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I read your comment and I thought "man, that really stinks.  I am totally with you that when I make a commitment, I stick to that commitment unless there is a serious emergency."  I personally would not use that sitter again.  And that would be that.

All the nanny posters that were calling double standard, I don't think there is one, and some of them were admitting as such by saying that if an MB cancelled on them and didn't pay them, they just wouldn't sit for that family again and it didn't matter because babysitting jobs are a dime a dozen.

Honestly I rarely ask for any advice on here because unless you couch every statement in defense of your own position, everyone will assume you're a horrible person and completely fail to give you actual advice because they're so busy attacking your character.  That's this board.[/quote]

For crying out loud, I only have to give my LANDLORD two weeks notice when I'm moving out - any employer or employee who would break ties with a sitter/family over two weeks notice is foolish, IMO. Life happens. Of course you want someone who does their best to meet their commitments but OP is going way overboard with the drama.[/quote]

Not that it's related at all, but all of my landlords and apartment buildings have always wanted at least 30 days.  The point is - and I think both MBs and nannies can agree - we want our time and our commitments respected.  In a land where there are millions of people willing to babysit and millions of babysitting jobs, there is very little barrier to just moving on to the next sitter/job should someone not act reliable/trustworthy/considerate.

Just as many nannies have said they wouldn't sit again for a family that cancelled on them, if someone cancelled on a job that I had said was really important to me and they didn't offer me any reason or apology, I would have no hesitation in not using them again, particularly if the job I needed them for was really important.  Similarly, if you as a nanny have a job lined up and then someone cancels on you and doesn't pay you anyway, many nanny posters have said they wouldn't accept jobs from that person again.

It seems we're all on the same page, essentially.  I really don't get what everyone was arguing about on that thread.  [/quote]

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