Anonymous wrote:Get off DCUM and make some homemade soap or wash the blazer in water and iron.

http://pinterest.com/2minlaundry/homemade-laundry-detergent/

I once washed the LO laundry in my detergent, and he broke out. So I was reprimanded and only use their detergent, I guess many of you expect nannies to be personal servants.

Not what I signed up for....

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get off DCUM and make some homemade soap or wash the blazer in water and iron.

http://pinterest.com/2minlaundry/homemade-laundry-detergent/

This is a joke right?

Nope!

I'd love to see my nanny take initiative and find another way to solve a problem. Instead, this OP seems to be only complaining on here...and during work hours.

How do you know OPs working hours?

I'm all for doing favors now and then for MB/DB, but if you were my MB and expected me to make you detergent, when laundry was not part of my job, all because you couldn't keep track of your own crap, I'd be out of there.

You can take that back to your bridge and munch on it for a while.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get off DCUM and make some homemade soap or wash the blazer in water and iron.

http://pinterest.com/2minlaundry/homemade-laundry-detergent/

This is a joke right?

Nope!

I'd love to see my nanny take initiative and find another way to solve a problem. Instead, this OP seems to be only complaining on here...and during work hours.

Not the Pinterest link poster but that makes sense. You should have gone to their bathroom and gotten some bath soap washed the damn thing out and been done with it. I do it all the time when one of my charges manages to destroy their shirt while on a play date

Anonymous wrote:Get off DCUM and make some homemade soap or wash the blazer in water and iron.

http://pinterest.com/2minlaundry/homemade-laundry-detergent/

This is a joke right?

Anonymous wrote:Why couldn't you bring some from your home. Just a bit to borrow?

Not her responsibility. And if that's what her MB was hinting at, she should act like an adult and ask for it.

Get off DCUM and make some homemade soap or wash the blazer in water and iron.

http://pinterest.com/2minlaundry/homemade-laundry-detergent/

Serious boundary issues.

Oh my, I feel sorry for this nanny, putting up with that crap.

Op, why would she feel the need to tell you she's out of detergent at all? If you don't shop for them, and didn't use the last of it on the kids's clothes without telling her more was needed, then she's not being rational. Now if you DID use the last of it without telling her, I can see why she might go downstairs to wash, see that it is gone, and wonder why you didn't mention it. Still not a reason to be passive aggressive, but I'd be mad in that situation too (only I'd suck it up and say that from now on when you know we are out of it, say so). If that isn't the case and she's just unreasonable, I'd be direct and ask point blank what Mb expected your response to be in that situation. Because it doesn't look like you did anything inappropriate by not reading her mind.

Anonymous wrote:If it was really that serious, she could've picked it up herself. I mean, unless you're responsible for the parent's laundry in addition to the child's laundry, then I'm pretty sure she should've known when the detergent was running low, and should have made provisions to purchase another bottle accordingly.

Also, if it was that serious and she herself couldn't have picked it up, she could've asked you to stop into the nearest market on your way over to their home, even if you might have been a few minutes late (assuming most markets don't open up until around 8:00AM or thereafter), you know, since you can't drive with the kid.

I also agree. Plus, this below is something I try to teach ALL of my charges and their parents do to (I work for multiple families).

DS - I am hungry. Me - Ok. That was a statement, not a question. Would you like to ask a question? DS - Can I have a snack? Me - Yes, you may. Would you like an apple or some granola?

MB's first text was a statement and not a question. She can say that they are out of something all she wants, but will not get any results if she doesn't learn how to ask a question and how to be specific about it. Her question should have been "We are out of X, so can you pick some up on your way into work in the morning? We need it to wash x's uniform that he needs for that evening." This would have gotten her question asked, AND when she would have liked it bought by, mentioning when and why it was absolutely needed.

The MB is an adult and the nanny (OP in this situation) shouldn't need to treat her as a child and prompt her to form a question so she can answer it. OP also ASKED these questions herself, and MB did not respond which is not OP's fault. If MB decides that texting if the form of communication that she wants to use, then she needs to make sure that she sees the texts from OP and replies to them herself and in a timely manner.

OP here.

MB came home without laundry detergent and told DS he would just have to wear the "dirty" uniform. It's not even dirty, I put it in the dryer (they have one that supposedly steams the clothes) and it looks fine. She said nothing to me, and left with DS and the LO.

Whatever.

Anonymous wrote:Why couldn't you bring some from your home. Just a bit to borrow?

I could have, and I would but they use a different detergent than I do. I use Tide and they use some uber expensive hypoallergenic stuff.

Anonymous wrote:Why couldn't you bring some from your home. Just a bit to borrow?

Don't you understand that the mb woman is crazy?

Why couldn't you bring some from your home. Just a bit to borrow?