Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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.
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.
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.)
Lisa, fingers crossed and all the health-ma I can muster for Bob, and you.
Power just flickered. Do not like.
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.)
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?
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.
I'm guessing the parent in question pays her nanny under the table - she may not have an explicit written PTO policy.
Sure, but even without a formal policy, there must have been days when the nanny didn't come in, right?
Snow days are the worst when you get paid by the hour, for sure.
I feel the worst for the small business/restaurant owners. They lost their biggest weekend (last one before xmas) to a big snowstorm and now this thing that's been going on basically non-stop since Friday. And the weekend before the weather was crappy on Saturday. It just sucks.