Broken iPhone screen (charge responsible)
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Anonymous
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hi guys. So I keep my phone on at all times due to MB texting me throughout the day and also because I'm to msg her anytime we leave and arrive to Places. We arrived at the park and it was in my back pocket. I placed it on the picnic table while we were having snack. My charges (3.5 boy 5.5 girl) love to tickle adults and roughhouse with people and have a hard time listening to the word "stop" when you are not being playful at the moment. They tease me about how much coffee I drink and joke about drinking up my coffee all of the time. It's not a problem and I kid with them about it also. So during snack the boy kept reaching across the table joking about taking my iced coffee and drinking it all up etc. I asked him to stop 3 times because I was trying to eat and he just needed to stop because it wasn't the time nor place. He reached over again and this time caused my phone to fall to the concrete and cracked the entire screen despite the case.
What should I do? |
Anonymous
| You shouldn't have had you phone on the table. It should have been secured in your purse. You replace the screen or get a new phone. It's not your charges fault. It's your fault for having it out. |
Anonymous
+1000 My iphones screen broke about 3 weeks ago while with my 3 year old charge. It was kind of frustrating though, because it WAS in my purse, but I had my purse over my shoulder, and when I bent down in the bathroom at the neighborhood park (which has a concrete floor) to help her pull down her shorts and get on the potty, it slipped right out of my purse and onto the floor and broke (not even just cracked, broke BROKE). I was especially frustrated because I actually bought my phone in the past six months for $300. I considered asking my NF to pay for my phone, since it happened on the job as I was trying to help my charge, but then I realized how silly that would be. It wasn't my charges fault, and it wasn't my NFs fault. If anything it was my fault for not having it in a sturdy otter case, and maybe even in a more secure purse (instead of a big tote). I did mention it to them, mostly just because they'd been texting me and wondered why I wasn't responding, and yeah, a small part of me hoped they'd offer to replace it, but they didn't, and it certainly wasn't their responsibility to. Just suck it up, pay to fix it or buy a new one, get a sturdy case for it, and learn your lesson about putting it anywhere within reach of your charges!! |
Anonymous
| Phones should never be on tables where people are eating. And I don't know why you told a little kid THREE TIMES to stop doing something. How many times were you going to say the same thing and let him ignore you? |
Anonymous
| Or get a flip phone which is much harder to break and cheaper to replace. |
Anonymous
| After this, I would probably ask the NF for a work phone. |
Anonymous
And if MB is smart she would promptly fire her. |
Anonymous
Why so she can break that one too and then have her nf made at her., |
Anonymous
Why? If my child broke sometho,g I would pay for item. |
Anonymous
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Totally your fault. You should not have had your phone out and you should have gotten your charges to mind you by now. No doubt it was your fault and not your employers responsibility.
Nanny here btw. |
Anonymous
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Lol this board is full of loons. My phone was on the table because we were at a park and I don't carry around a purse at a park. I only use a small back pack that the MB gave me for snacks, first aid etc. yes it was on the table because I had just messaged his mother about an appointment and I wasn't going to sit on it. "Phones shouldn't be on the table" lmao y'all are so funny. Where should it be? On the bench?
And one of you said I should be fired? Lol for what? Being accessible? Ok And to the asshole asking about how many times was I going to tell him to stop, what would you do? Spank him? He's 3.5 and it was happening very fast. This MB texts me All THE TIME. And she gets flustered if my phone isn't answered quickly bc I miss calls due to it being in my purse or in the kitchen where it usually is all of the time. You all are nuts and delusional My MB took responsibility for it and told me to check with my sprint insurance and she will take care of any deductible. My 5 yr old told her exactly what happened before I could. She understands when HER kids break something she should fix it. She said it was a "direct consequence of his disobedience" If I had been standing up using the thing and he came up and pushed me or hugged me making it fall I wouldn't even question responsibility because I was actually using it and shouldn't be. Or if drink spilled on it etc. but simply sitting at the table and eating your child chooses to ignore directions and knocks things off then there was nothing I could do. It was not in his reach and he is old enough to understand personal space and how to behave while eating. Even though she has offered to cover the cost I will more than likely only take half because he didn't actually go into my bag and throw it or anything. But yes it was on the Table out of his reach and in MY space which he was invading. Bitter Bitches lol. I'm blessed to work for a someone with morals. I just wanted advice on how to approach this not asking whose fault it was. I already knew it was his fault |
Anonymous
| Sheesh you are a terrible nanny. |
Anonymous
Lol yep you're right. I suck at my job because I took a phone out of my pocket and placed it down on a table *rolls eyes at weirdos* |
Anonymous
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OP you are a child. You sgouldnt take care of kids if you can't take responsibility of your own mistakes.
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Anonymous
What does "made at her" mean? |