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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
Etiquette has nothing to do with it. The nanny isn't a guest. She's an employee and being provided with meals at a job is a negotiated perk.

Maybe its not necessarily an etiquette issue, but it is kind of low class to have someone in your home and not have drinks/snacks available for them. A nanny job is not a typical work place, so lets end that farce now (Im going to assume you're bright enough to recognize that if you're being honest) She is an employee, but she works in your home. I don't think full meals are necessary, but giving her access to your fruit, bottled water, lunch meat, etc. is no great difficulty and it IS polite.[/quote]

I'm the poster you are quoting and I agree with you on this, except your low class nasty comment. It is kind and polite to have snacks on hand since a nanny can't exactly leave when she wants to buy something and has no access to sad vending machine cup a soup options many of us in other settings have access to. But thinking employers should provide meals and expecting to be able to freely request items from a family's shopping list is, to me, a perk, something to be negotiated if it's important to a nanny candidate, but not at all standard.

Fine for you and others to disagree, but for anyone to suggest this position is somehow some egregious violation of etiquette is, simply, wrong.[/quote]

I wasn't calling you or OP low class nor did I suggest a nanny adding to the grocery list as necessary. I believe OP asked a genuine question looking for clarity and I offered my opinion. Apologies if it came across "nasty". I believe that knowing how to treat someone in your home; family, guest, employee, guy fixing your broken dishwasher, etc. is a matter of class. Someone with class looks for ways to be kind and generous to the people in their surround not looking to do as little unto others as they can justify. I maintain my opinion that if you find yourself unable offer your nanny access to simple things in your kitchen (fruit, snacks, drinks, etc) you ARE lacking in class. [/quote]

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