Added to 16:40. We usually spent time in the playroom, which no matter how many times I sorted things and threw broken stuff away was littered with a thin layer of toys on the floor. It was always like Lego bits and cracker crumbs and like a sweet sticky soda drops, so once I vacuumed with the kid, and we mopped the floors and shook the rug out, and the mother was, I think, embarrassed and was all 'Oh you don't have to do that!' but really, I had to do it. The tipping point was a half dried pancake stuck to a Lego castle.

Once I worked in a home that was so filthy I dragged the kid outside almost every day. It was after pre-school from 1 to 4, so thankfully not a long time and I usually didn't have to use the bathroom. Oh, but it constantly stank like piss and had dirty floors, they never cleaned the toilet bowls and I'm fairly certain they never once changed the towels. And the kid was constantly peeing himself and four days out of five there was a pile of his sodden wet clothes in a corner. Ugh, it makes me shudder just to think about it.

Weirdly, they were very neat otherwise, though not clean at all, and were really good employers. I suppose they had other cleanliness standards (aka none).

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Anonymous wrote:Is there only one bathroom in the house? If not, I don't subscribe to the idea that I can only use one bathroom in the house. This isn't the 1950's.

Our house only has one. It is a 1950's house. But, I would not be ok if I had a master bedroom or other private areas that someone else was using.

If that was the only clean bathroom in the house, you'd best believe that would be the one I would use. I would not give two shits about what made you uncomfortable, since you already showed you don't care about my comfort. An employee has a right to a clean workplace and bathroom.

False. You have no rights. If the nanny family only had an outhouse that would be all you get. You are not entitled to anything.

What makes you think I have no rights? I never suggested using a bathroom that doesn't exist. I'm saying that if the main bathroom is filthy, but the master bathroom is cleaner because its the one they use, I'm going to use it, and I'm not going to think twice about if it would make you uncomfortable. Even the slightest hint that you have an issue using the same bathroom as me and you'd be out of a nanny.

Exactly.

I'd clean it but beware. I once clean the kitty closet because the cat threw up all over the floor in there. I mopped and changed the litter. It was so stinky....anyway now MB will be like "If you have time today the cat's room needs cleaning."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there only one bathroom in the house? If not, I don't subscribe to the idea that I can only use one bathroom in the house. This isn't the 1950's.

Our house only has one. It is a 1950's house. But, I would not be ok if I had a master bedroom or other private areas that someone else was using.

If that was the only clean bathroom in the house, you'd best believe that would be the one I would use. I would not give two shits about what made you uncomfortable, since you already showed you don't care about my comfort. An employee has a right to a clean workplace and bathroom.

False. You have no rights. If the nanny family only had an outhouse that would be all you get. You are not entitled to anything.

What makes you think I have no rights? I never suggested using a bathroom that doesn't exist. I'm saying that if the main bathroom is filthy, but the master bathroom is cleaner because its the one they use, I'm going to use it, and I'm not going to think twice about if it would make you uncomfortable. Even the slightest hint that you have an issue using the same bathroom as me and you'd be out of a nanny.

Hell no.

Clean away my dear!!!!!!


Note to OP:
You may be opening up Pandora's Box.

Once you start cleaning the bathroom, then she may start expecting you to do this on a regular basis along w/a bunch of other chores. I.e., cleaning the kitchen, living room, garage, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there only one bathroom in the house? If not, I don't subscribe to the idea that I can only use one bathroom in the house. This isn't the 1950's.

Our house only has one. It is a 1950's house. But, I would not be ok if I had a master bedroom or other private areas that someone else was using.

If that was the only clean bathroom in the house, you'd best believe that would be the one I would use. I would not give two shits about what made you uncomfortable, since you already showed you don't care about my comfort. An employee has a right to a clean workplace and bathroom.

False. You have no rights. If the nanny family only had an outhouse that would be all you get. You are not entitled to anything.

Why not get a life? It's Sunday. You shouldn't be this bored until tomorrow.

As bitter and rude as you are, it still remains a factual statement. A nanny can't sue a family for a dirty bathroom or force them to add a bathroom to their house if they didn't have one. You take the job as is, when you no longer feel comfortable pooping in their home then you must quit or deal with it like an adult.

Just maybe, like a parent, you'd like to maintain some consistency with your child's care during your absence? Maybe not.

OP here.

Um, im not sure what this thread just turned into.

1. I think that nannies and all employees are entitled to basic sanitation.
2. That being said, I can deal with messiness. I do not want to sue anyone. I just asked if it would be offensive to clean someone else's home. Some people feel that it is rude other think "Go right ahead and clean if you want!"

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Anonymous wrote:Is there only one bathroom in the house? If not, I don't subscribe to the idea that I can only use one bathroom in the house. This isn't the 1950's.

Our house only has one. It is a 1950's house. But, I would not be ok if I had a master bedroom or other private areas that someone else was using.

If that was the only clean bathroom in the house, you'd best believe that would be the one I would use. I would not give two shits about what made you uncomfortable, since you already showed you don't care about my comfort. An employee has a right to a clean workplace and bathroom.

False. You have no rights. If the nanny family only had an outhouse that would be all you get. You are not entitled to anything.

Why not get a life? It's Sunday. You shouldn't be this bored until tomorrow.

As bitter and rude as you are, it still remains a factual statement. A nanny can't sue a family for a dirty bathroom or force them to add a bathroom to their house if they didn't have one. You take the job as is, when you no longer feel comfortable pooping in their home then you must quit or deal with it like an adult.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there only one bathroom in the house? If not, I don't subscribe to the idea that I can only use one bathroom in the house. This isn't the 1950's.

Our house only has one. It is a 1950's house. But, I would not be ok if I had a master bedroom or other private areas that someone else was using.

If that was the only clean bathroom in the house, you'd best believe that would be the one I would use. I would not give two shits about what made you uncomfortable, since you already showed you don't care about my comfort. An employee has a right to a clean workplace and bathroom.

False. You have no rights. If the nanny family only had an outhouse that would be all you get. You are not entitled to anything.

Why not get a life? It's Sunday. You shouldn't be this bored until tomorrow.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there only one bathroom in the house? If not, I don't subscribe to the idea that I can only use one bathroom in the house. This isn't the 1950's.

Our house only has one. It is a 1950's house. But, I would not be ok if I had a master bedroom or other private areas that someone else was using.

If that was the only clean bathroom in the house, you'd best believe that would be the one I would use. I would not give two shits about what made you uncomfortable, since you already showed you don't care about my comfort. An employee has a right to a clean workplace and bathroom.

False. You have no rights. If the nanny family only had an outhouse that would be all you get. You are not entitled to anything.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there only one bathroom in the house? If not, I don't subscribe to the idea that I can only use one bathroom in the house. This isn't the 1950's.

Our house only has one. It is a 1950's house. But, I would not be ok if I had a master bedroom or other private areas that someone else was using.

If that was the only clean bathroom in the house, you'd best believe that would be the one I would use. I would not give two shits about what made you uncomfortable, since you already showed you don't care about my comfort. An employee has a right to a clean workplace and bathroom.

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Anonymous wrote:If I clean the bathroom that I have to use?

It is really gross and smells like mold. There is a build up of hair and crud on the floor. I am not supposed to clean and mb was annoyed before when I washed dishes. I really want to wash the gross rug and mob the floor with bleach.
Would you be offended?

Ps it is my 2nd week.

Stupid troll again. Build up of hair on the floor? MB is mad when you wash dishes? You've gone overboard, dear.

I'm not trolling. Yes there is a lot of hair and other miscellaneous dirt on the floor.

Are the children filthy on Mondays mornings? Which bathroom do they use?

Not everyone needs the floor to be clean enough to eat off of to use the bathroom. I can take a dump with some hair on the floor and grim on the toilet tank. It won't kill you.

Um, how dirty is your bathroom? Who has to share it with you?

My bathroom is pretty dirty, but thats how a bathroom is supposed to be. It's not dirty enough to not be able to use it. There isn't poop smeared on the walls or toilet seat. It's just girmey, dusty, and hairy. Who cares.

Umm, false. Bathrooms are not "supposed" to be dirty. It takes about 30 seconds each day to wipe down surfaces with a clorox wipe, problem solved.
If you want to be dirty in private, go for it. Once you invite an employee into your home it is no longer private. No everyone likes to take a dump, as you so eloquently put it, in other people's filth.

Exactly.

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Anonymous wrote:If I clean the bathroom that I have to use?

It is really gross and smells like mold. There is a build up of hair and crud on the floor. I am not supposed to clean and mb was annoyed before when I washed dishes. I really want to wash the gross rug and mob the floor with bleach.
Would you be offended?

Ps it is my 2nd week.

Stupid troll again. Build up of hair on the floor? MB is mad when you wash dishes? You've gone overboard, dear.

I'm not trolling. Yes there is a lot of hair and other miscellaneous dirt on the floor.

Are the children filthy on Mondays mornings? Which bathroom do they use?

Not everyone needs the floor to be clean enough to eat off of to use the bathroom. I can take a dump with some hair on the floor and grim on the toilet tank. It won't kill you.

Um, how dirty is your bathroom? Who has to share it with you?

My bathroom is pretty dirty, but thats how a bathroom is supposed to be. It's not dirty enough to not be able to use it. There isn't poop smeared on the walls or toilet seat. It's just girmey, dusty, and hairy. Who cares.

Umm, false. Bathrooms are not "supposed" to be dirty. It takes about 30 seconds each day to wipe down surfaces with a clorox wipe, problem solved.
If you want to be dirty in private, go for it. Once you invite an employee into your home it is no longer private. No everyone likes to take a dump, as you so eloquently put it, in other people's filth.