In my life, I have never tasted kashi, not a single shred. I wouldn't eat oranges out of a can or jar, that's unnatural. So, why are their notes on the cans and jars of oranges, why is the kashi marked, "do not touch"? What's so special about that flavor of Progresso soup? If it's your favorite, maybe you should by three or four? Really I can't drink the propel? I really like the propel and those days I go straight through from 8:00-7:00, I am always looking for something healthy to grab so I can keep energized to chase after your two children. The barbecue sauce really bothers me. Have I ever in all my time here ever set about randomly barbecuing in the middle of the afternoon? Do you think I host secret nanny functions where I fire up your super special stainless steel grill? Do I even cook for you? How in God's name are your barbecue sauces in so much peril that you have to mark them, protect them? The last picture. I'm a nanny, I work all day with two children under five years old. You're really going to say no to the Ciroq vodka? "Please don't use". I'm working with your children during the day, are you suggesting it's okay to pour myself a shot of Hornitos or Johny Walker, so long as I keep my mitts off the oh so special because it's made from grapes and pimped by P. Diddy? Did you forget that you hired me from Utah? Do you remember specifically advertising in Utah because you were looking for a Mormon nanny. Do I ever go out? Reek of alchohol? And in your fancy, multi tiered pantry, why are certain pasta sauces off limits to me? Yes to the Ragu, Paul Newmans and Prego; No to the Raos and Patsy's? Do you eat the Ragu? I just don't understand you. You give me a car to drive, a nicer car than I will ever be able to afford, you pay the insurance on it, provide all of the gas and pay my easy pass, even for weekends and you never bat an eye, but this is what the pantry looks like? I'm a live-in nanny. Room and board is included in the deal. Are you worried that I will take advantage of you and gorge myself on blood oranges and Kashi? What is it? How bad could it possibly be?
142 comments:
Who needs that much oatmeal?
Pretty clear to me. The things you are not allowed to touch are more expensive. I guess you need to eat the 2nd rate stuff. This is pretty rude and I guess if it were me I would say something about it.
This must be a joke. They trust you with their kids, but not with their tomato sauce. Well, it is always good to have your priorities straight.
Best.
Post.
Ever.
lmfaolmfaolmfao.
:)
the nerve. seriously.
thank god they didn't label all the other alcohol, right? :P
has this been going on as long as you've been there? or is this a more recent occurrence?
i would totally mention it to them. "yeah, i noticed you had some food labeled so that i wouldn't eat/drink it. would you like me to provide you with a list of things i enjoy eating and drinking so that on the next grocery run we can stock up?"
How. Completely. Freakin'. Bizarre.
2nd class foods for their 2nd class Nanny.
I can't believe how pissed off I am right now!
I wish I were you ... I would take all their good crap and dump every last Kashi crumb in the damn sink.
Your Employers are greedy, obnoxious and utterly pathetic.
What's wrong, they can't 'afford' to share the good stuff with you? Nah, that ain't it.
This is either their way of exercising control over you and what your 'allowed' to eat, or they just don't think your good enough to partake in the expensive foods.
I hate high brow jerks like this.
My condolences, OP.
At my old job I ate the last can of soup and the mom FLIPPED OUT!!! She always told me to help myself and eat whatever. She started screaming that I was so inconsiderate and just because I work in their home doesn't mean I can take EVERYTHING. She found out she was pregnant the next week.
Awesome post. I would eat/drink it anyways "Oops, that note was for me?!"
I love, love, love posts like this!
(Drama, pictures ...)
Great post, Op!
I'm soooooo sorry for you!!!
I can't believe this is even true. Are you for real?
And why do they even buy multiple brands of pasta sauce? Isn't it ordinary just to buy your favorite brand ONLY? I mean, how much more can that special brand of sauce cost...a dollar? What a stupid thing for them to ruin a good nanny relationship over!
So they are really buying chaper brands of everything for you and better for themselves? That is sooooo rude! (Unless they are the OP from a while back where the nanny was eating like a dozen hungry lumberjacks every day...which I am assuming they are NOT.)
4:32 Had a great post i was just thinking that.
Look at the bright side at least they left you the graduates!
Seriously though, give her your foodlist and list all the can't have stuff on there.
If I were you, I'd just use it
I love you.
Those pictures are gorgeous.
*skips off feeling both smug and superior*
I just don't know that I would enjoy learning that my nanny was sneaking around with a camera photographing my home and possessions. In fact, I am quite sure I wouldn't tolerate such behavior. And posting the pictures on a national website? I'm quite sure I would more than fire you nanny. I hope your employer's learn about your reckless sensationalism and soon.
Aw helaine, give the poor girl a break. She's probably delirious from hunger and having to eat expired canned goods out of the 1/2price food bin at the Salvation Army!
Besides, there's nothing about her employer's house or identity that we can glean from those photos...except that they are a pair of complete nutjobs!
My husband would kick my ask if I tried to treat somebody in our home that way...so don't try to say it's all the mom's fault either. Methinks somebody in that house needs to grow a pair...and use them to whack some class into his selfish witch of a wife.
Helaine - you are ridiculous. She posted pictures of food, not precious possessions. Get over yourself.
7:15, it sounds like the vodka and Rao's *are* the precious possessions! They must be some sort of limited edition special quanity...perhaps SIGNED by Rao's and Mr. Progresso himself!
This is all sorts of fantastic. I love it. Maybe she'll start bringing home some unmarked cans for you, you know, since they were marked down to 25 cents.
Your boss is ridiculous.
Helaine,
..... it's food.
Not their checkbooks,
not their jewelry,
not their closet.
Cut the girl some slack. She is probably just as dumbfounded as we are that people actually do this, and wanted to show proof, otherwise we would be calling bullshit on this post.
"reckless sensationalism" ???
My, aren't we the drama queen?
ROFLMAO!!!!
Do you have a life, dear?
Holy oranges in a jar- I should be more shocked except, I had a friend who worked as a nanny and the family did that to all their stuff. And the full time housekeeper got dibs on all the leftovers since she lived there and not the nanny so the nanny would always have these containers of gourmet food to get past marked "property of magda". That is how she marked them. And I think I remember a post from a nanny who sent pictures of the refrigerator with notes on the food! How often does this go on? If you feel the need to label your food, my bet is a live in situation is not for you!
"Entitled white folks???"
Let me guess ... you said that to get a rise out of everybody, right?
OMG! They are crazy! Why do they have a live-in if they are so possessive?!
I would start taking a teensy bit of everything everyday just to see if they noticed!
Mom, I am so with you on that.
I am going to ignore Trip, because her ignorance makes her unworthy of a response.
I suggest nobody waste any time engaging her.
Mom
We are about due for a flame war, you know. It's just about once a week that it happens, and usually on a popular post.
Wanna lay some bets?
Yes mpp, but even a flame war needs to start on a higher level than that. I don't know that we have more than one..maybe two...people on this whole site ignorant enough to engage such a blatant and stupid ploy for attention. Let's just hope they're not here tonight!
Oh, I know.
Marissa's giggling. Are you a flamer, girl? ☺
Helaine, if they did fire her they would be doing her a favor. Anyone who treats their nanny so disrespectfully deserves to have their dirty laundry (pantry) aired on the internet!
Trip: there are no words. Well, racist may cover it... :(
mpp, im laughing at your comment about bets because you are so right on
all in good spirit though....
Marissa
We can only hope!
to the poster at 6.56pm i guess its okay to post about bad nannies but not bad moms. these are horrid people and i dont know why op is still working for them. they obviously have no respect for her as a human being, she is obviously second to nothin as far as they are concerned
Oh, and Umass - you took the words right out of my mouth.
"if they did fire her they would be doing her a favor" ...
She definately doesn't need to be working for people like them.
helaine,
you really come off as insensitive. what these people have done has made this poor nanny feel like a second class citizen!
Poor woman. I hope you find a new family with ease.
At absolute _best_, obsessive compulsive disorder.
I particularly like the cereal segregation.
At first I wondered if she marked things she would need later in the week. Like if she planned to cook a meal with a certain sauce etc. and didn't want it to be eaten at lunch if it was Wednesdays dinner. But that wouldn't explain the cereal or the vodka lol. As far as the propel, does she use it daily at the gym or something? I have protein bars my hubby doesn't eat b/c he knows they are my breakfast every morning.
OP,
Loved the pics of The Pantry: Your employer's NOT-so-subtle way of reminding you of your "place".
What is it with controlling, insecure employer's and food...?
For my boss it's leftovers, and who's entitled to throw them out. I only cleaned out the fridge ONCE (thought I'd go above & beyond on a slow day), only to find out I'd overstepped my boundaries by pitching out the 10 day old pizza, two week old matzo ball soup, moldy cheeses, and expired yogurts. This family rarely eats their leftovers - ever- but, apparently, throwing them out is an executive decision. Freaky people! I'm not live-in, but bring all my own snacks and lunch because I'm afraid to touch anything sitting in THAT fridge anyway!
Good luck with these nut-jobs!
Are those water chestnuts marked in the second photo? Who would think anybody would spontaneously eat those?
After looking at the pictures more closely I am starting to wonder if this is a joke. (Sorry OP if it's not.)
Why would they mark the Captain Crunch? Or the barbecue sauce?
And the marked items seem to be all in the front row and the labels just barely attached...as if maybe for easy removal after the photo op so the family won't wonder why bits of label are stuck to all of their foods? And the marked bottle of Propel has been opened.
I'm just sayin....
Um, just so you guys know ....
In the 2nd row of pictures is a bottle of Hoisin sauce.
Hold on to your seats .....
It can cost anywhere from $30 to $50 a bottle!!!!
And the Rao's spaghetti sauce?
$10 to $15
No wonder those tightwads don't wanna share.
But that doesn't explain the Kashi or the Progresso, huh? Wonder why *that's* off limits.
Mom, I hate to say it, but I think this post is for real.
Funny stuff. Are you sure the notes are for you. Maybe the husband is a totaly idiot and needs the notes. Who has the time to put little papers on all the food, and then check to see if it is still there at the end of the day.
Do an experiment with her head, take one forbidden item a week. Or move the notes around. You could seriously make her nuts.
Wierd. If I buy for a special dinner I clump the ingredients together in the pantry. I do like to cook and sometimes buy special stuff but this is just strange.
And the Ciroq Vodka is only about $30.
I've had liquor that would cost that much a shot .... (although not often, lol)
It must be off limits because P. Diddy stomped the grapes to that bottle himself!
mpp, Are you F@*#ing nuts--hoisin sauce does not cost that much, not that brand anyway. I buy it often at the Chinese market, a few dollars at most. WTF are you talking about.
I LOVE 11:52's idea.....move the notes around......mess with her big time......before you QUIT! I really think you could have some memorable fun with this!!! Hahahahahahaha! Great post and the pictures are a HOOT! She is psycho! (OMGosh...her POOR children!)
OP, you should absolutely talk to the bosses...amend this to suit your personality as needed, because I am ALL about the not-so-subtle snark.
"I just wanted to ask you about the labels on the food. I'm a little confused, and need clarification! Is it OK to eat the Kashi if I have only a small serving? Does "save" mean the food is not allowed to be served to the kids as long as I don't eat any of it?? May I put cheaper vodka on the shopping list, since the Ciroc is in the "save" category? Would it be possible to buy extra Propel water, so that I can have one to drink on my 11 hour shifts? What do you want me to do if the kids demand any of the labeled food for their meals?"
Act all confused, and then say you think it might be easier if they gave you a food allowance and your very own shelf and frig space. Ask for $100 per week, buy stuff you kno0w they'd like, and then label it all as yours.
Sheesh. Some people's nerve.
Helaine, ROFLMAO! You are seriously so paranoid and anal that you have issues about someone posting a picture of the jar of tomato sauce in your cupboard? I hope your nanny (oh, scuse me, "your girls") see this and post pictures of not only your pantry cupboards but your toilet after you did a big stinker that left some remnants.
I swear, you must just post this stuff to entertain us, because I have trouble believeing anyone could be like you. Unless it was that employer who screamed at her nanny because SHE herself couldn't be bothered to turn on the heater.
calif nanny here....people are so darn weird...who does that crap? There are foods at the homes I work at that I just figure maybe I shouldnt eat,,,restaurant leftovers or maybe something they were going to eat that night as a left over. But I just text the mom and ask...no big deal. Just the other day I got to work and dad told me "this is for snack day at school...." letting me know the kids and I arent to eat. Its about communication, folks. I love my familys, they are so normal.
Hmm, this is interesting. Are you sure the notes are for you? My mom would always put things for my brother not to eat because he would eat them, so could it be for the dad?
I was thinking a dinner party, but I don't understand why the Propel would be on it for that.
I would probably ask her actually :) Not to be annoying, but really because I would be offended and need to know why.
WOW.
That is one of the tackiest things I've ever heard of! Do they also label the toilet paper ("nice, soft, 2-ply for us...rough, cheap, 1-ply for nanny"???
Who labels their food (except college students who can't trust their stoned room-mates with the food in the dormitory mini-fridge?).
I was a live-in nanny years ago and never had this experience. Common-sense and manners dictated my kitchen-behavior.
I ate with my charges whatever I made them (except their "kid" foods such as fruit roll-ups, etc), and I was free to make myself anything else from the pantry or fridge.
I bought my own food when I had a craving for something in particular or wanted a certain kind of bottled water or whatever. If the family wanted to try some of my food, they were welcome to it (though they rarely ever asked).
I never touched the family's liquor or gourmet specialty foods (not because I was "forbidden" to, but because I knew it was inappropriate to wolf down my employer's imported brie or their favorite scotch, etc).
The OP's post goes down in ISYN history as one of the WOWest!
12:05
Do you not think I would do some research before posting what the Hoisin sauce cost?
Maybe you just buy the cheap shit.
12:05
What crawled up your ass and died? Hoisin sauce can cost anywhere upwards of $30.00 or so, and if these people are keeping their nanny from having any, I doubt it's a $5.00 jar. Give me a break.
Lmao, 12:05 must not be able to afford anything but Kikkoman hoisin sauce.
The hoisin sauce thing just cracks me up.
Regardless of the cost, do her employers really think their nanny (or anyone, for that matter) would use HUGE amounts of hoisin sauce in a short period of time?
Hoisin sauce is pretty powerful stuff. Meant to be used in teaspoonfuls and dashes.
Judging from the size of the bottle, these people shop at Cosco. There's enough hoisin sauce there for the whole family (nanny-included!) for a good long time.
Such silliness.
I think the whole hoisin thing is ridiculous. They probably order it special like the have to their Patsy's spaghetti sauce. I don't think you can just walk into a store and buy it.
So if it isn't the price, it's definately the hassle of getting the product.
Maybe that's why they won't share, it's too hard to get???
I bet it's good!!!
Wait, wait...do I see grits and pinto beans? Why yes I do!
Someone said these must be "entitled white people"?
Nope, looks like these might be "entitled black people" or an "entitled black person" married to an "entitled asian person" (there's a lot of asian food in the cabinet too).
And before anyone freaks out and calls me a racist...I'm a "non-entitled" BLACK person.
With just a few exceptions, where there are grits, there are black folk.
;)
ROFLMAO!!!!
This is a great thread! I love it, you guys.
1:35, you crack me up!
Thank you for pointing out you weren't entitled white folk, or you'd be in trouble!!!
Hahahaha!
1:35, LOL!!! That one must have been deleted, because I've only seen it quoted. I love your take.
O.k., o.k.
I think the 3 cans in the second frame are crab meat.
Now THERE'S the entitiled white folk food!
And actually, I love grits, but I'm white and not even from the South. Go figure :)
Mmmm, love me some grits!
Lotsa butter, too.
3 cans in second frame appear to be
water chestnuts...could be for entitle white or asian people.
Can of pinto beans appears to be "refried" so could be for entitled latino person.
All the pasta sauces could be for entitled Italian person.
Booze could be for entitled alcholic person.
Hell, I give up.
And now I'm totally hungry. lol
entitle=entitled ^^
Does anyone realize that there's no food in this food--it's all processed, full of salt, full of sugar, chemically colored crap. Who would want to eat it anyway?
Someone suggested it before, why not just ask for a food budget and space in the fridge and pantry. Let them have their over-priced, heart-strangling, artery-clogging canned, boxed, and bottled fare. Buy yourself something WORTH labeling as "mine."
food sleuth
we could go all night with this.
i love everybody's sense of humor on this one.
i really hope it perks this nanny up!
your post was great!
"processed, full of salt, full of sugar..."....Yummm!
I think the 3 cans might be "geisha" crab meat, not water chestnuts.
I CANNOT believe we are picking apart this pantry!
How fun is this!!!!
LMAO!
OP:
Please come back and tell us how you're doing and what happened with your anal-retentive employers.
If you're busy eating all their "off-limits" foods prior to quitting working for these irritating people, we'll understand.
*hugs*
I guess the consensus is that this is a real situation. Then there is definitely something WAY wrong with these employers. And, as if the labeling alone isn't psycho enough, the selection of which items to label takes it into a whole new level of crazy.
Do they seem otherwise normal? I cannot imagine that they are not bizarre in other ways too.
Are they those kind of obnoxious people who always think their kids can do no wrong and are way better than any other kids? I would guess they might be some of THOSE people.
I liked the idea somebody had about asking a lot of questions as though you are confused.
Maybe, if they aren't already shopping there, you could helpfully suggest they get a Costco card. I buy Propel for my kids in 30 packs or so, and it's pretty cheap. I don't remember how much it costs, but it's definitely not a label worthy price anyway.
Maybe they are super cheap but give you the great car because all of the neighbors can see that?
Mom- Would it suprise you to know that I am always getting her stupid stick ons stuck to me? She puts them in the refrigerator too. She doesn't press them on tightly and will stretch one tag across 3 of her Yogurts. My nanny friend has seen this all close up and she thinks the way the tags are left is supposed to cause me to have considerable fear before I partake in any of their fare. Their excuse, they have offered without me asking. The mother has told me that they work long days and when they come home, the last things they want to do is run out to the store, so they label their favorites. Control issues, I think so. Most of my nanny friends do the shopping for the house, not me.
I could have grouped everything together to get one photo of the labels, but I didn't touch or change anything. I am a good nanny but I would like to find another position. I am not actively interviewing, but I have friends who are asking around. When it comes time to interview with a new family, I may have to share my photos when they ask me why I want to move on.
The items in question:
Kashi Go lean crunch
(not captain crunch)
Water chestnuts
Hoboken Eddie's barbecue sauce:
http://www.hobokeneddies.com/
The grits?
The husband is from the South and loves southern food. Sunday he makes biscuits, gravy, grits sausage, bacon and chicken friend steak and eggs. I think the package grits are meants for his mid week cravings (?). Good to know they are available to me, I've never had them.
The person leaving the stickers is the wife. I have seen the husband get one stuck to him and fling it off like it was crap. I think it embarasses him. When he cooks on Sunday or grills, he always asks me to join them. He makes me a plate even when I say no. When he goes to the butcher, he says, "I'm grilling tonight, what can I put on for you". He's a nice guy.
Did I answer all of your questions? I am not very fond of the mother that I work for. When she goes shopping, she does ask me to put things on the list. This is an example of what I would add to the list ham, swiss cheese, pringles, wheat bread, pepperocini, Danon yogurts, coconut popsicles, Lipton sugar free iced tea mix.
They buy cheese and lunchmeats too. Though I didn't specify a brand, they bring me Boars Head which is the same she buys for themselves. Which goes back to the generosity with the car. And if I ask for 3 oranges, she gets 6 or something. She's tuff to figure out.
The wife has personality issues that clash with my personality, but she isn't all bad. As a live in nanny far from home, the labels just sort of slap me in the face everytime I see them.
Helaine- I didn't mention where I lived, not even the state. And I took pictures of the pantry up close so you could see just a shelf, not even the architecture of the pantry. On a side note, for some reason I was shaking while I took the pictures.
Last note, I am about 30 lbs overweight. This doesn't affect my job performance or my life, but I wonder if my boss sees me as someone who is unable to control her hunger and might at anytime lose it and start eating every thing in sight?
I am who I am. They are who they are. We're not the best match.
Ok dumbasses--that bottle on hoisin is only a few dollars. I buy it all the time, that brand, that kind. Get over yourselves on the price of things in someone elses kitchen. Just becasue you want to be dramatic don't lie.
You do not have to special order hoisin sauce that you can buy in any Chinese grocery store. For God's Sake it is cheap stuff. Sstop with the exagerations girls.
Check out the Soy Vay homepage for shopping. $4.99. Get your facts right. $28 for a case of 6.
If hoisnin sauce was $50 a bottle the Chinese would all starve.
OP Thanks for clarifying.
I can SO picture the dad ripping a tag off his shirt and throwing it away angrily! hehehe He does sound nice, but I wonder why he doesn't just put his foot down on this issue because it's SOOO insane. Is the mom that kind of person who is just too hard to deal with when anybody dares cross her so everybody, even the dad, just steers clear of telling her when she's out of line? Imagine the weird things her kids are learning by watching her.
The seeming randomness of her labeling (like buying you good luncheon meat but being afraid you might eat some cheap bottle of something nobody in their right mind would eat during the middle of day, or not letting you drink all the Propel you want)causes me to have concerns about her mental health. And yes, the way she sticks the labels on just a tiny bit is also very weird. Does she try to reuse them or something? The whole thing just looks very creepy to me.
You know, a couple of the CHEAPEST people I have ever known have been the wealthiest. And I don't mean overall cheap...I mean cheap as in trying to weasel free stuff out of people or not wanting to spend an extra nickel on something small, while spending hoardes of money on bigger, expensive items.
Have we settled this?
I love this post. I ask all nannies to send in pictures of their pantries. Hehehe! Picking apart pictures is fun. Send some medicine cabinets too. Those are real fun. Any takers?
You might want to consider the husband on a different level. Maybe the woman is also stingy in bed.
No ro,
OP sounds like she might really have some class. There is no reason to turn herself into a trashy whore out of spite.
Again, I'm so happy with my family. I eat the same thing every day I'm there. I enjoy chicken dogs, enough to have eaten them for lunch almost every day for the past 3 years. Every now and again Mom buys awesome chicken sausages, and reminds me that they have them, so that I can help myself. As a joke, she even bought them as part of a present for me, I think it was Christmas time.
Maybe twice has anything been "off limits". But not with notes, I get told "Oh, I'm making such-and-such, so don't eat this, okay?"
I agree with those that said to help her with the shopping, so you get what you enjoy, and know you can eat it.
Mom
I think Ro is talking about the Wife, not the OP. (You do sound very nice OP, but I can tell you've had it up to here ↑)
I hope you find a better match.
And although I'm usually not a nosy person by nature, this was kind of fun.
Ro, even though a strange medicine chest would be hilarious, I can't imagine what purpose a poster would have for sending it in, since it need to be Nanny related.
Unless there's one out there that has an Employer giving them a hard time for using their $30 shampoo?
RELAX!
Maybe she doesn't want you feeding things to the kids? Maybe she has a plan for those ingredients that week?
Whatever. Is this post even real?
Jane,
I think you should consider whether you should be posting such anti-employer propoganda on your site. Just think about who most of your readers are.
Mom I know what you mean about those types of cheap people.
The family I work for now... they will deduct $1/hr from my pay if a child is at grandma's house. They will try to get all of the household employees to do duties that are not what they are supposed to be doing to try and get their money's worth(have nanny sweep or do laundry, turn personal assistant into a housekeeper, have the housekeeper that they hired beause pa quit do laundry and weed the yard)... and yet they drop $1600 on a wine cooler for the 15+ bottles of Dom that they have (which I just looked up and can cost anywhere from $205-852 a bottle)... one day the mom went out and spent $450 on face wash products! But they will begrudge me $7... or even ask for $2 change when paying me at the end of the day!
Ro,
I apologize if I misunderstood your post. I thought you were suggesting OP sleep with the husband to get back at the psycho wife.
Every now and then somebody suggests the nanny retaliate for whatever by sleeping with the husband...which really irks me. This site is to help children...and I don't see how wrecking their parents' marriage is going to help any kid.
a texas nanny,
That reminds me of a really cheap family I used to babysit for when I was a teen. (many moons ago.) They were so incredibly stingy and weird. I hated babysitting for them and they always paid me exactly what they owed and not a penny more...literally. The LAST time I babysat for them they decided they owed me (I remember this amount exactly to this day because I was so appalled)whatever odd dollars and 37 AND A HALF CENTS...based on the exact minute they arrived home...which was obviously only PART of a half hour segment. (Heaven forbid they pay me for an extra 11 minutes! NEVER!)As the father paid me whatever dollars and 37 cents (he split the half cent in his favor), he explained to me "Sorry, but you can't break a penny. Too bad for you."
I told my mom what had happened whn I got home and she said I was welcome to tell them no next time. Which I did every time after that. What losers!
OH and another neighbor (these were all neighbors and/or friends of my parents...which made it all the more awkward...but extra horrible that they would take advantage too)hired me to babysit for a few hours while she played tennis. A half hour after I had arrived she came home saying all of the courts were booked, gave me a quarter "for my trouble" and sent me on my way. My mom refused to allow me to babysit for her ever again...although she asked often.
Later another neighbor reported to my mom that this same woman who I would not babysit for was going to my other babysitting customers and reporting that, while babysitting for her, I had asked her little boy to take all of his clothes off! Thankfully nobody believed I would do such a thing and they were all just disgusted with her. But what a terrible thing to do to a kid (or anybody really) out of spite!
Thinking back on some of the wierd people I encountered just trying to babysit I have a newfound sympathy for nannies who must sometimes deal with the same nutjobs day after day after day...and even, HORRORS, live in with them!
Hahahah I was cracking up reading this. BEST POST ever. I don't even want to read the comments. I'm sure half of them are bashing OP for god knows what...I just want to keep it fresh in my mind as FUNNY and WITTY. No other BLOG DRAMA attached.
O.P.
Sorry, you have to deal with all this. Can you make yourself a self inside the closet, and put tags on your stuff, with your name? Off limits.
I guess some Hoboken families are crazy. I know some are real cheap. But they will drop $3k-4K on a two bedroom rental. I am not sure if you do work in Hoboken or NY just assuming.
Take care
opps I meant shelf
Oh Mom, GRRRR. This reminds me of when I was about 15 and used to babysit for a family friend with 2 kids and her roommate with one. (RAVING BRAT, btw.) One time I agreed to babysit ALL DAY, about 10 hours, for the roommate, and at the end of the day she paid me for about 1/3 of what I was expecting, because she couldn't understand that when she was sharing the cost w/the other lady, she paid her share but when it was just her child, there was no one to split the cost with. Being young, inexperienced and not yet assertive enough to handle it effectively, I just got totally screwed by her. I probaby didn't babysit for them anymore after that, I don't actually remember.
Oh I well remember getting screwed by babysitting clients when I was a teenager. One family who had four kids (including twin 8-month-olds at the time of this incident) had half the neighborhood kids at their house when I arrived to babysit for the day. They just acted as if this was normal and I felt so awkward that I didn't say anything, but it was a really hard day looking after all of those kids and it wasn't fair to me. I got $2 or 3 per hour in those days, although I had a few really nice clients who paid me more than that. It always seemed like the clients with easy kids and easy assignments paid the most, actually.
OP:
Thanks for getting back to us.
Dad sounds like a good egg...Mom sounds a little loopy.
You sound close to being ready to find another job, which I totally understand.
Best wishes in your future endeavors, and thanks for some of the best laughs I've had at ISYN!
("Water chestnuts", huh? I was right!).
37 and a half cents...ROLF LMAO!
OMG
220 the barbecue sauce was from hoboken. huh. nanny doesnt say where she's from. i am a live out nanny and so is my roommate. We rent a 2br in hoboken for $4k a month. we both work on the UES. But why are we talking about Hoboken, aside from the barbecue sauce.
I was just thinking that sharing this with you all made me feel a lot better. And in all fairness, I was drinking a lot of propel. There used to be cases in here at a time, maybe she thought that was excessive?
Well, even so, it seems saying something along the lines of, "We're going through a lot of Propel. Would you mind at all if I asked you to be just a little mindful of how many you drink during the day?" would have been a lot less offensive than sticking those labels all over everything.
Buy your own case of Propel (24-pack or whatever amount you need to get through the week).
Label it "Nanny's Propel--please do not use".
See what happens.
(or what the hell...just quit and work for someone NORMAL!).
6:25 that is priceless
I am pretty sure, having read between the lines, that the nanny has been over-indulging. Maybe she's used up some important ingredients that were needed to prepare a planned supper one too many times and this is the result. Trust me. There's more to this story. Of that, I am sure.
this is a good one......the mom clearly has some food issues
Sprak, I doubt it. I know people just like the OP's employer. They don't need anything reality-based to make them start expressing control in inappropriate ways.
I agree with whoever said that often the wealthy are cheap, to a fault, even. My wealthiest friend is the one who buys the cheapest gifts and never offers to pay if we're having lunch or something. I have stopped offering to pay b/c she never reciprocates. She seems very concerned with small amounts of money yet makes large purchases with no apparent qualms. It's a little odd, but I've met lots of people like this.
6:57
Good point re: wealthy people.
In my experience, wealthy people who are HAPPY are grateful for their wealth, generous with it and share it with the less-fortunate.
And wealthy people who are MISERABLE feel entitled to their wealth, are miserly and believe the less-fortunate deserve their plight.
I agree with sprak. This nanny is way to defensive. It's the Jay Leno version of what's realy going on.
A 2 bedroom apt. in hoboken...in HOBOKEN for God's sake, costs FOUR GRAND A MONTH????
you can't be serious.
Does it come with a hot B-list celeb that makes out with you?
For that price, it better.
:(
Ummm, I'm the one who said some of my stingiest frinds were the wealthiest. I meant to make a commentary on stingy people, not wealthy people....the point being that stinginess is not necessarily need based. it's some other sort of weid compulsion that I don't get at all.
This was off subject so I didn't say it in my earlier post, but I also have plenty of wealthy friends who are generous. I dislike when people look at the wealthy with disdain simply because of their wealth just as much as I dislike when people look down on people for being poor.
What I mean to convey is that I am always aghast when I see somebody make a fool of themselves over a few measley dollars when they would never even miss them anyway. I mean, I could sort of understand if somebody was having a really hard time making ends meet and they were frugal out of necessity...but this I don't get at all.
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Maybe the mom is worried you will go on an eating binge. Is she really thin?
Anon 6:25-years ago I went to a nanny tech school. As part of our "training," we interned at a local preschool. The head of the preschool had this nasty habit of buying donuts for the staff (even though we weren't getting paid) and marking the donuts "teachers only." About a week before my time was up, I bought donuts and labled them "Nannies Only." Needless to say I was let go for insubordination. I have a hard time biting my tongue.
Easy, ask for a shelf in the pantry to keep your own food on. do your own shopping for the most part.
Surely more to this story. Nanny first said she did not drink the Propel then admitted to drinking a los of it before it was labeled. Also said she is pudgy so maybe mom is worried she can not control herself.
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Who really cares how much all that crap in the pantry cost? The mom is a miser, plain and simple. She has a live-in nanny who probably works her butt off, and she can't share? Give me a break.
I don't care if the stupid condiments are $30.00 or $3.00, it's r.u.d.e.
My apologies. I was mistaken.
Thank you to 11:31 for finding the exact brand, you did a good job.
anyone else get a frantic feeling from 10:06? Assuming she also posted the same thing last night.
Weird.
Great post, OP!
You guys are funny!
Not that it matters, but if the mom spreads one label across 3 yogurts in the fridge, she's probably not saying only that one kind of vodka is off-limits -- she's indicting that all of the liquor is off-limits.
I think nanny shoud start indulging in the Vodka, any knid will do. Then the lables on food will be more tolerable. A little of "nannies special juice" and you can deal with any parent.
ROLF @ 1:11pm
Maybe OP nanny should start buying a few "gourmet" items of her own (odd little tidbits from specialty food stores...vodka with snake coiled up inside bottle...chocolate-covered ants...dried seahorses...pickled eggs...tripe) and then label them "DO NOT USE!" "NANNY'S PRIVATE FOOD!"
Then just proceed through the day with a secretive grin.
LOL
Come on, I doubt two working nannies are dishing out $4k on rent a month. I bet you live in J.C. and just don't want to admit it.
10:23 if by J.C. you mean Jersey City, NJ then 4k per month rent is quite feasible. If they are renting a 2 or 3 bedroom apartment in the Newport, Pavvonia, or other rehabilitated areas of J.C., rent with utilities could easily exceed 4 k per month. Even in the nicer neighborhoods, yes they still exist, a first floor of a home can rent for 3k. People really ought to educate themselves before making comments.
I am not talking about the Newport area, I am talking about the Journal Square area of J.C.
And I love J.C. and your right alot of areas are going up in price. Especially, liked you mentioned the Newport area
Jane,
the links to the photos keep giving out.
And to you who was wondering about my 4K place in Hoboken, yes it is true. Fret not for I make $1250 a week as a nanny on the UWS. And I get paid overtime after that.
We're movin on up!
good for you!!
OMG so this post was messing with my mind while I was in whole foods picking up food for the week for my nanny job. I purchase what I want and they reimburse me. I actually felt guilty so I only got food for 3 days and waited to go somewhere cheaper to get the rest later the week.
All the time I was thinking- would they be upset that I am getting my stuff at whole foods? Though needless to say, they are lovely people
hi marissa
i don't suppose it's too much to ask that you pick a different pic or avatar? it's just that looking at those boobs is a bit offensive day in and day out.
i understand you have an obsession about them, and want a boob job, but most of us are just fine with our goodies, and it gets tiresome. thanx.
Boobs offend you? It's kind of a strange icon for her to have (are they Adriana's boobs btw?) but I'd hardly say it's offensive.
...but that's just me...
i knew that would be taken out of context. by offensive, i mean just simply, "being "forced" to look at, because we have no choice, and cannot avoid them even when reading other posts.
boobs as a whole = not offensive.
and btw, i think they belong to that victorias secret model, but the name escapes me.
oh, yes ... your right. adriana lima, i think.
adriana's pic/bio. she sure is purty! :)
What a dumb name. "Soup At Hand".
Anonymous, if you don't want to look at adriana lima's gorgeous breasts then go read somewhere else.
What do you want me to put up? A pic of my ugly face? How inconsiderate would it be to make people stare at ugliness. I rather put up something pretty.
:)
Marissa
You really have some issues, sweetheart. Why would you say such a thing about yourself? I'm sure you're very cute, stop feeling so negative about yourself!
Oh my gosh I was just kidding. I don't think that about myself- I was teasing :)
But wait for it, this response is going to lead to someone saying I'm full of myself or something.
Marissa
If it does, it would only be about the booby thing, probably. I think some people believe only a person with low self-esteem would do something so drastic.
But, to each their own.
I wouldn't ever do it, but I think just about every girlfriend I have has had one, lol.
Anyway, I'm glad you were kidding!
☺
I don't have a low self esteem. Almost every friend of mine has had an augmentation and look fantastic. i have beautiful breasts, as my husband says, a great "pocket" for implants to enhance my profile. After all he is a surgeon, so i respect both his professional and personal opinion.
Maybe because we talk about surgical procedures in our house all the time and know the statistics we don't really think of it as a big deal, like the general population does. But i know it is in a way.
I'm exited!
Marissa
Your Husband is a Surgeon? How come you can't get your augmentation then?!
Resident surgeons are paid peanuts. We hardly have a salary dif at this stage. Plus, $200 000 med school debt pre interest doesn't help.
Awww. Sorry! Maybe some day, huh? Or maybe you'll come into some money? I know just as we are about to fall on hard times, something always happens and we pull through in the most incredible way. We've got to be the luckiest family in the world!
Must be karma! :)
Are you a nanny? Do you have a good family?
This situation is so funny and sad at the same time. They can afford a nanny but they can't feed her decent food? Do they excpect you to eat grilled cheese sandwiches and Gerber Graduates? I bet they like to go out to fancy dinners but don't have enough money to leave a good tip. So, I think you need to 1)find a new job 2)tell them you quit 3)print out this page of all our comments and 4)leave it somewhere on your last day - maybe hide it in a photo album or something!
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