Anonymous
03/22/2015 18:58
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am amazed at how people in the DC area take advantage of Au Pairs. They bring the girls into their homes as part of a cultural exchange and then treat them like nannies/maids. There is no attempt to integrate the Au Pair into the family.
Lol. They are there to take care of kids and do light housework. What would you have them do? It's kind of the point.
It is supposed to be a cultural exchange, not a way to hire a nanny without paying minimum wage. They should not be doing any more child care than you would expect from your own daughter to provide to siblings.
From au pair in America :
Au pairs can work a maximum of 10 hours a day and 45 hours per week.
The au pair is entitled to one and a half days off each week, which means that if her hours are spread over 6 days, one of those work days cannot exceed 5 hours of work.
Au pairs get a full week-end off every month, from Friday night to Monday morning.
Any hours that an au pair has responsibility for the children, even if she is sleeping, are considered work hours.
That's a little more than my kid would be expected to do.
It has become a work program masquerading as a cultural exchange program. Many people who hire au pairs would be up in arms if anyone expected their own children to work 45 hours per week for less than minimum wage. But for lobbying from the placement agencies, the Department of Labor would oversee placements and ensure fair treatment for these women. I hope that the class action lawsuit referenced in this article results in changes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/20/au-pairs-provide-cheap-childcare-maybe-illegally-cheap/
Anonymous
03/22/2015 18:52
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Black jelly beans are the best jelly beans.
I agree.
You two are officially the biggest freaks in this entire thread!
As an Italian raised on Anisette, I don't think you have room to mock my "licorice-loving" background.
Anonymous
03/22/2015 18:09
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I laugh internally at people who still use below iPhone 5. It's 2015 c'mon
I laugh externally at people who are too wrapped up in technology
The ones who laugh the hardest are the ones who can least afford it - look at yourself before laughing at others
Anonymous
03/22/2015 10:23
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Black jelly beans are the best jelly beans.
I agree.
You two are officially the biggest freaks in this entire thread!
+1000
Anonymous
03/22/2015 06:33
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am amazed at how people in the DC area take advantage of Au Pairs. They bring the girls into their homes as part of a cultural exchange and then treat them like nannies/maids. There is no attempt to integrate the Au Pair into the family.
Lol. They are there to take care of kids and do light housework. What would you have them do? It's kind of the point.
It is supposed to be a cultural exchange, not a way to hire a nanny without paying minimum wage. They should not be doing any more child care than you would expect from your own daughter to provide to siblings.
From au pair in America :
Au pairs can work a maximum of 10 hours a day and 45 hours per week.
The au pair is entitled to one and a half days off each week, which means that if her hours are spread over 6 days, one of those work days cannot exceed 5 hours of work.
Au pairs get a full week-end off every month, from Friday night to Monday morning.
Any hours that an au pair has responsibility for the children, even if she is sleeping, are considered work hours.
That's a little more than my kid would be expected to do.
Anonymous
03/22/2015 00:14
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Black jelly beans are the best jelly beans.
I agree.
You two are officially the biggest freaks in this entire thread!
Anonymous
03/21/2015 23:41
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Black jelly beans are the best jelly beans.
I agree.
And the best Necco flavor is clove (purple).
Anonymous
03/21/2015 23:01
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We should go back to the old fault system of divorce
Agree. People would have to get into counseling and a lot of marriages would reconciled.
People would need legitimate reasons to get divorced
no, it would just prolong the agony.
Perhaps make better choices then?
I'll get a supply of nitrotrinadium and ensure everyone's got their own hot tub time machine.
(And I was one of the few to see the sequel -- although Kull the Conqueror was the biggest box office bomb I actually saw in the cinemas.)
It's so impossible to just pick one person right?
Anonymous
03/21/2015 22:17
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Black jelly beans are the best jelly beans.
I agree.
Anonymous
03/21/2015 22:01
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We should go back to the old fault system of divorce
Agree. People would have to get into counseling and a lot of marriages would reconciled.
People would need legitimate reasons to get divorced
no, it would just prolong the agony.
Perhaps make better choices then?
I'll get a supply of nitrotrinadium and ensure everyone's got their own hot tub time machine.
(And I was one of the few to see the sequel -- although Kull the Conqueror was the biggest box office bomb I actually saw in the cinemas.)
Anonymous
03/21/2015 21:49
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We should go back to the old fault system of divorce
Agree. People would have to get into counseling and a lot of marriages would reconciled.
People would need legitimate reasons to get divorced
no, it would just prolong the agony.
Perhaps make better choices then?
Anonymous
03/21/2015 20:22
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am amazed at how people in the DC area take advantage of Au Pairs. They bring the girls into their homes as part of a cultural exchange and then treat them like nannies/maids. There is no attempt to integrate the Au Pair into the family.
Lol. They are there to take care of kids and do light housework. What would you have them do? It's kind of the point.
It is supposed to be a cultural exchange, not a way to hire a nanny without paying minimum wage. They should not be doing any more child care than you would expect from your own daughter to provide to siblings.
Anonymous
03/21/2015 20:14
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Pedophilia and homosexuality are two sides of the same coin (think about it for a while before you jerk your knee)
Is that why the vast majority of pedophiles are heterosexual men?
More % of pedophiles are gay than the average number in society. Don't be purposely dense
It's people like you who are truly frightening. Stop spreading outright lies and educate yourself.
Anonymous
03/21/2015 20:10
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Pedophilia and homosexuality are two sides of the same coin (think about it for a while before you jerk your knee)
Is that why the vast majority of pedophiles are heterosexual men?
More % of pedophiles are gay than the average number in society. Don't be purposely dense
Anonymous
03/21/2015 20:01
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Pedophilia and homosexuality are two sides of the same coin (think about it for a while before you jerk your knee)
Is that why the vast majority of pedophiles are heterosexual men?