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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm honestly quite surprised at how many people are okay with this!

[b]I'm a nanny, and I don't even go 2mph over the speed limit when I have my charges in the car. If this were my nanny, I would probably either ban her from driving (if there were alternative transportation) or fire her if I needed a reliable driver for my kids. I wouldn't make that choice lightly, because finding a good nanny who fits with your family isn't easy, but this seems so negligent I don't know how I could overlook it. Unless it was a speed trap zone (where the limit drops suddenly and cops like to ticket people who are still in the midst of slowing down) I wouldn't be able to keep her on as a driver for my kids.

Full disclosure being that I myself have been in three very serious accidents (as a passenger) and lost two good friends at 16 and 20 in road accidents where they were speeding, so I know I am more extreme than most people. But nonetheless...[/quote][/b]

No one likes a martyr. It's fine you've never been caught with a speeding ticket, but I would hardly call going over the speed limit negligence to a child's well-being. She told the mb, so she clearly cares about the well being of the kids and the opinions of the parents. [/quote]

And this is how a nanny becomes a micromanaging MB...[/quote]

Oh, sorry, expecting the nanny to follow traffic laws while transporting children is now considered MICROMANAGING? I will take you less seriously on the other thread if so.[/quote]

What other thread?  You are referring to another poster.  Every micromanaging MB can recite stories like yours on why they expect the nanny to follow their rules.  You don't go even 2 mph over the speed limit?  Seriously?  Hope I'm not in back of you in traffic.[/quote]

I realize it's impossible to know who posted what, so I'm sorry for my ambiguous statement. What I meant was: I will take that entire thread less seriously if nannies actually believe being expected to follow the LAW (not the rules, the LAW) while at work is "micromanaging." You're making us all look bad here.

And yeah, well, you can always go around me if you want to go faster. I slow down at passing zones to make it easier. I can't believe how cavalier you're all being about speeding with kids WHO AREN'T EVEN YOURS in the car![/quote]

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