Society household help: gate notebook vs Plinth
| Gate notebook | WhatsApp / Excel | Plinth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who maintains | Security guard | Each resident in a group | Residents register their helpers |
| Society view | Illegible or incomplete | Scattered chats | Admins see full roster at /household-help |
| Helper kinds | Free text | Inconsistent labels | maid, cook, driver, nanny, milkman, laundry, gardener, plumber, electrician, carpenter, pest control, other |
| Schedule | Not tracked | Ad hoc | Daily vs occasional (inferred by kind) |
| Daily mark | Handwritten in/out | "Came today" messages | Inside / out / didn't come (in / out / absent) |
| Flat link | Verbal at gate | Phone contact only | Optional flat label + notes per helper |
| Corrections | Cross-outs | Lost in chat history | Same-day update, audited |
| Audit trail | None | None | mark_household_helper_attendance → audit log |
Notebooks work until a committee needs to answer "which flats had helpers on site during an incident?" or a resident disputes a no-show. Plinth keeps household help in the same society workspace as voting, notices, and visitor passes — no separate maid-tracking app.