Yaya Meals: Inani na Ggyud ka Discriminated ang mga Katabang?

[bleedingboi]

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Still on that


This may, in the light of current events, matter little. But the story of the “yaya meals” in exclusive Balesin Resort has gotten more than a few people all riled up.
The reply of Balesin management may have only added fuel to the fire, but the head honchos do have a point when they said the so-called “yaya meal,” or meal for nannies, was conceived only upon the request of their member-guests. The guests, they said in a statement, are perfectly free to order any of the items on the menu for their yayas, drivers, aides or other members of their party. After all, everything they serve, including the budget meals, are prepared by their kitchen staff. It seems that the meals for the help were offered only on the request of some members who wanted to cut costs.
This is puzzling because, if you can afford a membership in the club, or know someone to invite you to stay there, I presume you can very well afford to pay for a meal or two, or a few, for people who are in your party to serve your needs. What’s a few hundred or thousand pesos for your extra convenience?
But it seems the rich or aspiring rich (or trying to seem rich) in this country resent having to shell out cash for the help, who they perhaps feel don’t deserve to literally “sit at the table” with them, enjoying the same food they are served, luxuriating in the same pools, getting massages at the spa, etc.
And so the evolution of the “yaya meal,” which is not really all that exclusive to Balesin, even if it was first exposed online by former beauty queen Maggie Wilson-Consunji, who said she was “shocked” when Balesin wait staff said her son’s nanny could have the rice-and-adobo combo reserved for “less deserving” guests.
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The “yaya meal,” alas, has existed for almost as long as upper- and middle-class families have had nannies or caregivers or house help. But sometimes, it’s not even the household staff who get, uh, shafted.
A photographer I know walked out of a photo shoot in the home of an upper-crust mogul when he, together with other staff at the shoot, were ushered into the kitchen come lunchtime and served a meal of daing na bangus and a scoop of rice. Obviously, the homeowners were enjoying a far more generous and sumptuous repast, one they deemed unworthy of the staff.
A report in this newspaper tells of a press conference held at the opening of a hotel in the Ortigas area. As lunchtime approached, the members of the press were ushered out of the ballroom and into a function room where they were asked to partake of a simple buffet. This would not have been so bad if, on the way out, the media people had not caught a glimpse of the glitzy spread for the rest of the guests.
As a media professional, I resolved, upon reading the report (by a reliable reporter), never to patronize that particular hotel, much less to write about it. If the hotel so disrespected my profession, then I would make sure never to send any free publicity its way.
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But let’s go back to yayas.
Over the years, my husband and I would frequently catch glimpses of other family groups gathered in restaurants or fast-food joints. Invariably, the nanny would be left to supervise her young wards while the parents and the rest of the party enjoyed their meal. And incredibly, the nanny would not even be given the chance to order her own meal, although at times—and I don’t know if this is worse—she would be “ordered” to eat her ward’s leftovers.
In other homes, I’ve heard, the cook prepares two separate meals for the homeowners and family, and another for the help, presumably of cheaper ingredients and smaller portions. In my own family, my mother sternly reminded me before I decamped the family home to join my husband, that “the help deserve to eat the same food that you do.” Besides I have a hard enough time planning a menu for my family without worrying about what the kasambahay would eat as well.

Continuation of the article found in th link above...

[bleedingboi]

If naa mo usa ka balay with all the good food, then in one tiny room, makita nimu ang mga katabang nangaon ug tinapa, ganahan pa mo ug kaon?

#justasking : )

[MollyMillions]

Wala man gyud ko kasuway ug katabang. Mukaon ko sa tinapa niya if nahan siya after inviting welcome siya mukaon.

Pero dili man ni guro para sa ako ang pangutana oi. heh

If naa mo usa ka balay with all the good food, then in one tiny room, makita nimu ang mga katabang nangaon ug tinapa, ganahan pa mo ug kaon?

#justasking : )

[slabs7]

Nakakita nako ani sa news sa abscbn last week, nag explain naman to tag isa sa resto about ani.

Asay mas discriminasyon? Kan-on ni amo si yaya? Or kan-on ni amo ang pagkaon ni yaya?

what i mean is...dili nani angay pang padak-on nga isyo sa social media

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

The establishment could have just name the meal something else like budget meal , pinoy favoriteetc. Ngano i YAYA MEAL pa man jud of all names .

[MollyMillions]

Sometimes without giving it more further thoughts, even if naghatag na sila ug further thoughts ani, Naa man gyud ma overlook.

Sometimes well meaning gud. Tao lamang. Ako makita ani nga paagi kay, Public Apology. nahatag na ba?

Simple and Powerful maka save sa Publicity especially kay negosyo baya ni intawn.

Nakakita nako ani sa news sa abscbn last week, nag explain naman to tag isa sa resto about ani.

Asay mas discriminasyon? Kan-on ni amo si yaya? Or kan-on ni amo ang pagkaon ni yaya?

what i mean is...dili nani angay pang padak-on nga isyo sa social media

[pointman]

Marketing strategy rana nila kinsay nagpasi ugda ana. Awa nya puhon daghan napud na ang mu sunod. Naay boys meal, kabits meal, 2nd kabits meal, 3rd kabits meal.... :thumbup:

[lifebook11]

Mao ni ang klase sa mga bwesit nga mga amo. Naa man mi yaya sauna katong gagmay pami, palitan man lagi ni ermats ug erpats ug unsay ilang gusto. If mauwaw, orderan ug food nga tarong from the same menu nga ilang gitanaw. Naa pud mga super dato nga mga insik nakong kaila nidot ug tratar sa katbang.

Sad to say, naa lang juy daghang ingani ug mentality. Just because naka labaw in terms of educations and earnings, ila dayon itreat ang uban tao as mas ubos nila to the point nga dili na kakita unsa kabati ilang gibuhat.

[euan]

Nakakita nako ani sa news sa abscbn last week, nag explain naman to tag isa sa resto about ani.

Asay mas discriminasyon? Kan-on ni amo si yaya? Or kan-on ni amo ang pagkaon ni yaya?

what i mean is...dili nani angay pang padak-on nga isyo sa social media

obvious troll

[slabs7]

obvious troll

Ay ganun? Edi wow