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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of you women are just bat shit insane. Sad.
Fire someone because they used a sick day?? Why even give them as an option then, if you never truly intend for your employee to use them, or worse, you scrutinize every incident in which they do. 
OP- presumably you did not hire a moron (though by the attitude you and the other MBs here have displayed, you clearly think all nannies are morons) and she is aware that using a sick day so early in her employment could jeopardize her job. It's a safe bet that she is actually, very sick and probably feels terrible having to call in so soon. Why not giver her the benefit of the doubt? 
Honestly, if this is a firing offense to you, you should just stop trying to have a nanny all together. It will be a nightmare for you and anyone you hire. [/quote]

Not OP but if the nanny feels so terrible why did she text instead of call? That's the main issue I see here. If a nanny wants to be treated with respect and as a professional then she should act like one. I'd never text my boss to call in sick no matter how long I've been at a job and especially when I've only been there a week. I don't care how sick someone is, it's not that hard to pick up a phone and call. People get sick, fine, but it seems awfully coincidental that she got sick on the day we had a winter storm AND she didn't call but texted. [/quote]

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