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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to be pretty awful about being late- 7-15 mins most days. Made sure bosses knew it was my one big flaw so they could pass if it were a problem. Obviously I should "just fix it" but it wasn't quite that simple for me because of sleep issues/etc. It got better over time... My last job as a nanny I was usually in the door right at my start time or within 1-3 minutes of it.

Those bosses were told the same thing in the interview process, my references have been specifically asked not to sugar coat it. This family decided they really wanted a start 15 mins earlier than we agreed after I'd been with them 2 mos and I couldn't do it- told them so. They kept me anyway. Child goes off to pre-k eventually and my letter of reference is glowing (for them- we won't go into all the crazy I dealt with!) but they made it sound like I was 10-20 minutes late every day when in fact it was VERY rarely over 1-3. Extremely nit picky, and IMO, unfair since thy knew going in. They BOTH often worked from home and hung out with the baby & I for 10-45 mins every morning.  In short, they basically treated me as 15 mins late for coming at our originally agreed on start time. Ridiculous. Obviously being annoyed by 1-3 mins is understandable- but counting in the time I outright told them I could not/would not do was not okay.
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This is so weird. Were your rates very good, so that made it worth it? I don't know how you can both expect people to excuse you being late all the time, and then get upset when they tell other people you were late all the time.[/quote]

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