes, Krrrinnnggg!
Again? I look at the caller Id, it is the "Barat" Madame.
"Thank you for giving me the filipina but she is expensive. A 4000€ monthly salary with accomodation,for a couple, that doesnt exist..."
"There are employers that ready to pay that amount Madame as long as the work is quality."
"But it is too much! SMIC salary plus accomodation,is 1286€ it is already something good!"
"Mme, if you like "someone good" , for half day work like part time job, morning only, Salary can be 1300€ minimum.Thats the asking price at the moment..."
"But I like someone to stay with us. If you know somebody, let us know."
"Have you tried the ads?"
"No, because we dont know them."
(Me:you dont know me either, you goonie...)
"I let you know if I know someone willing to take the offer, Madame."
"If you found one, I can add 200€ per month more,so 2500 for two thats my offer."
"Okey, Madame."
"Au revoir."
"Au revoir."
Girls, sa totoo lang, no one will take her offer. Filipino house employees here are expensive.We got the reputation of being hardworking, smiling, patient and pleasant.(Besides, yung mansion sa pinas, 2million na nagastos, di pa tapos...
Kelangan na naman mag padala...
Hehehe...
Unless hired direct from Phils, 600€ per month... with board and lodging, paid vacation, free airplane tickets...Meron na daw dumating dito sa cannes, "suffering" with that salary bec of direct hiring under POEA contract.When she learned, one week lang ng iba yang ganyan salary, gusto punitin ang contract, lol!
Eniweys...tsika lang yan sa kape kape with my coffeemates...
Krrriiing! (This is the fourth ring, cant I work?!!!)
"Allo!"
"Fran, I heard your daughter Marghie will be going home in Manila, via Dubai, can she buy me two boxes of Marlboro cigarettes as pasalubong?"
"I thought you are coming home on same date via Amsterdam, you can buy your cigars at Ams airport noh?"
"Yes, but it is expensive there, in Dubai Airport it is cheaper bec of Riyals..."
"But Marghie got two hours stop over only, she cant make it, maiwan pa yan ng plane JUST BECAUSE OF TWO BOXES OF CIGARETTES... Why dont you buy in Italy, its twenty minutes ride from where you live?"
"No, in Vintimille, it is not tightly manufactured."
"At Manila Airport, there's Marlboro too, hah?"
"Yes, but it is "mapakla"(bland taste)"
"How much price difference in Amsterdam compare to Dubai?"
"2€ each."
(Ngek!)
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Ngek kakahiya namang mang istorbo di nag iisip mga yan, hehe
Kung minsan kung sino pa ang mayaman ay iyon pa ang kuripot.(hindi lahat)
Sana sinabi mo bibigyan na lang kita nang 4euro at bumili ka na lang sa Italy.(lol)
Maryan
Sana sinabi mo bibigyan na lang kita nang 4euro at bumili ka na lang sa Italy.(lol)
Maryan
hhmm bakit kaya ma barat sa mundo? di kaya kasi sa hirap ng buhay? pero sana man lang ilagay sa lugar
helo madame amy,
super kuripot naman iyan! ako di ko alam ang barat.. galante kasi ako kahit ano..bagay pala ako diyan kasi iyan din ang trabaho ko dito..uy! amy, pauwi kapala sa Aug..di magkatugma ang uwi natin..kailan kaya tayo magkikita?
fr. Meng
super kuripot naman iyan! ako di ko alam ang barat.. galante kasi ako kahit ano..bagay pala ako diyan kasi iyan din ang trabaho ko dito..uy! amy, pauwi kapala sa Aug..di magkatugma ang uwi natin..kailan kaya tayo magkikita?
fr. Meng
Madame,
Yung kuripot na yun, pag punta dito papuntahin mo na lang samin. bigyan ko sya ng Alhambra! har har har!
pero isasama ko sya sa Airforce 1.. Tsaka si Michel, pag uwi dito, isasama ko din. :joke:
Yung kuripot na yun, pag punta dito papuntahin mo na lang samin. bigyan ko sya ng Alhambra! har har har!
pero isasama ko sya sa Airforce 1.. Tsaka si Michel, pag uwi dito, isasama ko din. :joke:
aba, girls, and boys, okey lang sana if they cannot afford!
Ang barat kasi for me is this:
one who likes quality service or goods but doesnt want to pay.
tama si JC, alhambra cigarettes na lang bilhin niya, haha.
Sa england daw sabi ni Lolo, some would buy a Woodbine cigarettes, a very awful taste!!!
i wonder though if alhambra and woodbine cigarettes makes good business, lol
Ang barat kasi for me is this:
one who likes quality service or goods but doesnt want to pay.
tama si JC, alhambra cigarettes na lang bilhin niya, haha.
Sa england daw sabi ni Lolo, some would buy a Woodbine cigarettes, a very awful taste!!!
i wonder though if alhambra and woodbine cigarettes makes good business, lol
dami nang kuripot sa mga frances! but not all ha... pero yun ngang isang french manager namin - sa akin pa nanghihingi ng 2008 diary! hehehe.. laki sahod niya di makabili - sabi ko sa assistant niya bigyan ko na lang siya ng A4 na notebook - makapal pa! humirit pa - eh gusto daw niya me "dates" kasi!
LOL! hahaha. love this post. kaya daw naging mayaman dahil barat eh!
funny and entertaining as usual.