It’s Just Housework, Say Maids in Asia Who Do Windows
“Ms. Moreno learned Microsoft Office and Power Point at a computer school in Hong Kong whose student body is mostly maids. The first lesson — on how to turn computers on and off — was terrifying, says Ms. Moreno, who comes from a farming community in the central Philippines. “I thought I would break it.” Now she occasionally fills out Excel spreadsheets for her employers and gives their 9-year-old son computer lessons.
In the modern household, where computers are as common as vacuum cleaners, digital drudgery is becoming just another domestic chore. And since many people have about as much enthusiasm for cleaning out spam as they have for waxing floors, there’s a growing demand for maids who do Windows as well as windows.”
It’s also better than cleaning the cat litter. Normally I don’t link to stories from the Wall Street Journal Online because it’s a paid service and not everyone should have to pay (so why should I make you crazy hunting for something you can’t see). But this story is striking and has a number of implications. From WSJ.com.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB106919524545380300,00.html?mod=todays%5Fus%5Fpageone%5Fhs
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