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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a nanny in California and haven’t gone ANYWHERE except work for 49 days. No walks, no grocery stores, no friends, nothing. Unlike OP’s nanny, I actually care about the family who employs me and don’t want to do anything to put them at risk. Most nannies will be okay with a quarantine. Get a new one over 30 who has a brain and isn’t selfish. [/quote]

Do you live with you employer and therefore have not had any time away from work for 6-7 weeks?  I feel like the nanny would probably have an easier time of it if she lives in her own place and therefore had the freedom when she wasn’t working to do things like make a snack or start a new project without having her every move scrutinized by her employer.  Given what OP described, it sounds like even what she can eat is regulated by her employer if she’s not allowed to go out and get her own groceries.[/quote]

It sounds like you’re not familiar with a live-in dynamic. I live-in.  I can be in the common areas anytime I want.  Kids watch me to see if I’m getting anything they might want, but most of the time nobody notices.[/quote]

I am familiar with the live-in dynamic, and there is a big difference between being allowed to be in the common area and having free use of the common area.  There is a reason the nanny left to stay with friends every weekend before the started, and it’s because she does not like being in OP’s house when she’s not working.[/quote]

To me, it sounded like she wasn’t being a considerate roommate/housemate.  You don’t walk into the kitchen to fix spaghetti just before or after parents fix salad and fish for family dinner.  As I said, I’m a live-in nanny, but I’m not a self-absorbed 20-something anymore (if ever).[/quote]

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