Aren't the nannies watching the most important parts of these parents' lives? Maybe they should be treated, and paid, accordingly?
And teachers and tutors and librarians and and and ...
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Aims - Feb 10, 2010 11:08:00 am PST #7716 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Stephanie - Feb 10, 2010 11:10:32 am PST #7717 of 30001
Trust my rage
And, unless you as the parent don't get paid for snow days, it's not like you are losing any extra money. re the parents complaining about themselves being unjustly enriched? I doubt it.
Jesse - Feb 10, 2010 11:11:33 am PST #7718 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Snow days are the worst when you get paid by the hour, for sure.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 10, 2010 11:13:26 am PST #7719 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
If I were the Nanny and I was an hourly employee, I probably would not be expecting to get paid, so I would be REALLY HAPPY with the parents if they did pay me. Actually, I am pretty sure at my job I wouldn't get paid unless I came in even if there was a snow emergency. I think they would sent out a note saying that we might be allowed to use a vacation day.
SuziQ - Feb 10, 2010 11:19:44 am PST #7720 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
More than likely, if you can afford a nanny, you aren't getting paid hourly. Or at least, that would be my guess.
Liese S. - Feb 10, 2010 11:20:33 am PST #7721 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I am the sort of person who deeply believes things written in instruction books and so I do not believe I must prerinse with my fancy schmancy dishwasher. The SO, however, is not, and sadly he is right. So I prerinse now, but I complain about it mightily.
It's not as bad as the Japanese Roland owners manual that instructed me to push a button that didn't exist, sending me into an existential haze, but still. If it says I don't have to rinse, I shouldn't have to rinse.
Ginger - Feb 10, 2010 11:23:32 am PST #7722 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Many older dishwashers don't preheat the water, so you need to have your water heater at 140 degrees or higher. Most newer dishwashers have sort of a tiny disposal inside of them, so they can handle unrinsed dishes and the manufacturers recommend not rinsing. Rinsing adds significantly to your energy use. Without rinsing, running a full dishwasher uses less hot water than hand washing. (I write about dishwashers a lot.)
Lee - Feb 10, 2010 11:24:06 am PST #7723 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Lisa, fingers crossed and all the health-ma I can muster for Bob, and you.
sarameg - Feb 10, 2010 11:28:01 am PST #7724 of 30001
Power just flickered. Do not like.
flea - Feb 10, 2010 11:28:14 am PST #7725 of 30001
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I had a nanny when I was being paid hourly. I also paid her sick time and vacation time according to our written contract (we lived in NC; it didn't snow).
At some points she was making more an hour than I was. That was fun. (I had benefits, though, and she didn't.)