More than likely, if you can afford a nanny, you aren't getting paid hourly. Or at least, that would be my guess.
Angel: I can stay in town as long as you want me. Buffy: How's forever? Does forever work for you?
'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SuziQ - Feb 10, 2010 11:19:44 am PST #7720 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
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.)
Sophia Brooks - Feb 10, 2010 11:31:16 am PST #7726 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I was thinking that the nanny was paid hourly, not the person, although you certainly could be. What is the difference between a nanny and a babysitter?
Jesse - Feb 10, 2010 11:33:36 am PST #7727 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The more I think about it, the more I think it should just be obvious, based on the rest of their contract/how they pay the nanny. Does she ever get paid when she doesn't work? Like holidays and stuff? I don't know, I think asking the question is the weaselly thing, not necessarily not paying.
Jessica - Feb 10, 2010 11:35:32 am PST #7728 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm guessing the parent in question pays her nanny under the table - she may not have an explicit written PTO policy.
Jesse - Feb 10, 2010 11:36:18 am PST #7729 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sure, but even without a formal policy, there must have been days when the nanny didn't come in, right?