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Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
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.
tommyrot - Jul 28, 2008 12:44:48 pm PDT #16 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Kat - Jul 28, 2008 12:45:19 pm PDT #17 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Okay, So the Nanny Ad is making me boggle. She says what the salary is, but then goes on to say that $60/overtime for all hours over 50 a week. Which the scheduled hours ARE over 50 a week. Even on the "day off" (just the one, mind) you are expected to be open to running errands for the family.
So, essentially, you never have a day off.
AND then the descriptions of her darling brood? The second son with a streak of rude? And the college aged kid who goes to Columbia but whose laundry you will be expected to pick up? The younger ones with their "particular"-ness and demands? Um. NO.
And two years of indentured servitude a contract? Hell's no.
This seems like one of those things set up to be a chicklit novel.
Also, no way. Uh uh. No.
And yes, at least she is upfront about it. But how much worse must reality be?
t boggle
tommyrot - Jul 28, 2008 12:47:40 pm PDT #18 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't get this xkcd comic: [link]
I think it was on Digg where I saw a post about not getting it either.
§ ita § - Jul 28, 2008 12:48:05 pm PDT #19 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This seems like one of those things set up to be a chicklit novel.
Romance and wealth are in the offing for her--just you wait and see. Not to mention a surprise discovery about her own lineage!
Kat - Jul 28, 2008 12:48:08 pm PDT #20 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Also, if it were a family of boys with nary a girl, I might suspect that it's Laura from Project Runway hiring.
And if you want, you can live in their house for reduced rent?!
And she wants a fit, young thang to do this job!
And the legal/PERFECT english seems like code for: we want someone white.
t still boggling
Dana - Jul 28, 2008 12:48:37 pm PDT #21 of 10003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
The comments on the LJ RSS feed are full of people not getting it too.
msbelle - Jul 28, 2008 12:48:40 pm PDT #22 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
If that kid is an ungrad at Columbia, I really hope the student newspaper gets a hold of it and finds out the kid's name and then rails against the ridic.
Sheryl - Jul 28, 2008 12:49:21 pm PDT #23 of 10003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Also, new thread!
Theodosia - Jul 28, 2008 12:49:28 pm PDT #24 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
How many people here have read The Nanny Diaries which I'm told isn't all that far from the truth.
At any rate, how likely is it that Snooty McSnooterson is going to put her own Craigslist ad online? They have nanny agencies out there for a reason, as in not having to do any heavy lifting to actually, you know, investigate the person who is going to be taking charge of your nearest and dearest.
Pix - Jul 28, 2008 12:50:01 pm PDT #25 of 10003
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
In my experience, the university academic world is vastly different from the world of primary and secondary teaching.