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Rich people don't understand us at all.
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This looks like bad translation. For many asian languages the words maid and mate look sound quite similar. And the distance from house too room might also just be bad translation. Aaand if you change room mate to house maid the headline makes a LOT more sense...
So, someone who is fluent enough in English that they would use a colloquialism like "killed the argument" somehow doesn't know the difference between "roommate and house maid"?
And, even if you make that swap, who is making a "need a house maid" argument? Is there anybody who argues (with whom?) that they need a house maid because making a bed is too difficult? Yes, a maid might make a bed, but the bigger service they provide is cleaning: laundry, dishes, vacuuming, mopping, dusting, scrubbing the bath / shower, cleaning the toilet. A live-in housekeeper will probably also cook meals and do some childcare too.
A robot might be able to do some of that, but a robot that capable will be tens or hundreds of thousands. You're not going to save money by switching to a robot.
In my experience room mates don't even make their own beds.
is roommaid a thing?
chambermaid, maybe?
i'm not well versed in the goings on of the back end of the house beyond the butlery (i do enjoy a good butle) and the work of the valet, so i don't quite know the exact species pairing. but i am told one exists.
Technically? It might be more grammatically correct to say "rooms-maid" since they typically take care of a whole house, but even that's kinda clumsy sounding.