Just found this in my inbox:
Dear Host Family,
I am a mature and experienced Cook and Housekeeper looking for a family to work for. I have a good childcare experience and I am able to iron, clean, drive and do ALL the house tasks. I prefer a Portuguese or Spanish speaker family. Could you call me for an interview? If not, please send me your phone and I will call you. I can fly next week and start working.
Best Regards,
Maria Angela
age 28
phone 85 - 8712-6196 / 3263-3170
Please request to see my Resumé and photos to info@crew.com.brAu-pairs and Nurses database - www.intercontinental.pro.br/aupairs
Well…, if she can afford to pay for an overseas call, and “fly next week”, I don’t think we can afford the salary she expects.
Amazing that the sender’s e-mail address is hidden. So, of course, I reported the e-mail as spam.
{ 13 comments… read them below or add one }
Jon Limjap 10.25.07 at 2:31 pm
LOL. Tindi ng internet ano?
Connie Veneracion 10.25.07 at 4:06 pm
LOL you said it!
Gloria 10.25.07 at 8:38 pm
ang alam ko pinoys puede maging aupair sa europe pero ang pinas ba kumukuha ng aupair? kung hindi man spam un eh baka akala nung tao eh somewhere in a latin country based ka. ha ha ha. tama, grabe ang power ng internet.
Connie Veneracion 10.25.07 at 10:03 pm
Naloka nga ako nung nakita ko eh. Naisip ko, sobrang desperate na ba dating ko at pati mga foreigners nag-a-apply na? hehehe
auee 10.25.07 at 10:29 pm
Nakaka-windang haha
Reminds me of this fwd email about an english-speaking helper…
I wonder what this person will say if you tell her what she’s likely to get?
Connie Veneracion 10.25.07 at 11:27 pm
If it wasn’t spam, I think the person will do a Road Runner act. LOL
Mila 10.30.07 at 12:31 pm
Interesting. You could have had a brazilian housekeeper! Teach the kids a new language
Josie 11.01.07 at 9:36 am
Baligtad., ikaw pa ang mag-aadjust sa househelp applicant na yan. May language preference pa. Matindi nga.
dexie 11.01.07 at 8:48 pm
damn. i’d take her over the Russian lady who even sent me a nice looking picture and asked me to make her my wife. I don’t need a wife, I need a maid…LOL.
you know what’s scary? the picture was decent. she wasn’t naked or anything so I know she was actually serious.
sha 11.02.07 at 4:34 am
hay connie….sa UK its 250£ a week for an au pair 36 hrs a week room plus you will have to send her to learn english…..
Connie Veneracion 11.02.07 at 1:53 pm
Mila, won’t she charge extra for tutoring?
Josie, makes me feel obliged to review my very bad Spanish.
Dexie, LOL you get even stranger emails than I do. HAHAHAHAHAHA
Sha, that expensive, huh? Well, we definitely cannot afford her then.
Jayred 11.06.07 at 8:28 pm
Here, an “au pair” gets around 700-1,000 Swiss francs a month, on top of board and lodging (full-time basis). Sometimes, foreign language education is part and parcel of the deal.
I know I need an “au pair,” being a bad housekeeper suffering from tendinitis, but it’s just too expensive to have one here. Maybe, I’ll work as an au pair instead. LOL
Cheers!
Mike Paahana 02.29.08 at 10:45 am
my gf clean my house but gatta put up with her whining