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

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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.

Raising children is not difficult. I can't think of any time I have ever been reprimanded as described in this thread. There have been times me and MB have worked together to figure out how we want to handle a new situation, but in my 13 years I have never had an MB come up to me or call me or email me and tell me I'm using too many wipes, or doing this or that wrong.

[Anonymous]

OK, so cross out lying.

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Anonymous wrote:OK, so cross out lying.

If an MB came up to me and angrily told me any of the things from this thread I would look for a new job.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't call it "reprimanded," because they were cheerful about it, but both MB and DB chided me for NOT sitting their infant in front of the tv! At first I thought they were joking, but they were like "He loves to dance [in his excersaucer] to Barney!" and "Sesame Street is his favorite!" They honestly wanted me to make sure their baby didn't miss his tv shows.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't call it "reprimanded," because they were cheerful about it, but both MB and DB chided me for NOT sitting their infant in front of the tv! At first I thought they were joking, but they were like "He loves to dance [in his excersaucer] to Barney!" and "Sesame Street is his favorite!" They honestly wanted me to make sure their baby didn't miss his tv shows.

Whoa - that is bad parenting!

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't call it "reprimanded," because they were cheerful about it, but both MB and DB chided me for NOT sitting their infant in front of the tv! At first I thought they were joking, but they were like "He loves to dance [in his excersaucer] to Barney!" and "Sesame Street is his favorite!" They honestly wanted me to make sure their baby didn't miss his tv shows.

You have to work with what you got. If their only choices were the activities you were doing with the baby and the TV and they chose the TV then that says only horrible things about you.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't call it "reprimanded," because they were cheerful about it, but both MB and DB chided me for NOT sitting their infant in front of the tv! At first I thought they were joking, but they were like "He loves to dance [in his excersaucer] to Barney!" and "Sesame Street is his favorite!" They honestly wanted me to make sure their baby didn't miss his tv shows.

You have to work with what you got. If their only choices were the activities you were doing with the baby and the TV and they chose the TV then that says only horrible things about you.

Nice try nanny hating troll.

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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.

Raising children is not difficult. I can't think of any time I have ever been reprimanded as described in this thread. There have been times me and MB have worked together to figure out how we want to handle a new situation, but in my 13 years I have never had an MB come up to me or call me or email me and tell me I'm using too many wipes, or doing this or that wrong.

Instead of patting yourself on the back and looking down your nose at other nannies accusing them of lying and convincing yourself that you are the world's greatest nanny you should consider yourself fortunate to have worked for a reasonable MB.

[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.

This is one reason I started using cleaning services instead of individuals. The individuals all wanted to use paper towels, swiffer, disposable toilet bowl cleaning wands, etc.. They didn't want to take the time to dilute cleaners, and instead wanted the most expensive types of sprays and such. The services, which also have to pay for their own products, use towels, reusable scrubbers, etc..

I have never chastised a nanny for using too many wipes, but, yeah, I would prefer you put a little thought into being cost conscious about things. We had a temp nanny who went through art supplies like crazy. I have really appreciated all the nannies who have instead done things like poured out a little paint at a time into a cup rather than letting Johnny use the whole bottle for his brush.

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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.

Raising children is not difficult. I can't think of any time I have ever been reprimanded as described in this thread. There have been times me and MB have worked together to figure out how we want to handle a new situation, but in my 13 years I have never had an MB come up to me or call me or email me and tell me I'm using too many wipes, or doing this or that wrong.

Instead of patting yourself on the back and looking down your nose at other nannies accusing them of lying and convincing yourself that you are the world's greatest nanny you should consider yourself fortunate to have worked for a reasonable MB.

I am fortunate, but I don't doubt for a second MB WOULD reprimand me if I deserved it. So I can only assume the nannies from all these posts did deserve it. You don't go up to an otherwise great nanny and say "Could you please use less paper towels? You are bankrupting us!" unless there have been a number of other things ticking you off along the way.

[Anonymous]

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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.

This is one reason I started using cleaning services instead of individuals. The individuals all wanted to use paper towels, swiffer, disposable toilet bowl cleaning wands, etc.. They didn't want to take the time to dilute cleaners, and instead wanted the most expensive types of sprays and such. The services, which also have to pay for their own products, use towels, reusable scrubbers, etc..

I have never chastised a nanny for using too many wipes, but, yeah, I would prefer you put a little thought into being cost conscious about things. We had a temp nanny who went through art supplies like crazy. I have really appreciated all the nannies who have instead done things like poured out a little paint at a time into a cup rather than letting Johnny use the whole bottle for his brush.

Yeah, common sense and respect go a long way.

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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.

Raising children is not difficult. I can't think of any time I have ever been reprimanded as described in this thread. There have been times me and MB have worked together to figure out how we want to handle a new situation, but in my 13 years I have never had an MB come up to me or call me or email me and tell me I'm using too many wipes, or doing this or that wrong.

Instead of patting yourself on the back and looking down your nose at other nannies accusing them of lying and convincing yourself that you are the world's greatest nanny you should consider yourself fortunate to have worked for a reasonable MB.

I am fortunate, but I don't doubt for a second MB WOULD reprimand me if I deserved it. So I can only assume the nannies from all these posts did deserve it. You don't go up to an otherwise great nanny and say "Could you please use less paper towels? You are bankrupting us!" unless there have been a number of other things ticking you off along the way.

If only that were true.
I hope you continue to enjoy your tenure with your NF and never know what it's like to work for irrational, nitpicky boss.

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Raising children is not difficult. I can't think of any time I have ever been reprimanded as described in this thread. There have been times me and MB have worked together to figure out how we want to handle a new situation, but in my 13 years I have never had an MB come up to me or call me or email me and tell me I'm using too many wipes, or doing this or that wrong.

Going to be extreme, but what your doing is like someone telling a group of women whose husbands beat them, that domestic violence doesn't exist, or they must have done something to deserve it because you have been married for 13 years and your husband has never hit you.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Raising children is not difficult. I can't think of any time I have ever been reprimanded as described in this thread. There have been times me and MB have worked together to figure out how we want to handle a new situation, but in my 13 years I have never had an MB come up to me or call me or email me and tell me I'm using too many wipes, or doing this or that wrong.

Going to be extreme, but what your doing is like someone telling a group of women whose husbands beat them, that domestic violence doesn't exist, or they must have done something to deserve it because you have been married for 13 years and your husband has never hit you.

Just like those women, if your boss is reprimanding you like a child because you wipe your hands or change the babies diaper too much then you should find a new family. It's extremely easy to find a new nanny job while currently employed with services like care.com and such.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't call it "reprimanded," because they were cheerful about it, but both MB and DB chided me for NOT sitting their infant in front of the tv! At first I thought they were joking, but they were like "He loves to dance [in his excersaucer] to Barney!" and "Sesame Street is his favorite!" They honestly wanted me to make sure their baby didn't miss his tv shows.

Liar. No parent would do this.