Rude Neighborhood Mom
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Anonymous
| A mom who doesn't even frequent our bus stop just came up to my younger charge (while we were waiting for big sister) and asked my charge "if her daughter could play at the house while she ran an errand". Hello, I am a person and I am quite certain that my three year old charge doesn't make decisions like that. I might have said yes if the mom asked ME instead of a child...but no. I am not providing free care for you especially when you treat me like I'm not a human being. |
Anonymous
| I like how OP handled that entitled parent. |
Anonymous
| It doesn't sound like OP handled the parent at all. She just came here to vent about it, which is fine, if unhelpful. |
Anonymous
| My hero!!! nanny 1 - asshat 0... What did you say to her? |
Anonymous
| OP here, I said "K, can you tell her that we already have a play date with S at the park today?" I didn't even give the last eye contact, just related the info to my charge. |
Anonymous
| Op again, in my previous post: Last = lady. |
Anonymous
| A**hole mother. |
Anonymous
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Well, I would have responded, pointedly, in the fashion the question SHOULD have been asked, not stooped to her level.
"Actually, I make those decisions, not the kids, and we're busy that day." I would have made her make eye contact. |
Anonymous
same here. |
Anonymous
| I would have quoted her my hourly rate and minimum. |
Anonymous
| You really can't just keep your eye on the kid playing with your charge? Are you going to be that stuck up???? |
Anonymous
How old are you, Dear? "Stuck up"???!!! |
Anonymous
I'm not that old, and if my nanny was as rude as OP to any of our neighbors I would fire her. I pay her enough each day to cover her making herself available to facilitate impromptu playdates. |
Anonymous
the play date wasn't the problem. It was the fact the woman asked a three year old if it was OK, and it sounds like op doesn't really even know this person.II'd think twice about this too with people I didn't really know. Plan ahead or take your kids with you. I went on tons of errands with my mom or grandma when I was a kid and it taught me how to behave in public. |
Anonymous
It wasn't a play-date, Dear, the neighbor asked the child if the nanny would watch her child while she ran errands. And you firing your nanny would be the best thing that ever happened to your poor nanny. My mother uses the expression "stuck up" - apparently it's very 1980's. |