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[quote=Anonymous]1. A gym membership is expensive, and probably out of reach for her financially based on average nanny take-home pay. This is likely the only gym equipment she has access to.

2. I see variations on this comment ("Their home is your office") frequently on DCUM. Someone working in your home doesn't mean you don't have the right to set reasonable boundaries (of course you do! And OP, you're perfectly within your right to tell her that you wouldn't feel comfortable with her using your workout machines!)...but [i]the fact is that your nanny is being paid to wipe your child's butt, and comfort your child when he or she cries.[/i][b] Ask yourself if you honestly want your nanny to think of your home as her "office"-- with all of the emotional distance that such a title dictates.[/b] Your home is not an office environment, but it is where she works. Farmers work in fields; nannies work in family homes. Most people work in offices. There are different standards of professional etiquette in each. It is uncomfortable at times. Many people have difficulty holding these two facts in mind at once, and revert to their own lived experiences. Your home is not her home, but "office" conduct is often not professionally appropriate for a home setting and vice versa.

To OP, I personally wouldn't want someone messing with my home gym equipment, either. Maybe tell her that you don't feel comfortable with her using the equipment (what if she gets injured using something she's not familiar with while on her break, for instance?). She's likely bored and wants to make more use of her break, so maybe offer her a place to do yoga/meditate, or suggest a green space or coffee shop in your area she might like instead.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can’t with some parents these days. We work in an intimate setting. Being inside someone’s home. Not an office. Hmmm let me think about it haha what a weirdo she is. Wipe my child’s ass but how dare you ask to use my elliptical.[/quote]

Trashy and entitled response. You work in an intimate setting so it’s even more important to establish strong boundaries. Their home is your office. Why can’t nanny get a gym membership and exercise on her own time? And what’s next? Asking if she can borrow her boss’s handbag for a night out? [/quote][/quote]

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