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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get why this caused so much cattiness.

MB - "Hey nanny, we realized we'd love some extra help on Thursday morning for a few hours since I realized how much I'll have to cook.  Would you be able to come in for a few hours?"

Nanny - "Hmmm I'd love to help out, but I was planning on doing my own cooking that morning and we have to be at my aunt's house at 1pm.  I'm sorry!"  OR "Actually we were planning to just be sitting around in the morning, but I do have to go to my aunt's at 1pm - would 9-12pm be helpful?  My holiday rate is X."

Why is this so difficult?  If your MB asks you last minute to work on Thanksgiving and then gives you crap if you say no, then obviously you need to find a new job.  No reasonable person would do that to someone.  And wanting additional help for preparing a Thanksgiving meal doesn't make you an entitled snob.  Jeez.

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+1.  The nannies who think the MB should not have asked need to grow up and start respecting themselves.  Saying that no MB should ever offer holiday hours to her nanny implies that nannies as a group are not competent to make their own decisions about how best to spend their holidays, and therefore, all MBs should treat all nannies like children who need to be spared the burden of making decisions that might strain their developing brains.

And those of you calling out the laziness of the MB who hired childcare help while she cooked Thanksgiving dinner for 40 people are both out of touch with reality and jealous on many levels.  No one gets a prize for doing everything by herself, in the hardest way possible, thereby ensuring that she is too exhausted and frazzled by 4:00 pm to enjoy her own guests.[/quote]

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