Do you let your nanny eat the food at your house?

[Anonymous]

I cannot fathom restricting anyone who sets foot in my house from eating anything in the house, though it might be just my culture. Restricting the person who literally has the lives of my children in their hands? I can't fathom doing it even if I were from a totally different/reserved culture. It seems crazy to me.

OP, if you end up looking for a job, please let me know, and eat all "our" organic honey you want! Food (and music) is for sharing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot fathom restricting anyone who sets foot in my house from eating anything in the house, though it might be just my culture. Restricting the person who literally has the lives of my children in their hands? I can't fathom doing it even if I were from a totally different/reserved culture. It seems crazy to me.

OP, if you end up looking for a job, please let me know, and eat all "our" organic honey you want! Food (and music) is for sharing.

Well said!

I feel bad for the OP and her miserly employers. Unthinkable.

[Anonymous]

This posting it's very interesting. Nanny here. I just started a Full time position a couple of months ago. I can say this family is very nice; the only little thing its that it's been almost 6 months working for them, and they never have told me anything " help yourself with some snack or food you like in our house". Ohh yeah... I just remember. The only think they have offered me is coffe. So I always bring my snacks and lunch from home.

[Anonymous]

It does not sound like they are restricting food but asking you to be reasonable with expensive food.

[Anonymous]

The ones who thinks I ate the whole jar of honey are wrong
The jar was open everybody was eating
And I was making smoothie and toest bread for the child
As they told me,but I think he just got anger about the honey to be expensive
The jar is big so I did not find my self very expensive
I bring food from home and she gave to the child thinking is theirs food
I don't say anything,another time she toasted my food into trash
I left a bag of berries in the counter I was going to eat and she put in the fridge
so thinks like that,I am seriously thinking to quiet enough is enough
The honey was the last one,I being with them since the child was two months

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ones who thinks I ate the whole jar of honey are wrong
The jar was open everybody was eating
And I was making smoothie and toest bread for the child
As they told me,but I think he just got anger about the honey to be expensive
The jar is big so I did not find my self very expensive
I bring food from home and she gave to the child thinking is theirs food
I don't say anything,another time she toasted my food into trash
I left a bag of berries in the counter I was going to eat and she put in the fridge
so thinks like that,I am seriously thinking to quiet enough is enough
The honey was the last one,I being with them since the child was two months

Why are you giving the child so much honey? A child doesn't need honey in a smoothie AND honey toast - whatever that is. You're giving the child a bunch of carbs and sugar.
Why didn't you say anything when they took your food, tossed your food, or put your food in the fridge?

This has to be a troll post.

Your story keeps changing - you said you made honey toast for yourself in the first post, now you're saying you make it for the child.

[Anonymous]

must be atroll, ye, look




must be a troll since the first post had an Ok grammar and the last one is in "broken english". It's funny that some people have fun this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:must be atroll, ye, look




must be a troll since the first post had an Ok grammar and the last one is in "broken english". It's funny that some people have fun this way.

You’re the troll. And you have definite spelling and spacing issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ones who thinks I ate the whole jar of honey are wrong
The jar was open everybody was eating
And I was making smoothie and toest bread for the child
As they told me,but I think he just got anger about the honey to be expensive
The jar is big so I did not find my self very expensive
I bring food from home and she gave to the child thinking is theirs food
I don't say anything,another time she toasted my food into trash
I left a bag of berries in the counter I was going to eat and she put in the fridge
so thinks like that,I am seriously thinking to quiet enough is enough
The honey was the last one,I being with them since the child was two months

Why are you giving the child so much honey? A child doesn't need honey in a smoothie AND honey toast - whatever that is. You're giving the child a bunch of carbs and sugar.
Why didn't you say anything when they took your food, tossed your food, or put your food in the fridge?

This has to be a troll post.

Your story keeps changing - you said you made honey toast for yourself in the first post, now you're saying you make it for the child.

You have not had toasted bread, butter and honey? You have not lived!

(Not OP.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It does not sound like they are restricting food but asking you to be reasonable with expensive food.

Consuming a $12 jar of anything over a period of weeks is reasonable. Consuming a jar a day would not be. But she didn't even consume the entire jar, she just had some of the honey. So it does sound to me like they are restricting food, very severely in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

I would have a hard time staying if he's upset over honey. His family used it too.

[Anonymous]

Someone posted above; why the nanny is giving the child lot of honey and sugar? That's not the point of this discussion. If the child is allow to have sugar or not. Here the point is that the dad got upset "saying all honey has gone". Making her feel bad about it. If I were you; and the dad told me this, I should have respond like this: "ohh yeah Mike, I'm sorry.. I forgot to tell you that the honey it was about to run out , so you can buy more; when you go to the grocery store. Thank you. I think this week it run out early because all of us we are eatting it every day because it's really good". And then just smile at him. I should have told him this. He can not blame you that you were the only one who is eatting that honey at their house. Unless you were never been allowed to eat anything from their house. This might be also the case. So good for you, if you got a couple of extra Jars. I should have told him " Ohh Mike, btw, I got some extra jars of honey for you; since the other day you didn't realize that we all finished it, and I know you love it so much. Enjoy it".

Signed. A nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone posted above; why the nanny is giving the child lot of honey and sugar? That's not the point of this discussion. If the child is allow to have sugar or not. Here the point is that the dad got upset "saying all honey has gone". Making her feel bad about it. If I were you; and the dad told me this, I should have respond like this: "ohh yeah Mike, I'm sorry.. I forgot to tell you that the honey it was about to run out , so you can buy more; when you go to the grocery store. Thank you. I think this week it run out early because all of us we are eatting it every day because it's really good". And then just smile at him. I should have told him this. He can not blame you that you were the only one who is eatting that honey at their house. Unless you were never been allowed to eat anything from their house. This might be also the case. So good for you, if you got a couple of extra Jars. I should have told him " Ohh Mike, btw, I got some extra jars of honey for you; since the other day you didn't realize that we all finished it, and I know you love it so much. Enjoy it".

Signed. A nanny.

I'm cracking up. "Mike"

Also, inspired by this thread, I just made my kid a toasted bagel with butter and honey and it happens to be honey his former nanny brought us from her country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone posted above; why the nanny is giving the child lot of honey and sugar? That's not the point of this discussion. If the child is allow to have sugar or not. Here the point is that the dad got upset "saying all honey has gone". Making her feel bad about it. If I were you; and the dad told me this, I should have respond like this: "ohh yeah Mike, I'm sorry.. I forgot to tell you that the honey it was about to run out , so you can buy more; when you go to the grocery store. Thank you. I think this week it run out early because all of us we are eatting it every day because it's really good". And then just smile at him. I should have told him this. He can not blame you that you were the only one who is eatting that honey at their house. Unless you were never been allowed to eat anything from their house. This might be also the case. So good for you, if you got a couple of extra Jars. I should have told him " Ohh Mike, btw, I got some extra jars of honey for you; since the other day you didn't realize that we all finished it, and I know you love it so much. Enjoy it".

Signed. A nanny.

Hi OP. We can tell it's you agreeing with yourself.

[Anonymous]

I keep my own snacks, coffee, sugar, milk in a separate area.
The family is welcome to use but I never help myself. I always use my food allergies as my excuse as reasons why I don't eat their food. They didn't offer food or drinks the first day. I got the message loud and clear.