Received Tuesday, February 19, 2008
On (2/18) @ 12:40 PM EST at the dog walk @ Elysian Park in Hoboken.
White/Hispanic biracial female with straight hair, drawn on eyebrows, wearing an orange-ish, down parka that tied at the waist. She was walking a dog that looked to be part yellow Labrador on a green leash and she was accompanied by a boy of about 3.5-4.5. The boy was hacking a cough, walking slowly and she kept yelling at him to hurry up. She muttered some comment about her not being a dog walker so "it" meaning being there, I think- was worse on her. If you could have observed this with your own eyes, you would have wondered about the care the little guy received on a daily basis. Boy had curly, brown hair. Brown jacket open over a medium blue and dark blue striped shirt, blue jeans.
How did she treat the dog?
ReplyDeleteAnother Nanny laden with a duty that has made her resentful, judging by the reaction OP witnessed.
ReplyDeleteParents should be careful about what duties they give because if it turns out making them resentful ... the only ones that will suffer for it will be their kids.
This child had no reason being outside as sick as he sounded. This Nanny is definately wrong for the way she was treating the child ... but this sounds more like it was the Parents fault, otherwise I doubt Nanny would have been out in freezing temperatures dragging around a dog and a sick child and bitching about it.
While there is no excuse for a nasty nanny, I wonder why the parents would ask their nanny to walk the dog, knowing their child is sick and shouldn't be out.
ReplyDeleteI maintain a good working relationship with my clients because when asked to a little extra something, I usually politely decline. It's not that I want to be difficult, but prior experience has taught me to stick pretty close to what was agreed upon when I started or else, they will pile it on. I'm not totally inflexible, but I probably decline extra duuties about 80 percent of the time. This way, they get used to hearing NO more than YES.
Poor little boy, poor nanny, poor dog!
ReplyDeleteThe nanny should not be required to pick up dog shit. If she is required to walk the dog, she has no choice but to take the boy out when he is ill, she can't leave him home alone. She shouldn't take her grumpies out on the child, but she may just be having an off day.
I am a professional and I make six figures. Sometimes, there are bad days at the office. My assistant isn't there and I have to do tasks that someone else should be doing. I don't love it, but I wouldn't take it out on a random child!
ReplyDeleteKennedy, with all due respect, I doubt you have ever been asked to clean up dogshit as an extra task.
ReplyDeleteI always refuse when people ask me to take care of their animals other than feeding, watering and letting them in the yard. Cleaning up after their dog is their responsibility, not mine. If they need a dog walker, there are plenty of services that will do the task for a day, a week or longer. I always keep business cards in my wallet for pet care and housecleaning services with excellent reputations. This way I can offer this information as a solution when I am asked to perform duties beyond what I am willing to do.
Besides I must point out again, if the child is sick why the hell ask the nanny to drag him out to walk the dog??? Hoboken is loaded with professional dog walking services. Of course, the proper thing for the nanny to have said would have been. "I don't walk dogs, I'm sorry." Although she probably would have been fired over it. After all, If they don't consider their son's health over the dog's needs, what does the nanny mean to them?
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ReplyDeleteYour last sentence says it all.
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ReplyDeleteThey probably figure they could save an extra buck. Instead, of hiring someone.