Nanny is late every day

[Anonymous]

One of the things that my Nanny is is that she is absolutely 100% reliable. Never late/Never calls in sick and that is absolutely why it works for me in my job. If my nanny was late, I would be late for work and then I would have issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People, employees and employers, who are habitually late are immature and disrespectful. Not to mention stunningly self-involved.

I used to think this, too, until I moved to this area.

Just today, my typical 25 minute commute turned into an hour commute because a dump truck lost a bunch of his load in the road. The police u-turned both sides of the road and I had to backtrack to go the other way to work. Of course, had it happened 5 minutes earlier, waze would have caught it and rerouted me, saving me the backtracking time.

When I was commuting using Metro, I didn't even schedule a meeting for earlier than 10 am. If I was required to attend one that was scheduled by someone else for early that morning, I made sure I left my house at least 2 full hours early. Sometimes even earlier. I can remember plenty of days when I left my house at 6:30 am, caught the commuter bus to the Reston Metro, caught the Metro at 7:20, and didn't make it to the office until 9.

And this happens three times a week?!

You’re ridiculous. DC traffic has nothing on Los Angeles, and our nanny manages to get to work (by bus) on time every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Change her start time to 30 mins before

That was my first thought too!

Why? Why pay her for an additional 30 minutes because she is too stupid and self-involved to manage to be on time for work?

-nanny here and I loathe lateness.

[Anonymous]

Try docking her pay. Tell her you’re going to do it.