Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Um, I'm certain all of you +1s are the same posters who'll complain on other threads that a spelling or grammatical error does not negate the value of someone's input (and you'd be right). The same is true here. OP's obsequious post is unsettling and servile, as well as completely unnecessary.
Oh gosh give it a rest. Don't continue coming back if you think OP's post was unnecessary.
OP - I agree and I do believe the attitudes on here have damaged the reputation of nannies. I know not all nannies are like this and heck, I don't even know if it's all nannies who are posting those low-class comments but I have a feeling because of the egos many of them have and how the ego gets damaged quickly if anyone mentions cleaning, being flexible, "low" pay rates, or something related. Deep down they don't think their profession gets respect (most of it is inside their heads), so they get snarky when they don't like a question, opinion, response. I don't think they realize that they're doing more harm then good on the respect-o-meter.
1) I was a new poster, so the "coming back" and "give it a rest" are irrelevant. I shared my opinion once.
2) Have you looked through the non-Nanny forums? This bad behavior on DCUM has nothing to do with nannies and everything to do with this forum's anonymity. Many posters on the regular parenting site behave badly too. Apologizing to random people you've never met (and will never meet) for the posts of other people you've also never met, who may or may not actually be nannies, is bizarre.
3) Nannies in America, as a whole, do not receive respect. It is not inside anyone's head, it is just a fact. I would be happy to point you to the lovely post that explains the historical and social implications of the nanny industry in this country and its origins if you missed it.
4) Of course no one should be snarky. Nannies, employers, trolls, everyone should handle themselves as they would if we were all having a discussion face to face. You're not the best model of that (would you really tell me to give it a rest, to my face, if I'd said what I posted out loud? gosh I hope not...) and I personally have been guilty of being harsher on here than I would be in person. Mea culpa. But there is absolutely no reason to think that the crazies who post on DCUM - be they nannies or not - have any impact at all on anyone's view of nannies as a whole. We have much bigger fish to fry if your concern is how nannies are viewed in general (we might begin with education, certifications, flexibility, cell phone usage, socializing on the clock...).