Anonymous wrote:My nanny steals from me. It is usually small stuff (less than $20) but it is really frequent.
On the other hand, she brings my kids gifts, about once every 2 months. They are probably about $40 dollar toys. She probably steals about $100 worth of stuff a month.
It's stuff that we have a lot of (I'm a costco fan.) She is probably making a judgement call on me and thinking I'm wasteful because I'll never use up all this stuff. But it is stuff that never expire and I'm certain I'll use it all up, eventually.
I'll buy a lot of kitchen trash bags and 4 weeks later, we're all out, for instance. I'm positive she did not use it at the house.
She prefers to take partial units (like half a box of kitchen trash bags) instead of a whole box of something. Maybe she thinks I won't notice.
I have a camera now. So I'll catch her. But I'm really not sure what to do once I catch her. Fire her? I don't really need the camera footage to fire her. I can fire her now. I don't know what I'm doing.
For a nanny, she makes a lot and she has a husband with his own business so she is not doing this because of need.
She probably steals the toys and gifts too! Sounds like a klepto, and it will not stop. In fact, it might escalate. A thief nanny in my house would make my stomach turn constantly. Yuck.
It's a big PITA to buy household supplies more frequently because your costly childcare is stealing it from you with some Holier Than Thou attitude. "Oh, they're so rich I bet, they'll never notice. And now I don't have to go to the store or pay for it, yay!"
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