The usual ways. Overtaxing them purposefully, making demands far from the realm of reason out of some wicked desire to assert ones authority and afterwards inflicting punishment of one kind or another simply because they can.
[ she takes another sip ]
It does not end well for anyone. Such poorly treated staff often get their vengeance in one way or another. One lady who beat her maid repeatedly found a rival's Bard added quietly to the guest list of one of her parties and was summarily poisoned. The maid was found out, unfortunately. I cannot recall what happened to her, but I imagine whatever it was she faced it rather victoriously.
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Date: 2018-07-31 06:09 pm (UTC)[ she takes another sip ]
It does not end well for anyone. Such poorly treated staff often get their vengeance in one way or another. One lady who beat her maid repeatedly found a rival's Bard added quietly to the guest list of one of her parties and was summarily poisoned. The maid was found out, unfortunately. I cannot recall what happened to her, but I imagine whatever it was she faced it rather victoriously.