Nanny diaries - Unexpected situations
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I just would like to share my experience and maybe hear from other nannies/families. Funny stories or tragedies. I could write a book about some of my stories, there are crazy families out there, as well crazy nannies.
I've been in the US for 8 years and had several jobs, good ones and others that sometimes I wanted to leave them high and dry. 1) As soon as I moved here, the first family was amazing, but after the aupair experience, I moved on to be a nanny in the a new family, everything new, and I had some house chores to do too, so on my first day, I went ahead to clean the fridge and to my surprise I found a dead cat in there. Yes, a DEAD cat in the fridge, along with the food they feed the family. I was disgusted about that and asked about it, and the answer was that they were planning to have a funeral for the feline in another state so they needed to keep the body refrigerated to delay decomposition. --- I mean, really? I questioned their sanity. But turns out the family was okay, the cat incident was the only weird thing that happened that year. 2) Rich family in Great Falls, VA the kind of family that throws how much things around the house costs -at your face-, I really don't give a tiny rat's a** about materials things, of course I'm careful and don't touch things if I don't have to. Normal family, one day they traveled to CA and when they came back home, brought a "friend" that had lost everything she had in her life (to drugs), and they were trying to help her out. Weirdest looking lady, she had changed her name to something positive, and she was trying to get better. Uhum, when the parents were working/out of the house, I had to live with that lady, she tried to steal things from the house, tried to make me use the family credit card (I had one for business purposes) to get medicine for her, scream at me and by the end started making up things about me to my employers to get my job. She was psychologically sick, one night that lady killed herself and I was the only one in the house. SERIOUSLY. I was in the basement in my room when I heard the big boom and I rushed upstairs and found her brain stuck at the wall. I called the police immediately (obviously) and they verified it was suicide... I'm just grateful the kids were not at home at the time, they were spending the weekend at grandparent's house. my bosses were in business trip and came back as soon as I called them. I couldn't stand living in that mansion anymore and I left days later. 3) How to clean/organize a hoarder's place? My friend is a housekeeper at this house in Potomac, and we were serving in the party they were having that day. So I met this lady, and she offered me a job, same description as my friend's position and since the lady and my friend's bosses were so nice, I assumed the job would be good. Well, it didn't last 1 month, the lady was a hoarder and got pissed at me for any cleaning I'd try to do. So what's the point of having a housekeeper? Yeah, I left. These are just few stories that I (unfortunately) have experienced so far. I'd like to hear yours! I'm sure you have had crazy families or nannies and stories to tell! |
Anonymous
| Fascinating what goes on behind closed doors. No one could make up this stuff! |
Anonymous
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I bet this thread will get a 500-1000 hits before you know it. How many mb's will live in fear of seeing their darkest secrets exposed. Nannies shouldn't be surprised when they see better behaved mbs tomorrow morning. This could be the counterpart to "I saw your nanny", which I do like.
Nanny Diaries Online. Here we come. |
Anonymous
| Just be sure to change up any identifying details, nannies! |
Anonymous
Oh yeah, I did change all details 
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Anonymous
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I once asked a former MB if they had any Aleve for a headache and she offered me dilaudid instead. I left that job after 6 months, she was crazy and addicted to prescription medications.
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Anonymous
| Lesbian host mother, her husband when traveling for work, she used to come late at night to the basement naked and knock on my door "to talk about the children". WTF! It's 2 in the morning and there's a naked b**ch trying things with me!! It was ridiculous, even if I was gay, that situation was HIGHLY inappropriate... I left that job fast!! |
Anonymous
| Wow. And we thought we heard it all. |
Anonymous
| I mentioned somewhere in another post this: my current family doesn't allow me to have restrooms or lunch breaks, I have to work 10 hours without peeing my pants or fainting caused by lack of food. It's just frustration after frustration, I'm a good nanny, I do everything the kids want to do, but I can't deal with this... currently searching for a normal family... |
Anonymous
No, just NO. This is ridiculous and, if it's true, quite frankly you're just as ridiculous for actually following such criminally insane "rules." |
Anonymous
I don't even understand how this is possible. How can they stop you from using the bathroom or eating?? Surely the children eat lunch. Why don't you sit down and eat with them? I hope you find a new position soon. This is absolutely ridiculous. |
Anonymous
| Not one of these stories is believable. C'mon, nannies, you can make up better stuff than this. |
Anonymous
Shit happens... and some people are crazy as fuck. Who are you to say otherwise? Not saying that some of these things are off the wall insane, but hell, truth is stranger than fiction. So there yuh have it. |
Anonymous
HA. I don't follow the rules, I do sit down at the table and eat my lunch. And I do go to the restroom if I have to. I do not accept such slavery without the whips. And I am looking for another position, but it's just hard to see these kind of red flags during interview, the family looked so nice and normal when I went over to their place to talk. And I will not just pack and leave before having something in sight, I have bills to pay too. SO I am sucking it up for now, but I'm out soon. |
Anonymous
Unfortunately, these stories don't often hit the newspaper headlines, and it's almost impossible to nail these criminal nanny employers on video smart phone. But maybe some intelligent and creative nanny will figure out how to do that. Catch the employer red-handed in the act. |