I saw a nanny steal a stroller rain cover plastic off another stroller at Barnes and Noble 86th street between 2nd and 3rd ave. It was really sad seeing that it was pouring outside and that baby and mother would have been left stranded without any covering to get home. The nanny seemed quite nice though, I was watching her and two other mothers she was with unaware to all of them. They were sitting on the floor with their babies reading and having a fine time, although her baby who was wearing a very pretty pink and white Mary Jane raincoat and hat seemed to be running all over the store and out of control. One mother seemed to know what was going on and the other seemed unaware that the nanny was stealing someone's plastic. It looked like a practical joke because she was laughing but I would advise all mothers and nannies to keep a close eye on their belongings when out in public places. The nanny was dressed in blue jeans a white peasant top and black boots. She was tall, fair skinned, bleached blond hair and I think she had an accent...maybe Caribbean The baby, a girl about two, blonde dressed in khaki pants red shirt and red shoes.
**updated 8/25/07 -Stroller Plastic Photo by Lou Bueno
no proof of stealing.
ReplyDeleteTaking a rain cover off of someone else's stroller without permission (and leaving with it) is STEALING! I'd be pissed if my child's rain cover got stolen wether or not it was raining.
ReplyDeleteOP, I hope the parent whose rain cover was stollen was able to ask the store manager for the surveillance video. I hate thieves.
That's taking it a bit far, don't you think....
ReplyDeleteStealing is stealing, a thief is a thief and a criminal is a criminal.
ReplyDeleteWhy should somebody get away with taking something that belongs to someone else? I'd ask to see the surveillance videos. It isn't taking it too far if you want to get what belongs to you back from a dirty thief.
Did you actually see her walk out the door with the cover? Maybe she was playing a joke on the other one, since you say they were seemingly together, talking and having a good time.
ReplyDeleteSurveillance video works for me. I don't steal from anyone, so if anyone stole anything other than food from me, I'd make an example out of them. Some people are so self centered.
ReplyDeleteSounds like Barnes & Noble is really happening nowadays. Nannies who steal in broad daylight, and those who go there to drop off to sleep! Where are all the responsible nannies, don't tell me the Tribeca advocate is right!
ReplyDeleteThis seems like nannies who are friends just playing around. Did you tell the other nanny that her item was being stolen to fine out for sure?
ReplyDeleteThis should teach some of you mothers who hire nannies, how to treat them, imagine a nanny having to steal from someone else because she is afraid to face her employer with the truth (that she probably misplaced or lost her stroller plastic) out of fear of ill comments or worse, being fired. You employers of nannies need to change your bad attitude that cause nannies to go to the extreme!!
ReplyDeletesounds to me like OP didn't really have all the facts. Perhaps the nanny was taking back a raincover that the person had borrowed previously.
ReplyDeleteNo evidence of stealing here, if you ask me.
1:58pm, if a nanny steals or does something stupid, it is not her employer's fault. There are a lot of nannies who have at some point during their career found themeselves with abusive employes, but did not go out to commit a crime because their employers were abusive. If nannies commited crimes due to abusive employers, many neighborhoods would be in lockdown. I am a nanny, and when I feel abused, I quit, not steal!
ReplyDeleteWhat is this stroller plastic? Do people really take their babies out in the stroller in pouring rain covering their srollers in plastic? This seems ridiclous and unsafe. I have never seen or heard of such a thing.
ReplyDeleteIf you really have never heard of such a thing, you must live in the Mojave Desert. In rainy weather areas (try London), you can't just hang around the house 24/7 with a baby or 2. Not everyone orders groceries online and pays for delivery, or has the maid run the errands or the nanny try to entertain the little ones all day inside. Real people sometimes HAVE to leave the house and amazingly, many enjoy the exercise and fresh air.
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ReplyDeleteAre you locked up un an old folks home where there are no children? Strollers come with fitted covers, of transparent plastic, which everyone uses when it rains. Children actually go to school, among other places when it rains! In cities like NYC you will see them by the hundreds, because we WALK here!
I have a stroller cover. I also purchased my nanny a rain parka, rain boots and a rain hat. All so she can endure the "rain". Our apartment may have cost 1.3 million, but it is still only 780 square feet!
ReplyDelete8:08pm, Stroller covers (except the really cheap ones) are safe when used appropriately. They are NOT made from thin clingy plastic, but that hard to fold kind of plastic, so it cannot be easily placed over the face. They also have strategically placed ventillation holes that let air circulate while keeping the rain out. The covers also come with instructions on how/when/when not to use.
ReplyDeleteI am 8:08. I live in a large city in Michigan (I live IN the city and we walk here too) and I have never seen this. I understand a bit better now with your explainantions (although I could have done without rude comments about where I must live etc....then I again what else could I expect from Cali Mom...that's her job on here). I get the idea, but I have to say this pic looks horrifying to me. If it was raining that hard, I think I would find something to do with my kids indoors. I guess it is fortunate that we are able to drive here as well.
ReplyDeleteCali Mom...you make your nanny do your grocery shopping for you? Wow!
ReplyDeleteUm, I don't HAVE a nanny, nor want one.
ReplyDeleteI'd say read the post again and you might be less confused but...I'm not such an optimist as that.
Wow Cali Mom could actually survive if you didn'thave anyone to insult or demean?
ReplyDeleteGreat Picture!
ReplyDeleteThe stroller plastic does look scary!
ReplyDeleteIf you thin this cover is scary, you should see the cheaper versions. Just looking at them makes me feel like I am drowining.
ReplyDeleteThis child looks horrfied!
ReplyDeleteThis plastic looks like something from an Alfred Hitchcock movie. It's creeping me out/ Poor kid :(
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone want to go to the chatroom?
ReplyDeleteNo. Not particularly.
ReplyDelete10:44 Brag much?
ReplyDelete9:40am, you took the words right off my keyboard! 10:44pm is indeed a brag. A not very intelligent brag to be exact. Only an idiot spends $1.3 million on 780 suare feet and thinks it is worth bragging about.
ReplyDeleteI dont think anyone is bragging about spending 1.3 million on a manhattan apartment. it is the unfortunate reality and another reason why we are all hell bent on sending our children outside. umbrellas, parkas, even a garbage bag- fresh air. instead of the same walls. and not just for the child, but I think of my nanny and how tired she must be of our apartment. I know she hates the winter and rainy days, because being stuck inside all day is a DRAG. I am sure it is better if you have space, a yard, a porch- even a playroom!
ReplyDeleteNot so surprising at all actually. Research 1996 home prices in areas such as San Francisco, Santa Clara, Berkeley, San Jose...I'm just guessing but I'd expect similar housing markets in areas of Florida and NYC (Manhattan). Not every city is priced like Bumf*ck Iowa where you can find a 4 bedroom 3 bath on an acre for under 200k.
ReplyDeleteHuh, that was me again at 12:16.
ReplyDelete12:05am here. I think stating that she spent $1.3 million on 780 sq ft is irrelevant. She should have simply informed us about the rain package she got for her nanny. People who brag about big purchases are usually in debt trying to catch up with the Jonses. when you pick up your kids from those $40,000/yr private schools, do you hear other parents bragging about their $6 million homes, hell no! Civilized people with money don't brag.
ReplyDeletehomes? you are totally off track. she is talking about buying a place in manhattan. to buy any place is hugely expensive. so working people of all incomes spend a much higher rate of their income on mortgage (or rent). I don't think having a 1.3 million dollar 700 square foot apartment is at all "rich". If anything, I see that person's comment as a complaint.
ReplyDeleteAnd the brag of the year award goes to...
ReplyDeleteGet a grip y'all! Too much bragging, defending, and craziness going on. Could y'all actually survive if you didn't have anyone to insult or demean? Stealing is stealing, a brag is a brag and a criminal is a criminal.
ReplyDeleteA 1.3 million dollar apartment in NYC makes you lucky, but upper middle class. NOT RICH.
ReplyDeleteI don't see that as bragging.
Anyone who lives in NYC would know!
What does the cost of your apartments have to do with this practice of wrapping your chilren in plastic to take them out in inclimate weather instead of keeping them in? Or with a nanny taking someone else's baby glad wrap???
ReplyDeleteYou are an idiot. Anyone who lives in an apartment, regardless of how much they pay can go stir crazy after awhile. No balconies. This isn't Miami. It's NYC. So you take your child to the park, mall, museum, post office, coffee store, indoor play park. You take your child anywhere just to get out. And you put some plastic on their stroller. Since most every stroller has the option of buying the plastic, perhaps you are just cheaping out? Me, I want my child protected from the rain and snow. That's just how I roll.
ReplyDeleteI pity the poor little creep that lives in a $1.3 million apartment. You need to earn more and get a bigger place, and get a summer home. You poor people drive me crazy. Stop complaining and start earning more.
ReplyDelete11:37, you obviously meant to say you ENVY the poor little creep that lives in a $1.3 million apartment. Either things are pretty boring for you in Bumfuck Iowa or you work so many hours to pay for your $1.4 million apartment your children don't recognize you and tell their nanny that some mean stranger is trying to kidnap them when you try to touch them. You bitch people drive me crazy, so stop bitching and start playing with your kids more.
ReplyDeleteOh Cali mom, you are so transparent! I don't envy anyone, I am very comfortable AND I spend alot of time with my kids. See, I don't have to work ever again, so I have all the time to spend with my family. Iowa doesn't sound bad. I don't live there, but maybe I will visit.
ReplyDeleteGood grief! you people need to breathe. Still losing sleep over a tiny overpriced Manhattan apartment! Up your meds asap.
ReplyDeleteI see that someone has a grudge against Iowa. Please attend sensitivity classes. I live in Iowa, and I'm very offended that you feel that you can insult Iowa whenever you feel like it.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.visitiowa.org/
2:09, paranoid much? You should stop nursing that grudge.
ReplyDeleteIowa person, my comment about housing in Iowa was simply to point out that it's much cheaper there than many places (because there IS obviously less demand to live there) and if someone is usd to a metropolitan area like Manhattan, of course they will be bored in a more rural area.
Up your meds!
ReplyDeleteMy Goodness!!!! Why don't these blogs block Cali Mom. I don't usually read blogs or have a nanny or children for that matter. I stumbled across this page by accident and to be honest, the total lunacy of Cali mom is what caught my attention. She is a piece of work, all be it a cracked piece of work. I think someone should start a Crazy Cali Mom on Crack blog
ReplyDeleteWord! 2:09 outed Cali mom and her grudge against Iowa. Then Cali mom accuses 2:09 of being paranoid, then proceeds to explain why she (Cali mom) insulted Iowa. So, if 2:09 is just being paranoid about Cali mom insulting Iowa, why is Cali mom explaining why she is insulting Iowa? Who is paranoid here? lets take a vote. How many bloggers here think Cali mom should fire her shrink?
ReplyDeleteMaybe she just needs one of those imaginary Leah Remini hoodies.
ReplyDeleteWell if you saw the nanny steel it. why did'nt you tell the parent? or report her to the law? if you watched her steel it might as well been you steeling it. watching a crime and not saying anything is a crime also.
ReplyDeleteplease get back on topic. as for my opinion, I agree with 6:01, you should have reported it.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that I never piss anyone off on this blog. Some of you people bite. Love y'all.
ReplyDelete4:44....huh?
ReplyDelete4:16...you start it. I'm in!
ReplyDeleteLets get back this horrifying pic of this poor suffocating under this layer of plastic wrap.
ReplyDeleteHello 10:14pm,
ReplyDeleteI think 4:14 is laying the facts on the table.
About your response to 4:16, what would you like to join. Please do tell. I am sooooo curious :)
10:15pm, not the plastic cover again! :)
ReplyDeleteOne one condition, that we get to talk about those Leah Remini hoodies, the grumpy grandpa, ....and the tiny overpriced manhattan apartment. LOL.
why don't you all go to the chatroom to get your ya-yas out?
ReplyDeleteA name around here makes for an easy target, so it seems 99.5% of the whiners ARE wise enough to always post as anonymous, though NOT wise enough to avoid reading posts by someone whose posts they claim to hate.
ReplyDeleteI got an idea, should i start posting anon like all you whiners so it's impossible for you to skip my posts? Make my day!
cali mom: does it ever make you wonder why you are universally hated.....maybe you should start signing Anon it will be better for your self esteem.
ReplyDeleteThe regulars on this blog can spot the usual suspects even when they post as anonymous. Some people are just programmed to piss everyone whether they post their name or not.
ReplyDeleteparkslopemom, nah. Just my name pisses 'em off enough, I'll make sure they see it enough to need some extra botox treatments.
ReplyDeleteI like you calimom. You have brass balls.
ReplyDeleteWell thanks Spooky. I've been around enough message boards, I'm not about to let myself get bullied off by a bunch of bored chicks with keyboards.
ReplyDeleteyou all could have been playing with your kids instead of blogging about pointless things. i go on these things for entertainment because you guys are sooo stupid. unplug yourself- get some of that frech air you were talking about..
ReplyDeletegod bless you
No one would like Cali Mom better even if she did post anonymous. She'd still be the same type of person she is now...only maybe worse. It is possible (although I shudder at the thought) that becasue she used a name, she holds back a bit.
ReplyDelete10:30: What is Frech Air?
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to have an alias because an alias is always there to praise you when things fall apart.
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