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[quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous]I'm trusting them. I'm leaving them alone in my home for hours. I'm giving them charge of my child. I'm giving them a debit card. I'm trusting them when they say they spent $20 out of their pocket on my child. I'm trusting them to show up each day. I'm trusting them to not rummage through my jewelry box.

But you think it's "equal" for them to request a credit check of me because I need to pay them $400 a week? Maybe if you are interviewing with a family in a trailer park you might be justified in asking for a MB credit check because $400 a week might be beyond their means, but when you come to my 6,000 SF house in an acre in DC and you had the nerve to ask me for a credit check to make sure I can pay you I would end the interview immediately.[/quote]

If you have such a huge house on so much land, and you are only offering $400 a week, the obvious assumption is that through your poor judgement and impulsive spending habits, you are "House Poor" and would have a hard time paying nanny if you fell behind financially. So, yeah, as a nanny I would want to check your financials to see what the chances are that you have the means to pay me.[/quote]

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