>>>The employers end up broke at the end of the month. So they are technically richer than most of us. 700 for the maid is fair.

I have to admit, this is one of the funniest threads I have read in a long time, I am laughing my butt off about how these rich people are trying to justify paying slave wages to their maids/workers.

I am not religious, but I would LOVE to be at the gates of paradise when so many of these people show up, and have "He who Makes the Judgements" stand there and "justify" why this person or that person should not be admitted.

You guys spend QR 700 or more on a meal for 4 people at a nice restaurant in Doha without even thinking about it, yet complain and lose sleep about paying that much to a girl who cleans your house 12-20 hours a day, 6 days a week?

Did you people ever hear of the idea that if you take care of your maid, treat her well, pay her properly, etc...she will in return take care of you? I don't care where you are from, QR 700 is a joke. That is $190 in the US, which is 2 Stabucks lattes a day, 5 days a week in the US. Even an illegal Mexican maid in California will cost you $600, and she doesn't even live with you; just comes in once a day for 4 hours!

If you kick a dog, sooner or later he will bite you.