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[quote=Anonymous]OP, your situation is a textbook example of why us nannies should only focus on childcare duties ONLY. I used to nanny for a toddler and the mother considered me washing the toddler's laundry part of my duty. While I disagreed, I complied because I was a newbie and didn't know any better. Fast forward three mos. later and I went to put the toddler's laundry into the dryer. Well the dryer wouldn't turn on. I pushed and pushed button after button, but it wouldn't budge. When MB came home, she was upset the clothes were still damp but more upset when I told her the dryer didn't turn on. She mentioned non-nonchalantly, "That's weird, because I used it yesterday and it worked perfectly fine." Well I went home worried sick and rightfully so. The next day she told me a repairman had to come out and fix it and that I would have to pay 1/2 the cost of repair since she suspected I had pushed one of the buttons too hard. I knew I didn't, but I paid her anyway and then quit because I knew I was being scammed.

Now as a nanny, I do not do anything but care for the child. I know many nannies believe that laundry duties are part of the job, but I disagree wholeheartedly on that.

OP, caring for a small child is stressful enough w/out having to do the laundry as well.

Shame on your MB for deducting your pay.
Laundry should not have been your responsibility anyway.

They should have hired a separate laundress for goodness sake.[/quote]

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