Is it an expectation that daycares and nannies get snow days with 1/2 inch of snow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC folks are huge babies when it comes to snow.

- Hearty Midwesterner

Yeah, the babies haven’t learned how to navigate black ice. Please show us!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in an apartment complex with a lot of women who do this type of work. Often they do not drive and rely on public transportation. They aren’t going from a heated home to a car with heat and vice versa. They may need to stand on a bus stop to get to the Metro and then stand at the Metro for another bus before walking 4-6 blocks.

People are really in a bubble when they complain about nannies being lazy, trying to get off work, how unfair it is to have to pay them when they aren't needed, etc. I read all the time about people here bitching about how hard it is to make it at $150k a year and we figure out how to get by on a third of that. Many nannies can't afford cars, don't have health insurance and can't afford to live close to their employer's neighborhoods. We have no HR depts. We can be fired (and quit admittedly) at will with no notice. We can't sue, we can't afford lawyers. If you personally have a problem with your nanny sit down and discuss it with them but the lumping of all nannies into one group as lazy unskilled workers who don't GAF is simply untrue and ignorant.

Well said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC folks are huge babies when it comes to snow.

- Hearty Midwesterner

This is getting old. You are "hearty" because you get more and are used to it. You arent superior but if it makes you feel better go for it.

Midwesterners aren't so great the first snow they get in the season.

Also, a lot of the Midwest gets colder snow, i.e. ice is not much of a thing (because it's too cold for it to start as rain). And highway departments are prepared with sand and salt.

(Also, they feel just as cold as everyone else does until they get re-acclimated each year.)

--another midwesterner

[Anonymous]

1. Snow isn’t the issue, ice is. I moved here from Cleveland and I thought people were being dramatic, but the fact that it’s often 28-34 during a snow storm here makes it perfect for ice formation.

2. Daycare/ nannies should either follow the school system or the federal government and which one should be included in your contract.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in an apartment complex with a lot of women who do this type of work. Often they do not drive and rely on public transportation. They aren’t going from a heated home to a car with heat and vice versa. They may need to stand on a bus stop to get to the Metro and then stand at the Metro for another bus before walking 4-6 blocks.

People are really in a bubble when they complain about nannies being lazy, trying to get off work, how unfair it is to have to pay them when they aren't needed, etc. I read all the time about people here bitching about how hard it is to make it at $150k a year and we figure out how to get by on a third of that. Many nannies can't afford cars, don't have health insurance and can't afford to live close to their employer's neighborhoods. We have no HR depts. We can be fired (and quit admittedly) at will with no notice. We can't sue, we can't afford lawyers. If you personally have a problem with your nanny sit down and discuss it with them but the lumping of all nannies into one group as lazy unskilled workers who don't GAF is simply untrue and ignorant.

I think it’s a theory of mind issue. These people constantly complaining really and truly think that their nannies are the help, i.e. they exist to serve the employers/make their lives easier. They don’t think of nannies/daycare workers/teachers as being real, actual PEOPLE with lives of their own.

Thank you!!! I see this all the time on here. Nannies, Au pairs and other child care workers only being considered in the context of how they can inconvenience the parents who actually had these children. I'm sorry. You are the parent and occasionally the caretaker of your offspring may not be able to jump to your expectations because they are a human being with human situations in their lives. You chose to have these children and you should be grateful that you can find someone to help you raise them.

[Anonymous]

Yes get used to you MA spends billions every year to clear snow even your road mix is different to handle the freeze. We just close down its normal and a few years back everyone went business as usual and kids where stuck in school and busses couldn’t get through. Since they they always go with caution and shut down.