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Dawn of the zombie wife

Servant Problems
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The hilarious and shocking stories of how the British treat their domestic staff, as told to
john hind

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Lida, 25, au-pair, Oxfordshire


 

That morning, when the children's mother was saying "I am feeling like a zombie" at the top of the big stairs, I thought she was making an act for the children, with her crazy hair. Why was she not dressed for the office? Her son was laughing, so I was with him laughing. She said, "My legs are like jelly" and "I can't turn the shower on". This was the morning after my biggest mistake of guessing.

Learning English, good English, you are sometimes guessing. Of course. Because there was no time to explain, I cannot hear, there are too many words. People are not speaking clearly, slowly. I come from Czech Republic for this; do not have me only guessing and guessing. OK? Because when I was guessing the mother was given the

 

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