Gross house
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Anonymous
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I nanny at a house in DC and honestly I am tired of coming here everyday. As I write this the couch smells like urine, there is food on the table left over from last night, and the house is too small for this. Honestly I am grossed out.There are always toys and other crap all over the place. Wwyd? cross posted because it was in OT Gen forum |
Anonymous
| I would clean it if I am there 8-10 hours a day. |
Anonymous
| You already pisted this in off topic. What do you want us to tell you that is different from what you've already been told?? |
Anonymous
Because she was told by Jeff to postt in new nanny forum. |
Anonymous
and what did i really learn in the OT forum? better ways to be snarky? If you have no advice, keep it moving and have a nice day 
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Anonymous
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I am a MB and would never leave my house like this, but from what I know of human behaviour in general I think that you cannot expect your family to change too much.
If you want to keep the job but are having a hard time with the mess, you can do one or a combination of several things: tell the family it is making your job more difficult; if you have time to clean up, do so, perhaps pointing out in some way that you have done so; if you have time to clean up but feel additional compensation should be offered, discuss this option with them; suggest they get a cleaning lady. If none of these options seems suitable, you will either have to put up with it or get a new job and make sure that you find a tidier family. Some nannies wouldn't mind a really messy house, so maybe it is just not the right fit. |
Anonymous
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Don't listen to the first poster
Yeah. Nanny is there 8-10 hours a day doing CHILDCARE. Why clean someone's gross mess, for free, when you have other things to tend to? Odds are these parents don't give a crap. You could be honest and say the envivorment makes you feel uncomfortable. Doesn't mean anything will change. I'd start looking for a new job, or sadly, get used to it. |
Anonymous
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The family I work for is very much the same, but not to that extent (no urine stained furniture!).
Mostly just dishes from the night before, (wet) diapers in the cribs, nothing terribly horrible, but things that bother me. I clean it up, mostly because I know the parents work hard (or one does) and I want to make things easier if I can, if I didn't like the family I wouldn't do the extra stuff without mentioning compensation for extra household chores. Also, I can't work in an environment like that. |
Anonymous
| If you have time to waddle over to the computer and jump on DCUM then you have time to clean and do something productive. |
Anonymous
| Waddle? Really? I am not paid for cleaning. My house is not in this condition. Why woukd I go to someone elses house to clean when that is not my job discription. In fact they tell me not to worry about cleaning even when I wash dishes |
Anonymous
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Can't stand my nanny family's house. It is a pig stye. Just like you described. I think I might know you, are you the weekend nanny? lol.
But still, it is gross having to step over tons of crap and then having MB and DB come in and just act as if the house should be left that way. |
Anonymous
| My NF house is messy, mostly just disorganized but often just gross. I clean it, I don't care what I get paid for I can't stand working in something nasty. |
Anonymous
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Its not just "messy" it is like "baseboard filth". Like the stuff needs to be moved out and the house deep cleaned. That type of filth.
Like one of the hoarder houses. |
Anonymous
| Get a new job. |
Anonymous
| When you interview for jobs don't you notice the state of the house and take that into consideration if deciding if it's the right position for you? |