Babysitter (not a nanny) doesn’t do her dinner dishes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is she a teenager? She probably thinks she's being polite and not messing with your belongings unnecessarily.

OP here. She’s 25 and an RN. The dish drainer and dish soap are right there if she doesn’t feel comfortable putting them in the dishwasher.

Clearly, this is annoying me!

This is a “you” problem.

So this is what all babysitters do?

Put dirty dishes in the sink? It’s certainly within the range of normal.

[Anonymous]

I’ve had many babysitters and a lot of them do this. It’s lazy and sad. I find it weird they expect me to put their dishes in the dishwasher when I get home.

Next time when you’re showing her something before leaving casually ask her to please put her dirty dishes in the dishwasher.

[Anonymous]

Our babysitter doesn’t either and it annoys me. I always did the dishes when I babysat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is this what we’ve come to? Adults can’t figure out how to tell someone to kindly put their dishes in a dishwasher? You seriously need to crowd source this?

Damn.

Damn. Why should adults have to tell other employed adults how to wash a dish.

Because everyone wants it done differently.

And because employers tell their employees what to do. It's how the whole employment thing works.

Your babysitter sounds a bit lazy but in the amount of time it took you to write this message on DCUM you could have communicated your expectations to her.

[Anonymous]

Mom of tweens here. I’ve used about 40 babysitters in my parenthood. It’s half and half. Honestly, some of the nest ones are much less good with the kids so I don’t use this as a factor.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who did a lot of teenage babysitting, figuring out whether the dishwasher was clean or dirty, or where to put the dishes when they're drying, was really confusing. I was an anxious enough kid that I just didn't eat because it was too stressful.

Can you say "the dishwasher is dirty, please add your dishes when you're done" or something?

I think this is excellent advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mom of tweens here. I’ve used about 40 babysitters in my parenthood. It’s half and half. Honestly, some of the nest ones are much less good with the kids so I don’t use this as a factor.

Neat

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Normal. It’s so annoying, but not worth saying something over imo.

I wouldn’t be annoyed by this at all.

[Anonymous]

It’s not that big of a deal.

[Anonymous]

I'm not a doormat so I don't pay babysitter to get her dinner. She can eat beforehand if all she's babysitting is a sleeping infant. And yeah, I'd tell her to put her dishes in the sink next time she arrives.

[Anonymous]

Two words: paper plates

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not a doormat so I don't pay babysitter to get her dinner. She can eat beforehand if all she's babysitting is a sleeping infant. And yeah, I'd tell her to put her dishes in the sink next time she arrives.

That’s what the babysitter did. But that’s not what op wanted. Op wanted her to wash them.

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand why this bothers you so much. People are weird about loading dishwashers and in any case it’s about 20 seconds of work so you are just as “lazy” for complaining about it as she is.

[Anonymous]

Putting a dirty dish in the sink is the most normal course of action.

[Anonymous]

Leave her paper plates.