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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a nanny.  My first “nanny” job was in a rural area as a sort of live-in (part-time help in exchange for room and board).  The family I worked with then had 5 kids and live in rural upstate new york and have always been close to the wire.  Kids are currently 18, 16, 13, 10 and 9. Recent story that mom shared with me:

The pipe from the woodstove they use to heat their house all winter vents the heat near the roof.  Apparently, there was some insulation too close to it that caught fire.  Dad was out of town.  Mom was recovering from surgery and bedridden.  When the smoke alarms went off, the 18yo boy called 911 and got mom, youngest 3 kids and their pets to safety in the barn.  The 16yo boy got their fire extinguisher and went out a window and onto the roof, where he punched a hole with the extinguisher and sprayed into the crawlspace where the fire was spreading, and repeated a few times until the fire was out.  By the time the fire department had arrived, there was nothing left for them to do.

I comparw that kind of awareness and responsibility and self-efficacy to the wealthy kids I nanny for now and just shake my head.[/quote]

Yep this is my brother. He just comes and takes care of shit and gets it done. [/quote]

I think sometimes wealthy people make their lives harder with their lack of interest in figuring it out and getting it done. I remember a few years ago my friend complaining for weeks (no exaggeration) about how the pull chain on her pantry light fixture had broken, her husband didn't know how to fix it and they'd have to call an electrician, and how much of a hassle it was to actually book the electrician because there was never a day she could sit home for hours during a service window for him to show up, but in the meantime she had to keep using a flashlight in the pantry because she couldn't see anything. I knew exactly what was wrong (chain pull switch had broken, it needed a $6 part and 10 minute of installation) and offered to come over and help her fix it so she wouldn't have to go through the hassle with the electrician. She laughed and said she had no clue about electrical work, she'd just call the electrician. Which she eventually did, and complained about the hassle (and the $200 charge) the whole day. Even with a trip to the hardware store, we were talking about maybe taking up an hour of her afternoon, and she would have learned a lot in the process about how to handle basic electrical work. But the notion of doing something like that herself wasn't something she was willing to contemplate, which I think is sad.[/quote]

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