Nanny asking to borrow money

[Anonymous]

Hi,

We hired a babysitter to pick our kids up from school a couple of months back. We have known her for only 2-3 weeks during which when she picked up our kids a few afternoons. She left us saying she found full-time work. After that she called us one day saying she desperately needs to borrow a couple of thousand bucks! I am wondering whether to help her because she really needs help or if it is a kind of a scam. Has anyone else recently experienced this?

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

She's a woman making a living trying to help people like your raise their kids. She bares her soul asking for help. Just help her out. Give her the money

[Anonymous]

scam,
Even if its not I wouldnt loan money to someone I knew for 2-3 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's a woman making a living trying to help people like your raise their kids. She bares her soul asking for help. Just help her out. Give her the money

When she worked for you for 2-3 weeks then left for another job? and its thousands? hell no.

[Anonymous]

I can't imagine giving someone that I barely knew for a couple of weeks a few months ago thousands of dollars. You know that the likelihood of her paying you back is slim, so it's basically a gift. If someone approached me like this, I would see if there was anything that I could do to help, but I definitely wouldn't give thousands of dollars.

FWIW, I'm a MB who was actually crazy enough to hold the loan for my previous nanny's new car when she couldn't get one because of a poor credit score due to medical debt. It's been 4 years and she's still paying it off regularly even after she quit working for us to go back to school. We had qualms about it, but DH and I agreed that we knew her and trusted her with our kids so we trusted that she'd pay us back eventually. How well do you really feel that you know this babysitter?

[Anonymous]

Not in a million years.

However, of you give her $, consider it a gift and not a loan -- so no one gets disappointed.

[Anonymous]

If it were a person who had taken care of my kids longer term, I would consider it (and only lend the money if I could afford not the be paid back in a timely manner). I would definitely not lend the money to someone who had babysat for my kids for a few weeks and had not maintained contact with me except to ask to borrow a large amount of money.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't.

[Anonymous]

No.

Just no.

If you want to give a practical stranger a gift of a couple of thousand dollars, sure. But you'll never get a penny back and you barely know this person.

No no no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No.

Just no.

If you want to give a practical stranger a gift of a couple of thousand dollars, sure. But you'll never get a penny back and you barely know this person.

No no no.

This is my train of thought, too.

[Anonymous]

I'm a nanny for a wealthy family. They have told me about many, many people who have tried to take advantage of them because they have money. They are very wary about hiring people, because of those negative experiences.

[Anonymous]

So this person left your family for another job position, yet wants to borrow a couple thousand dollars from you.....??!

The answer is so crystal clear here, please let this post be made-up!

[Anonymous]

Pardon my English.

My ex MB moved to San Diego and hired a full-time nanny to care for her 4 months old baby girl. After abt a month or so her nanny start asking my ex MB with some dinero. ($$). Because this nanny is so nice, good with their baby etc they helped her. The nanny promise to pay them back by monthly salary deduction. Total amount all together is $1.5K. My ex MB is a full time students (PhD) and husband working full time.


On the second month this nanny start coming late, start taking emergency leave etc. When this happened my ex MB cannot go to classes because she cant find any sitter that can come as soon as possible to her house. One day the nanny called and told them she can no longer working with them. Reason - need to cared for her ailing mother and asked my ex MB if she can get her pay for that month.

When my ex MB asked the nanny how she plan to pay their money back, the nanny said she will pay her WHEN SHE HAVE THE MONEY.

So my ex MB keep calling their nanny once or twice a week to get the money back and after so many times trying they call the nanny's husband.

The nanny husband told my ex MB to stop harassing his wife! The husband said they will make a police report abt how my ex MB treat his wife etc etc.

Since my ex-MB and husband is not a USA citizen - and still need to complete her study they had no choice but to stop chasing the money.

So watch out. Some nanny is very bad and know how to manipulate naïve parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi,

We hired a babysitter to pick our kids up from school a couple of months back. We have known her for only 2-3 weeks during which when she picked up our kids a few afternoons. She left us saying she found full-time work. After that she called us one day saying she desperately needs to borrow a couple of thousand bucks! I am wondering whether to help her because she really needs help or if it is a kind of a scam. Has anyone else recently experienced this?

Thanks!

Really? She doesn't even work with your kids anymore, you hardly knew each other, and you're asking if you should "loan" her a few thousand dollars??

You're either a troll or ignorant. Which is it this time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pardon my English.

My ex MB moved to San Diego and hired a full-time nanny to care for her 4 months old baby girl. After abt a month or so her nanny start asking my ex MB with some dinero. ($$). Because this nanny is so nice, good with their baby etc they helped her. The nanny promise to pay them back by monthly salary deduction. Total amount all together is $1.5K. My ex MB is a full time students (PhD) and husband working full time.


On the second month this nanny start coming late, start taking emergency leave etc. When this happened my ex MB cannot go to classes because she cant find any sitter that can come as soon as possible to her house. One day the nanny called and told them she can no longer working with them. Reason - need to cared for her ailing mother and asked my ex MB if she can get her pay for that month.

When my ex MB asked the nanny how she plan to pay their money back, the nanny said she will pay her WHEN SHE HAVE THE MONEY.

So my ex MB keep calling their nanny once or twice a week to get the money back and after so many times trying they call the nanny's husband.

The nanny husband told my ex MB to stop harassing his wife! The husband said they will make a police report abt how my ex MB treat his wife etc etc.

Since my ex-MB and husband is not a USA citizen - and still need to complete her study they had no choice but to stop chasing the money.
What is them not being a US citizen got to do with anything? They should take her to court for their money.

So watch out. Some nanny is very bad and know how to manipulate naïve parents.