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She's one of the many, many, tardy people, in this world. My husband, my two best friends, my daughter's music teacher, are ALL like this (and two are way worse).

There are so many people like this that I wouldn't make it an issue unless you must, ie, you're going back to the office, or you have a meeting at 9.[/quote]

This. Many people are like this. If you refused to deal with every single one of them, there’d be so few people left. How can you demand everyone be exactly on time? So few people are. You just have to learn to let it go.[/quote]
Do all those late people expect to get on an airplane after the doors are closed or have a class wait for them to start?  Can teachers be late and leave you standing outside the school for drop off?

You absolutely do not let chronic lateness “go”.  It’s stunningly disrespectful and unprofessional.  [/quote]
No, it’s not. I have never, ever had a job as an adult where I didn’t have leeway on when to arrive every day. It’s just not the norm for professional jobs, and I extended this courtesy to my nanny. If it is important to an employer that the nanny arrive prescisely on time every day, you need to make that very clear - not just assume it.  And then you better let the nanny go at exactly her end time as well. No detaining her at the door to talk about how the day went, etc. Live by the clock, die by the clock. [/quote]
Let's guess: you're the classic child of privilege who either never worked at a service job where other people depended on you to pull your weight as part of the team - including showing up ON TIME because when you don't there are ripple effects, where other people have to take up your slack - or you are just a self-centered person who doesn't care what stress you're putting on others. (My guess is C: both of the above.) Putting aside whether or not a nanny is a 'professional' job by your meaning, which you're clearly thinking 'white collar office job,' there are in fact plenty of professional jobs where people are expected to be on time every day at their set start time. Just to list a couple, teachers and librarians, both of whom are expected to have graduate degrees. I have huge respect for (good) nannies but being on time is, in fact, a fundamental part of the gig.[/quote]

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