The Maids

I think it is possibly time to introduce the Mae Bahn, our maids at home. This is Pa Na, the head honcho, and Godfather/mother of the South Chiang Mai - Mae Bahn Cosa Nostra. She seems to control who works where, which employers are permitted to hire home help and which are blacklisted. She seems to receive a phone call, on average, about every half an hour. (I never answer the phone at home now!) She has constant reports from maids on good or bad employers, and requests from harassed housewives to find them help. However she is exceptionally competent and very hard working. We could not function without her and her other half.