Nanny Family Implying I Used Work Credit Card
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Anonymous
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I have a credit card in my name, supplied by my nanny family. I use it for outings, grocery shopping, and miscellaneous expenses that pop up when I'm out with the kids. I am scrupulously cautious about making sure that if we're eating out and I want something a little fancier than burger and fries, I pay for my own food. If I pick up a few groceries while I'm grocery shopping for the family, I run it as two transactions. If I need a pack of gum, I pay for it myself.
My MB called and asked if I had placed a (very large) order from a clothing company on my work card. I certainly did not. Thirty minutes later, DB called and asked the same thing. I told him absolutely not. He pressed me on it some more, and said that I should come clean because they would get to the bottom of this. I am outraged. I understand how upsetting it is to have credit card information compromised, but I have been with them for two years and have never so much as taken a soda without asking. |
Anonymous
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Uh, did this just come up because of the thread recently about credit cards? Very timely...
Whatever, either way if you didn't use it, you didn't use it. They're bound to find that out as they pursue it with the CC company and then they will apologize. Suck it up and be a professional, they had to at least ASK you. |
Anonymous
No, it didn't. Although I knew as soon as I posted this that I would be accused of that.  It's the nature of the DCUM beast, but we all know that.
I understand that they had to ask. But they didn't have to CONTINUE asking when I said I hadn't used it. I wasn't angry, just irritated, until DB asked me to "come clean". That's what turned the tides, there. |
Anonymous
| At any rate, I know the CC company will help them figure out what was really going on. I was just frustrated. |
Anonymous
It sounds like they asked you separately? Maybe DB is a jerk and thought his wife hadn't pressed hard enough and needed to hear it for himself. Some husbands are like that... but yeah, that was a disrespectful thing for him to say. |
Anonymous
| Wow. Just wow. Let us know when they apologize, with a $100. gift card. |
Anonymous
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If you did nothing wrong, an investigation will clear you.
No need to be outraged. |
Anonymous
What investigation? He said, she said? |
Anonymous
Sorry. Cancel that. |
Anonymous
| MB just called and let me know that her card was compromised as well. Since I'm an added user on their primary account, all three of our numbers must have been swiped. DB did not apologize. Shrug. C'est la vie. Thanks for letting me vent. |
Anonymous
| DH is a jerk. Watch them go through a few annies before he wises up. |
Anonymous
| Your employers sound like they really mishandled this OP, but some people don't handle stress well and forget themselves. I'd be really pissed if I were you. Clearly you've proven yourself trustworthy. |
Anonymous
Glad to hear the update. They owe you big time. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't be so outraged. If it was only one large purchase, this is out of the ordinary for this type of theft. Thieves will usually go to more than one store. |
Anonymous
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Since you didn't make that huge purchase, I am sure the credit card company will get to the bottom of it and sooner or later your family will find out it was all a fraud.
However, the damage has been done already. This incident has shown you that your bosses do not trust you at all. If they did, they would have not asked you in such an accusing manner, etc. Even if they apologize (which I am sure they will), I could not work for people who painted me in such a bad light. For them to think of me as a liar is beyond disrespectful. I say give them notice and move on. |