I just found out our (my family and me) maid's real name today. It's Wati, not Sri. And the whole time she's been with us (over 6 months), we've been calling her Sri.

Why, you may ask? Are we such ignorant, condescending people that we label our maid with whatever name we wish to call her cos we can't be bothered to find out her actual name and also just find one syllable words easier to call out instead of two? No.
It's cos the agent introduced her as Sri the day she arrived at our place. And she was too afraid to correct us. No wonder she sometimes doesn't respond when we call her!

O gosh. I feel quite bad. But I also find it highly amusing that she didn't tell us earlier.
I think I'll just call her "Kak" from now on.