Huh. The Uber driver could rob you too; they could rape or murder. They could kidnap. They have, really, far more opportunities to harm you. But the ol' housekeeper is alone in getting assumed to be a thief.
Probably this was not meant. But its been a hot button, the casual assumption that housekeepers are thieves, since forever. I guess I read that into the comment too readily.
Yes, the Uber driver could rob you or worse, but they would also be guaranteed to get caught, so they probably won't do it.
I think you are picking on a rather objective and dispassionate observation about incentives to take a grandstanding against classism, I appreciate the sentiment but the execution is flawed.
Modeling the behaviour of personal assailants from the POV of their rational risk-reward expectations does not match reality very well. They are largely people who are not in control of their impulses.
Guilty as charged. But those cold dispassionate observations can inject casual bias as well as heated comments. That was what was galling. The 'oh you know how the domestic help is always stealing stuff' injected casually was more than my bs-meter could handle.
I said that a cleaner might have incentive to steal. You've turned this into "all housekeepers are thieves" and "the domestic help is always stealing stuff". That's not what I said, it's not what I meant, and it's not what I think.
I'm glad to hear that, and I believe it. What I'm very sad about is, its the first thing that's brought up whenever housekeeping is mentioned. The casual assumption that its a huge problem, happens all the time and is the major issue.
Probably this was not meant. But its been a hot button, the casual assumption that housekeepers are thieves, since forever. I guess I read that into the comment too readily.