Balesin Island Club
is in hot water nowadays due to its now famous “yaya’s meal,” courtesy of a
former beauty queen’s rants pertaining to it on her social media account. I
didn’t know anything about this hullabaloo until a friend sent me a link to an
article about it through a private message.
She then asked me
my take on it, and responded to her by saying that it was discriminatory. But
after some while, I pondered on the matter.
Yes, it is
downright discriminatory – with the mere idea of having a separate meal for
yayas or nannies (and other household help). And the public outcry is understandable. We
live in a country where most families can’t do without helpers, and where most
families treat their helpers as their own family members.
And so I perfectly
understand where Mrs. Maggie Wilson-Consunji is coming from. I too will feel
slighted given the same situation. Why should there be a separate meal for our beloved yaya?
It is
discriminatory all right, but the best thing to do is just to brush that policy aside,
and order regular meals for our yaya. The management of the resort has already
issued a statement that the so called "yaya’s meal" is only an option. In other
words, it is not mandatory.
It was just
unfortunate that the waiter who served the Consunji family did not fully
understand it, to the extent of telling the yaya that she can only order a
“yaya’s meal.” And this is where it all began.
As a final
thought, it is discriminatory from whichever angle it will be perceived. And any
resort which has a policy on this should be very careful in implementing it so as not to offend
their guests or clients and their yayas.
But eventually,
the onus is on us - on whether we will subscribe to it or not, dignify it or not.
One pate de foie
gras for our yaya please.....
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