Maids

Maids is the abbreviation of the term “maidservants” who are females characterized by employment in a domestic service (e.g. Household help). They are mainly responsible for cleaning the house, and running menial errands.. It is the only domestic worker that can be afforded by upper and middle class people, though this applies mostly to Asia. In Western countries, only a few households can afford a live-in maid, and even then, their maids are only periodic cleaners.

It's quite ironic that most first world countries require you to have a sizeably large income in order to acquire live in household help, while in third world countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines, even lower middle class citizens can enjoy the comforts of live-in maids. In fact even maids who live out of their employer's homes sometimes have their own maids, who are usually young girls with no funds to go to school, and simply work to get a room and board, and not live out in the streets.

Among a maids typical duties include ironing, washing, cleaning the house, sweeping and mopping the floor, grocery shopping, walking the pets, and taking care of kids. In less developed nations, maids are also employed to take care of the elderly and disabled. For the most poart, maids are required to wear a uniform, so as to distinguish them from the rest of the family, usually for the benefit of the neighbors.