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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She sounds immature.  I'm surprised she would ask.  I'm not trying to be insulting, just honest.  I've been a nanny a long time.  I see driving and parking at work as my own responsibility.  If I worked for a large company and someone broke the glass in my car while it sat at work, why would I expect my job to be responsible for that?  I chose to accept the job and I choose to drive my car to work and park it there.  None of that is the NF's responsibility.  It's part of owning a car, having a job, and going to work.  It's called grown-up life.  Even if it's a lot of money for her, it's part of life.[/quote]
Yes I completely agree. But offering to pay 1/2 is a kind gesture but by no means nessasary. I can't believe the nanny asked, very immature [/quote]

I would probably also offer to pay half, again because the money is "worth" less to me. But, carrying a $1000 deductible that you can't afford needs to be a lesson learned for her. She cheaped out on the insurance, and there you go.

Curious, though: did you run a driving record on her? Our current nanny has a "super speeder" ticket on her record that causes the same damage as a DUI to your insurance rates. As a secondary driver on our insurance, it wasn't a big deal, but it made it impossible for me to get our car insured with another company at reasonable rates (I wanted to bundle things to get Worker's Comp), and she was paying $500/mo for insurance on her own car for a while. The high deductible may be all she can afford.[/quote]

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