What's the most ridiculous thing you're been reprimanded for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same with the monthly cleaner. She just goes around dumping $50 of cleaning fluids, gently wipes up with 2-3 paper towel rolls and then asks for $75 cash.
Guess that's one way to do things.

If you didn't buy it, you don't care how much or how quickly it gets used up. Maybe you don't even know how much a diaper or roll even costs.

Sounds like maybe it's time to clean your house yourself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was once corrected for using 2 or 3 sheets of papers towels to dry my hands instead of one.

With a different family I was told I was cutting a banana wrong!

I would say something about the paper towel use too - we have dish towels specifically for drying clean hands.

I would have a fit for using dish towels. They are dirty the first time someone dries their hands. I only use paper towels, Bounty, in my house.

You are an idiot. You're telling me by drying my freshly washed hands, I'm dirtying a dish towel?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was once corrected for using 2 or 3 sheets of papers towels to dry my hands instead of one.

With a different family I was told I was cutting a banana wrong!

I would say something about the paper towel use too - we have dish towels specifically for drying clean hands.

I would have a fit for using dish towels. They are dirty the first time someone dries their hands. I only use paper towels, Bounty, in my house.

You are an idiot. You're telling me by drying my freshly washed hands, I'm dirtying a dish towel?

PP isn't an idiot as it depends what your definition of "dirty" is. Yes, every time you dry your skin with a towel you leave skin cells behind to decay. Those decaying cells are transmitted to the next person who uses the towel. Not to mention that if you do not wash your hands correctly (lathering for 30 seconds) you can transmit cold and flu viruses to the next person who uses the same towel as well as anything collected under your nails (including fecal matter).

I would rather my nanny, family members, children all use paper towel after washing their hands as well.

[Anonymous]

Reprimanding house hold employees for silly things is one way harried working moms can feel like they have some small control over their homes and children. It's hard psychologically to leave these things in someone else's hands fifty hours a week and one way for MBs to feel as if they are managing things is to give orders and sometimes find fault with seemingly trivial matters.

[Anonymous]

I worked for a mother who really, really cared about her kids' appearance to the point that I had to iron their socks and underwear. Weird. Anyway, knowing this I began folding their shirts like you would in a store to prevent a front crease. She scolded me and said I was doing it wrong and when I attempted to explain why she yelled about how it was her house and it was my job to do things her way. So I started folding them her way.

Two weeks later she casually asked me to start folding them with the sleeves back so there wouldn't be a crease in them. Man I hated her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was once corrected for using 2 or 3 sheets of papers towels to dry my hands instead of one.

With a different family I was told I was cutting a banana wrong!

I would say something about the paper towel use too - we have dish towels specifically for drying clean hands.

I would have a fit for using dish towels. They are dirty the first time someone dries their hands. I only use paper towels, Bounty, in my house.

You are an idiot. You're telling me by drying my freshly washed hands, I'm dirtying a dish towel?

PP isn't an idiot as it depends what your definition of "dirty" is. Yes, every time you dry your skin with a towel you leave skin cells behind to decay. Those decaying cells are transmitted to the next person who uses the towel. Not to mention that if you do not wash your hands correctly (lathering for 30 seconds) you can transmit cold and flu viruses to the next person who uses the same towel as well as anything collected under your nails (including fecal matter).

I would rather my nanny, family members, children all use paper towel after washing their hands as well.

WOW lol, paranoid much

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reprimanding house hold employees for silly things is one way harried working moms can feel like they have some small control over their homes and children. It's hard psychologically to leave these things in someone else's hands fifty hours a week and one way for MBs to feel as if they are managing things is to give orders and sometimes find fault with seemingly trivial matters.

I don't know about this, the MB I work for seems to love hearing about something new I did with the kids while she was at work or a new way I am doing things that makes X activity faster/better/easier. I don't think she has ever reprimanded me for anything. She has asked me to do certain things for specific events (i.e. guests coming into town or a dinner party at the house) but I have never been told "you are doing this wrong please do it this way."

My guess is if you are being reprimanded you deserved it for messing up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was once corrected for using 2 or 3 sheets of papers towels to dry my hands instead of one.

With a different family I was told I was cutting a banana wrong!

I would say something about the paper towel use too - we have dish towels specifically for drying clean hands.

I would have a fit for using dish towels. They are dirty the first time someone dries their hands. I only use paper towels, Bounty, in my house.

You are an idiot. You're telling me by drying my freshly washed hands, I'm dirtying a dish towel?

PP isn't an idiot as it depends what your definition of "dirty" is. Yes, every time you dry your skin with a towel you leave skin cells behind to decay. Those decaying cells are transmitted to the next person who uses the towel. Not to mention that if you do not wash your hands correctly (lathering for 30 seconds) you can transmit cold and flu viruses to the next person who uses the same towel as well as anything collected under your nails (including fecal matter).

I would rather my nanny, family members, children all use paper towel after washing their hands as well.

WOW lol, paranoid much

No, Dear, I am not paranoid. Just clean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reprimanding house hold employees for silly things is one way harried working moms can feel like they have some small control over their homes and children. It's hard psychologically to leave these things in someone else's hands fifty hours a week and one way for MBs to feel as if they are managing things is to give orders and sometimes find fault with seemingly trivial matters.

Then she should stay home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was once corrected for using 2 or 3 sheets of papers towels to dry my hands instead of one.

With a different family I was told I was cutting a banana wrong!

I would say something about the paper towel use too - we have dish towels specifically for drying clean hands.

I would have a fit for using dish towels. They are dirty the first time someone dries their hands. I only use paper towels, Bounty, in my house.

You are an idiot. You're telling me by drying my freshly washed hands, I'm dirtying a dish towel?

PP isn't an idiot as it depends what your definition of "dirty" is. Yes, every time you dry your skin with a towel you leave skin cells behind to decay. Those decaying cells are transmitted to the next person who uses the towel. Not to mention that if you do not wash your hands correctly (lathering for 30 seconds) you can transmit cold and flu viruses to the next person who uses the same towel as well as anything collected under your nails (including fecal matter).

I would rather my nanny, family members, children all use paper towel after washing their hands as well.

WOW lol, paranoid much

No, Dear, I am not paranoid. Just clean.

You breathe in fecal matter all day long and it covers your toothbrush if you brush your teeth in the bathroom yet you are worried about secondary transfer from a towel? The definition of paranoia ....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reprimanding house hold employees for silly things is one way harried working moms can feel like they have some small control over their homes and children. It's hard psychologically to leave these things in someone else's hands fifty hours a week and one way for MBs to feel as if they are managing things is to give orders and sometimes find fault with seemingly trivial matters.

I don't know about this, the MB I work for seems to love hearing about something new I did with the kids while she was at work or a new way I am doing things that makes X activity faster/better/easier. I don't think she has ever reprimanded me for anything. She has asked me to do certain things for specific events (i.e. guests coming into town or a dinner party at the house) but I have never been told "you are doing this wrong please do it this way."

My guess is if you are being reprimanded you deserved it for messing up.

You misinterpreted my point. And the point of this whole thread. There's one thing about being reprimanded for being late, missing work, refusing the smallest requests. I'm glad you do your job well. I do too. And I love my NF. My MB also tells me how much she appreciates me and makes sure I am very well compensated. But she also gets in a tizzy sometimes about little things like too much laundry being done (or not enough . And she's not the first and I've been blessed to work for wonderful families. But there's a psychology behind being a nanny that you'll understand when you've done it as long as I have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reprimanding house hold employees for silly things is one way harried working moms can feel like they have some small control over their homes and children. It's hard psychologically to leave these things in someone else's hands fifty hours a week and one way for MBs to feel as if they are managing things is to give orders and sometimes find fault with seemingly trivial matters.

I don't know about this, the MB I work for seems to love hearing about something new I did with the kids while she was at work or a new way I am doing things that makes X activity faster/better/easier. I don't think she has ever reprimanded me for anything. She has asked me to do certain things for specific events (i.e. guests coming into town or a dinner party at the house) but I have never been told "you are doing this wrong please do it this way."

My guess is if you are being reprimanded you deserved it for messing up.

You misinterpreted my point. And the point of this whole thread. There's one thing about being reprimanded for being late, missing work, refusing the smallest requests. I'm glad you do your job well. I do too. And I love my NF. My MB also tells me how much she appreciates me and makes sure I am very well compensated. But she also gets in a tizzy sometimes about little things like too much laundry being done (or not enough . And she's not the first and I've been blessed to work for wonderful families. But there's a psychology behind being a nanny that you'll understand when you've done it as long as I have.

I agree, PP. I love my job and have a great relationship with my MB. But I have noticed that she will nitpick at something right after she has witnessed her son being very affectionate and cuddly with me. I understand her feelings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reprimanding house hold employees for silly things is one way harried working moms can feel like they have some small control over their homes and children. It's hard psychologically to leave these things in someone else's hands fifty hours a week and one way for MBs to feel as if they are managing things is to give orders and sometimes find fault with seemingly trivial matters.

I don't know about this, the MB I work for seems to love hearing about something new I did with the kids while she was at work or a new way I am doing things that makes X activity faster/better/easier. I don't think she has ever reprimanded me for anything. She has asked me to do certain things for specific events (i.e. guests coming into town or a dinner party at the house) but I have never been told "you are doing this wrong please do it this way."

My guess is if you are being reprimanded you deserved it for messing up.

You misinterpreted my point. And the point of this whole thread. There's one thing about being reprimanded for being late, missing work, refusing the smallest requests. I'm glad you do your job well. I do too. And I love my NF. My MB also tells me how much she appreciates me and makes sure I am very well compensated. But she also gets in a tizzy sometimes about little things like too much laundry being done (or not enough . And she's not the first and I've been blessed to work for wonderful families. But there's a psychology behind being a nanny that you'll understand when you've done it as long as I have.

I've been doing it for 13 years. How much longer until my NFs start reprimanding me so I can understand it like you do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reprimanding house hold employees for silly things is one way harried working moms can feel like they have some small control over their homes and children. It's hard psychologically to leave these things in someone else's hands fifty hours a week and one way for MBs to feel as if they are managing things is to give orders and sometimes find fault with seemingly trivial matters.

I don't know about this, the MB I work for seems to love hearing about something new I did with the kids while she was at work or a new way I am doing things that makes X activity faster/better/easier. I don't think she has ever reprimanded me for anything. She has asked me to do certain things for specific events (i.e. guests coming into town or a dinner party at the house) but I have never been told "you are doing this wrong please do it this way."

My guess is if you are being reprimanded you deserved it for messing up.

You misinterpreted my point. And the point of this whole thread. There's one thing about being reprimanded for being late, missing work, refusing the smallest requests. I'm glad you do your job well. I do too. And I love my NF. My MB also tells me how much she appreciates me and makes sure I am very well compensated. But she also gets in a tizzy sometimes about little things like too much laundry being done (or not enough . And she's not the first and I've been blessed to work for wonderful families. But there's a psychology behind being a nanny that you'll understand when you've done it as long as I have.

I've been doing it for 13 years. How much longer until my NFs start reprimanding me so I can understand it like you do?

If you're are trying to tell me that you've been a nanny for thirteen years and your employers have never had even the smallest problem with anything you do you're either 1)lying, 2)in denial or 3)trolling. Pick one.

[Anonymous]

OMG. You guys all need to chill. I could see how it's annoying if anyone wastes plastic bags or paper towels; however, everyone uses them. My nanny opens up a new sponge every week from the pack that we buy at Costco. I jokingly tell my husband that we'll be buying more of them during the next couple of years, but I don't say anything to her about it. She uses them to clean dishes for our kids. It is not a battle that I want to pick.