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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of the responders logic on this thread is seriously flawed. Some of you are only thinking of your own healthy eating agendas and not understanding what the real issue here is. It is not a food issue. It is a control issue.

Let's say OP does what this woman says and decides to change her lunch choices and bring foods she normally doesn't eat for lunch. Well her boss will think she has won this battle and will be on a major power trip. Later on, she will ask her nanny to change something else she is not in agreement with later on. The nanny has already set a precedent with the lunch issue. She has showed her boss that she will comply with whatever her boss requests of her even though these things were not discussed prior to hire. The more the nanny complies, the more of a power trip the MB will be on.

OP, you need to nip this in the bud.
Since she didn't mention this during hire, then you are by no means obligated to follow a certain diet just to satisfy HER. You know, you could eat healthy food all the time just to satisfy her, then on your way to your car, you could get hit by a Little Debbie's snack truck. What you choose to eat is none of her business. Sooner or later, her kids will be exposed to junk food when they get older (school lunch times, birthday parties, etc.) She cannot shield her children from that nor should she. It is her job as a parent to parent HER children. Not you. As an adult, you have free will to manage your own diet. So what if she disagrees with what you put in your mouth? As long as it doesn't affect her or the kids, it shouldn't matter. If she really was concerned it would affect the kids, she would have brought it up during the interview or orientation, etc.

I think she is just trying to show you "who is boss here." She is testing you. If you comply now, she will think she has you wrapped around her finger.

I say bring on the Salt + Vinegar chips and the Cheez-its.[/quote]

Seriously, she's trying to show you "who is boss?!" Guess what? She is the boss!  When you work for someone else, they get to make the rules, that's life.  If you don't like the rules, you are free to leave and find another job, that's your choice but it's the MBs choice to make the rules in her house.  In my work place we aren't allowed to use our cell phones during working hours unless it's an emergency and Facebook has been blocked on all the computers.  Would I like to use Facebook during my lunch break? Sure, but those are the rules and if I want to keep my job I follow the rules.  Otherwise I could find another job but then there will just be different rules there.  Some of you really need to get over yourselves, grow up, and realize you can't always get EVERYTHING you want.[/quote]

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