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Neighbor Asked Our Nanny to Do Her a Favor. WWYD?
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Anonymous
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I don't get the insistence that she do it before or after work for the OP. I have never been a nanny, but I have stayed home with my kids, mostly during maternity leaves. It is really, really boring sometimes. A little "trip" to the neighbor's sounds like it could spice up the day.
If the nanny said yes just to be polite but really hates birds or something, I think you should offer to do it instead of her as a favor to your neighbor. |
Anonymous
Ditto. |
Anonymous
OP please come back. He ladies are angry but they don't bite 
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Anonymous
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I've had parakeets for years. They don't need food daily if you fill up the bowl. Hell, they could spend $1.50 and buy another bowl for extra food, eliminating the need for you nanny to babysit a bird.
ridiculous |
Anonymous
your |
Anonymous
Filling up a bowl with seed will spice up the day? What have you been drinking? |
Anonymous
| I'm curious, would people's responses change if, instead of the neighbor asking the nanny to feed the bird, the neighbor asked the nanny if she could babysit sometime after work? |
Anonymous
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NP here. OP, having had/seen neighbors that were completely rude and insulting "ask" (expect) my friends nannies to help them, I totally see what you are saying. I would have a "hands off" (translation: get your own help, b*tch) attitude, just because I think people can be presumtuous, defensive, pompous and rude here. They resort to name calling because they don't hear or get what they want. I have heard of nannies being asked to work for free (supposedly because the first employers paid so well, yet the askers lived in a gorgeous $2m house - WTF?). I have heard of them being offered WAY less money, all sorts of weird scenarios. Again, the expectation was there somehow. Some moms even think they "need" (HAHAHA) the help "more" (HAHAHA). Apparently they are not accustomed to hearing the word no. Too bad for them. If your nanny tells you whats up, to their detriment, shes a keeper 
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Anonymous
When the nanny is off the clock, she can babysit for someone else, pole dance, drive a taxi, whatever. As long as nanny reports to work on time, does her job, it doesn't concern OP. My boss doesn't care what I do when I'm off the clock, does yours? |
Anonymous
| OP I'm with you, I would have been put out as well. Some neighbors cross the line. |
Anonymous
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Yes! Yes! Yes! PP, some neighbors lack boundaries and somehow it is on OP? Only in Spin City!!!! OP, hold your ground. The neighbor can get off their lazy as* and find their own help. You are not the bad guy for holding your ground. It does not mean you are negative this or that. It has nothing to do with you and everything to do with the neighbor. |
Anonymous
that is asinine. the neighbor is free to ask for help, people are free to say no. the neighbor must have met the nanny a few times, and probably thinks they are doing the nanny a favor as an easy way to make some extra money. |
Anonymous
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op, I think you should feed the parakeet
bring it to your house so it is not trouble and then be polite when neighbor comes and collects it |
Anonymous
| I'd leave the issue alone and let the nanny decide whether to do it before, during or after work. I agree that the kids might actually enjoy a little trip next door to see the bird. If it seems like too much trouble, she can do it before or after her shift. |
Anonymous
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My former nanny would babysit other kids at our house along with my kids as a "playdate". I went along with it until the mom would leave the child crying and rush out the door. I'm still mad about that!
My reaction was the neighbor didn't ask you to do it. Who is taking care of the bird on the weekend? |