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[quote=Anonymous]Another MB here.

I trust our nanny too and got lax about checking the petty cash. I have been finding she is going through money at a rapid rate this summer, and when I realised she'd burned through more than $100 in 24 hours, i.e. the petty cash was empty, I asked about it. She said she had receipts/written records for the last couple of weeks but so far I have not seen a proper accounting for it, and I found that after keeping a record for one month when she first started working for us in February she then stopped (I didn't check the running tally after the first month as there are not a lot of expenses during the school year and I could see receipts were being put into the petty cash wallet).

I feel that she doesn't take the expenses that seriously since it is for our kids and we have a generous attitude about her doing things with them, get her memberships to take them places, etc.

In the end, however, I don't think she has done anything wrong with the petty cash, I did my own rough tally and they did have lunch out one day, pay for admission tickets and some public transit etc. It really adds up. So, I think it is important to make clear that there should be an effort to do some affordable activities, take lunch with them rather than always buying it when out if that is an issue, keep a running tally and retain receipts.[/quote]

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