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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You absolutely did the right thing, OP.  [b]Screw telling them why you quit[/b] - the DB would only deny shortchanging you or say it was a mistake and you were being over-sensitive.  And of course, MB would have to agree with her ass of a husband.  You can not prove you were shortchanged since you did not count the money right in front of them  but, like any polite person, you trusted them and counted the cash when you were at home.  I'd have done the exact same thing.

Besides, it is not your job to instruct and educate the parents.  You did you job and you were cheated.   I wish you the very best in finding a new job!  [/quote]

The only person she is screwing, by not telling them why she quit, is the next unfortunate sitter. Next time you find yourself dealing with clueless parents, you can thank their last sitter who never spoke up. You say its not your job to educate them, but if you don't, who will? Idiots, all of you. [/quote]

Seriously, we are "idiots" for not telling our former employers that they were cheating us - but the cheating employers have no responsibility here?!  LOL

Does an adult really need to be told to pay a person what they are owed?  Didn't you all get that "education" in grammar school?[/quote]

No one said that the DB shouldn't have shortchanged you, but there's no benefit to simply quitting.  If you don't provide them with a reason then there's no chance that they'll fix the error, little chance that they'll avoid the same mistake with the next innocent nanny, and no way you'll get a reference from them in the future.

A better way would be to send an email to both MB and DB and say "yesterday when I got home, I realized that DB paid me $108.  I had been asked to start at 9, and arrived at work on time time.  I stayed until 4.  At $16 an hour, I should have been paid $112.  Please let me know how you'd like to address this."

Then the ball's in their court.  They can say "We're so sorry, we'll have the extra $4 next time."  or "We're putting that in the mail" and then you can decide whether you still want to quit (in which case give notice).  Or they can say 'We calculate differently" in which case you can say "I'm afraid we don't see eye to eye on this, and so I will need to resign."

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Oy.  She is a 21 maybe 22 year old part-time babysitter who was cheated.  Give her a break.  This isn't a lifetime career for her and, frankly, I don't think these parents are worth the time or drama either.

Some of you people need to get a grip.  The father basically stole money from her - why is everyone so intent that he was mistaken or suddenly forgot how to multiply (twice)?!   [/quote]

NP here.  I think OP did the right thing in quitting.  She obviously doesn't need that job and why work for people like that if you don't have to.  I really don't understand why she couldn't just explain why though.  She says she has so much respect for nannies and will be a good MB in the future but she really did a disservice to other nannies/babysitters who will work for them in the future and will similarly be short changed. My guess is the MB has no idea the DB did that and now she will never know.

I also don't really understand the whole "T___" and "J___" thing.  I'm assuming those are their actual initials so is she hoping they will see this and know it was about them?  Because that's pretty immature that she would do that and not just tell them directly.[/quote]

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