Hate having interviews at Starbucks and similar locations

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't mind Starbucks at all... I take my charges there all the time. If I have an interview with children present it lets me see how mom or dad handles their snowflakes in a non-childfriendly environment.

Why do you feel the need to refer to children in a derogatory manner? And it seems to have come up completely unprovoked. I'm disturbed by how strongly you dislike kids, considering you're a nanny.

Could you point out the derogatory part.... I really don't understand.

I put the derogatory part in bold for you. "Snowflakes" is a term here used with a negative connotation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:17:50 is our residential nasty poster. She's telling us she has a snowflake, which makes her the queen bee, so she thinks. That totally explains her nastiness on every thread. Nothing personal towards any of us, it's just how she is. She'll fight you on virtually everything even though she has little, if any, actual experience. Can you imagine her poor husband?!!

Doubt she's married. She might be happier if she was getting laid

You're right.

[Anonymous]

17:50 is our residential nasty poster. She's telling us she has a snowflake, which makes her the queen bee, so she thinks. That totally explains her nastiness on every thread. Nothing personal towards any of us, it's just how she is. She'll fight you on virtually everything even though she has little, if any, actual experience. Can you imagine her poor husband?!!

Wow, seriously? Please link to her threads. What a queen bee bitch. How can you tell it's the same person? Lol, you guys are so smart. I can't imagine her poor husband. These forums would be so much better if that one bitch went away, right?

[Anonymous]

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17:50 is our residential nasty poster. She's telling us she has a snowflake, which makes her the queen bee, so she thinks. That totally explains her nastiness on every thread. Nothing personal towards any of us, it's just how she is. She'll fight you on virtually everything even though she has little, if any, actual experience. Can you imagine her poor husband?!!

Wow, seriously? Please link to her threads. What a queen bee bitch. How can you tell it's the same person? Lol, you guys are so smart. I can't imagine her poor husband. These forums would be so much better if that one bitch went away, right?

Whatever you say, queen bee.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MBs need to at least be professional about it and get a sitter a home for her kids.

Part of the interview is probably meeting the kids to see if you get along.
...and if she had a sitter to rely on at 7am....?

Then this is a situation where the interview should be in the home. If you want to actually see me engage with your children, it's not going to happen at Starbucks. I get that nanny candidates are "strangers off of the Internet" but can't you get a pretty good feel for a person talking on the phone and checking their background?

I totally agree. If I am meeting just a parent, then I will do it elsewhere, but meeting the kids during the first interview I have to do it at their home. Gives me a chance to see where we will be, what my commute to/from their home will be like (if it's a pain to get to the interview, then I can tell it won't work out for everyday work). I let people know that I have an interview and give all the contact info I have for the person (their name, address, cell number and email) and let me friends or roommate know that if they don't hear back from me soon after x time (when the interview should be done), that there might be something wrong. I also have good instincts and if I think something is fishy, then I will leave. I usually google the person to see what type of job they might have or things they are involved in. I have basic self defense skills, I will use them. So I have no problem meeting with someone that I have talked with a bit beforehand already at their home.

[Anonymous]

Other than it being at 7am, I don't see the issue. If I was a parent, I would be hesitant about having someone come to my home too, and of course I would like to meet the kids too so no, I don't mind.

[Anonymous]

Hi. I'm a nanny. I ALWAYS push a public meeting first. Online nanny sited are like online dating. You would just go to someone's house the first meeting. I don't know them or what in getting into. Also, if you are a employer and have kids, you should always be conscious if who you let have your address and access to your home.

As said by others, they can meet the kids and at the house the second interview.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't mind Starbucks at all... I take my charges there all the time. If I have an interview with children present it lets me see how mom or dad handles their snowflakes in a non-childfriendly environment.

Why do you feel the need to refer to children in a derogatory manner? And it seems to have come up completely unprovoked. I'm disturbed by how strongly you dislike kids, considering you're a nanny.

Could you point out the derogatory part.... I really don't understand.

I put the derogatory part in bold for you. "Snowflakes" is a term here used with a negative connotation.

Not the PP but, the term snowflake is not insulting the child (not like calling them a brat or something of the like), its more directed at the parent and the common attitude of many parents that their child is unique, precious, perfect, fragile, a gift from God that everyone should treasure as much as them, etc. No one loves your kids as much as you, and so many parents forget that. The world doesn't revolve around you or your "snowflake".