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[quote=Anonymous]As a MB, I understand how you feel. But if she's great, you need to let go of your annoyance. Yes, it would be nice of her to do it, and no doubt you'd be grateful, but would you rather have a subpar nanny who puts your coffee cup in the dishwasher?

I have had a nanny who was not taking the initiative that we asked for in our contract and verbally in terms of finding new activities and was always taking the kids to the same playcentre around the corner from us all, and as is typical I started to get annoyed about other things. I felt like I was being "nickled and dimed" in terms of the duties she was willing to perform, yet she was not doing some of things required (I ended up doing all the research and sorting out all the activities), and there was no way she would ever consider 'going above and beyond'. However, she was great with the kids in many other ways and they loved her, so I didn't rock the boat. I have to say though, that I always made sure the kitchen was spotless when she started work each day as it didn't seem fair to ask her to deal with our dirty dishes etc, and I would also leave the living areas very tidy, but sometimes it was messier when she left!

So to reiterate, I think if your nanny is ticking every single box in terms of her job duties, then you need to live with the fact that she might not see how a small gesture like picking up a dirty coffee cup would be appreciated very much. [/quote]

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