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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ask your thief to please ask you first, if she needs to take anything home. I don't, but I've seen mbs who bring home stuff from the office. You all know, pencils, paper, whatever they think they "need".[/quote]

While that is technically stealing I guess, taking a pen or pencil is not the same as taking a whole roll of toilet paper or tube of toothpaste.[/quote]

Taking a pen or pencil or other office supplies is just as petty as taking small household items such as a roll of toilet paper or tube of toothpaste, the cost of which is negligible. OP is this really something you'd be willing to lose a nanny you otherwise like over? Tell her that you've noticed some things missing and just want to let her know to ask first if she needs something. That should be enough to shame her into not taking any more items, or if she's ballsy she'll ask you next time since she knows you'll notice. [/quote]

PP here  - It's not the same to me because in an office setting a pen or pencil is there for the use of the employees and the cost is negligible. I've been a nanny for the past 3 years, but previously worked as an admin and there was never a problem when I took a pen home by pure mistake, as my boss didn't care and laughed when I apologized. Maybe that's why it seems different to me. To me, [b]taking toilet paper and toothpaste home - those are the type of items you are supposed to buy yourself[/b].[/quote]

Okay, yes.

But what if she'd been sick and hadn't been able to get her shopping done, so she took them home with the intention of replacing them next week? Maybe she was embarrassed to admit it to her boss and was hoping no one would notice before she put new ones back in their place. ]

OP just ask her, don't ask us.[/quote]

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