Oz ,'Beneath You'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
OMG that's hilarious.
When you're the one doing the changing. Not so much.
Eventually she let me go because, and I quote:
"I consider you my peer and there are certain things I can't ask you to do because of that."
She made her cleaning lady scrub the grout between the tiles on the kitchen floor with a toothbrush.
Yeah. I saw that. If she's from an agency, I'd call to complain.
It's almost entirely probable that the cell/surf thing is a result of you being present. When I nannied, I'd often defer to the parent when they were around, because they were around.
Another friend who still nannies always tries to arrange her work so that she is not working when the parents are home because there are a ton of mixed messages.
Has she responded by stepping up when you pointed out that she is there to watch the kid so you can finish work, that you expect her to do that?
Ugh. What a nightmare. I'm sorry.
When you're the one doing the changing. Not so much.
Well, sure, but these are the kinds of things we have to suffer through so that they can become funny later.
She made her cleaning lady scrub the grout between the tiles on the kitchen floor with a toothbrush.
Did she stand over her with a weapon in hand until the task was done? Because that's the only method that would work with me, and there'd only be one opportunity for it to do so.
It is now snowing downtown. Big gross glops of snow.
"As you can see from this description, this argument is extraordinarily [tenuous, I guess]."
Precarious?
However, I didn't refrain from doing work for myself, reading, or being on the phone if the baby was sleeping.
Of course not. Actually, it's good downtime. I encouraged that too when we had a nanny.
When mothers were there at the same time, I made sure that they were not disturbed if at all possible.
I think we went waaaaay beyond that today. thanks you guys. I needed this.
Good grief. I remember the cottonball story which casts her a definitely a little odd, but it sounds like she was a much more all around loon.
Let's just say that I was very happy when I switched to the woman who was an editor at Gourmet magazine.
Sox, that is utter bullshit and I'd complain to the agency AND tell the babysitter why you weren't going to be asking her back.
I think if Hillary wins the nomination she should go with Evan Bayh. I know he doesn't have the name recognition, but he's a safe, moderate Democrat from a red state.
Liv and I had some DQ soft serve (it's not technically ice cream is it?)