What bothered me is that the former employer decided to turn this incident into a piece for the New York Times. Whatever personal details the nanny may have disclosed on her website it likely had a very small circulation. The NYT, however, is read by millions. The former employer paints a far worse picture of herself than anything the nanny could have done.
Worse still, IMO, is the conduct of the NYT. The Times decision to publish the former employer’s piece seemed to say not only that not only was the former employer had the right to fire the nanny (and she did have that right), but that the former employer was somehow free to “talk trash” about the nanny in a paper read by millions.
The former employer acted like a school-yard bully in writing the piece. The NYT in publishing it acted like a principal who scheduled the bullying for an all-school assembly so everyone could watch.
I'll post the photos later.
As to inappropriateness of sharing the URL with an employer - Bitch PHD has interesting take on that:
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Et. Al has a more extended take on the subject:
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Gar, I think those both go to the same place.
Oooh, that teastick is prettier than the nifty spoon thing my mom had. It was two pinholed spoon heads that clamped together, the handle being a spring thing. It was fun to play with.
This is what I did, what I saw, and how I feel about it. It's candid and confessional in nature.
The thing is, Allyson, you have a sense of proportion. You notice when you're being ridiculous.
Your writing comes across as "Well, this seemed like a good idea at the time" rather than "Everybody's MEAN to POOR LITTLE ME!" or "I don't understand why everybody can't see things the way I do!" You don't assume that everybody else you meet is just a walk-on in the wide-screen release of THE STORY OF ALLYSON.
I had that spoon. Too often it clamped shut on the leaves and was all leaky.
Timelies all!
I had my 6 month-or-so followup mammogram today. Everything's normal. Yay!
By the time I was mature enough to have memory of the spoon, mom had stopped using loose leaf tea.
The problem with cherries is that I will buy 2 lbs when they are on sale for an incredible $2.50/lb and I will like them so much that I will buy another 2 lbs when they are an appalling $5.50/lb. Ah, well at least I'm employed and can support my habit.
