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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most people I know hire nannies because they want a household team and a little flexibility. They give you flexibility. They are even paying you for a week where your job will be really light and then you still have paid vacation.  But you can’t be a little flexible?  It’s one day of your life. Are you really going to suffer that much from going to bed late ONE night? [/quote]

Are you serious?! A nanny isn’t your personal chauffeur. They provide care for CHILDREN. If you want someone who is a maid, Butler, chauffeur, nanny, household mananger, etc then you pay accordingly for that. No, I would not take my boss to the airport nor would they even ask. But the families I work with are professionals and do not blur lines. [/quote]

Are YOU serious?  Driving and picking up from the airport ONE TIME doesn't make you a chauffeur.  It makes you an awesome, helpful, valuable employee who has critical thinking skills like - "hey - I recognize that getting to and from the airport with young kids is really stressful because of the car seat situation, and I'm going to go the extra mile to help them because I'm part of this village too."  [/quote]

I am very serious and you have lost your mind. The problem is people like you tend to view nannies, maids, etc. as the help who should bend to your every whim. You think bc you pay for a service that person owes you everything. OP doesn’t owe her family anything beyond what is in her contract. It does not make you awesome or valuable bc it has nothing to do with your job. It makes you taken advantage of and now the expectation has been set that you will do whatever they demand. Some ppl really shouldn’t be employers. It is not your nannies job or responsibility to help you figure out a ride situation nor is it her concern what stressors you have. [b]Just like it isn’t your concern what happens to your boss. [/b]

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See...this is the difference between you and me.  I AM concerned with what happens with my boss.  I don't just get to my desk and say "nope, not my job.  They are not paying me for that so I am not going to help."  I try to be proactive, helpful, and flexible.  It has served me well.  [/quote]

WELL, [b]the difference between you and I is that they threw this on my “desk” without even asking if I was available or willing to do it.[/b] We discussed in detail what my job would entail and they never mentioned taking to airport. My issue with this is that they demanded and didn’t even ask. They just assumed I would do it. I can be flexible, but please ask don’t just tell. It’s like if I went up to them and said I’m taking tomorrow off, I’m not coming. They wouldn’t like that. My job entails child related tasks and they are good bosses, I just don’t know why they would assume telling me and not asking me. And p.s. all you nannies come on here and act like y’all the best and most flexible. Like y’all actually probably the worst and be bragging on here land hate on the nannies who have issues with their employers. Most of us, at one point or another have experienced issues so don’t be pretending like oh I’m so flexible look at me I’m better than you blah blah blah  [/quote]

OP, if you genuinely like working for this family, you're about to make a huge misstep by making a big deal out of this (especially as you keep reiterating that you don't mind doing it...you just mind that they EXPECT you to do it and didn't ASK!) Your objection should be that the task falls outside your assigned tasks that you are willing to do. If you don't object to doing the task, then don't make the WAY in which is was given to you to do your hill to die on.

For example, if my boss suddenly says "Larla, you'll need to answer the phones at reception this morning."--I would object not only to being TOLD to answer phones, but also to being assigned the task of answering phones in the first place, as it has nothing to do with my job. I would just say "sorry, Bob, but that's not something I'll be able to do. I bet HR has the number of a temp agency though." (In the same way, you could say "Sorry, Larlo, but I won't be able to pick you up from the airport. Would you like me to arrange for an uber or a taxi?") But if it is something I would do if he had "asked nicely"....then guess what...I would just do it. And the next time something like this comes up, I'd be ready with a firm and on-the-spot reply "I'm sorry Larlo, but I won't be able to help you out with that."

Also...for the record, it's "between you and me" not "between you and I"-- PSA from the grammar police.[/quote]

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