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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 3:02:53 GMT
To tell the truth I like the nanny more than the high maintenance mom. The dad had to calm her down multiple times. And I was glad to see the interviewer talk about the fact that they owed her minimum wage at least for the hours she worked. Not just room and board. I think they thought they were getting a lot for very little (just room and board).
They live in a small home and it didn't sound like dad's job was a great paying one. So this was their way of getting a cheap nanny. And wanting more than they paid for. And they were very stupid not to have a written agreement! So I do place a good part of the blame on them!
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TankTop
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Post by TankTop on Jul 12, 2014 3:05:31 GMT
I agree. The parents came off looking really bad.
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Post by shevy on Jul 12, 2014 3:06:38 GMT
I think the dad was ok, but the mom was horrible! She got out of control and definitely looked like she usually got her way and it's used to losing. the nanny was a lot more believable.
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Post by doxielady on Jul 12, 2014 3:17:02 GMT
I haven't seen the show yet - but there was an online article about this.
So, this was the Nanny that was vilified by the media and everyone else, and now she is looking like the sane one? And the one who was maybe somewhat in the right? Interesting! I know I had very strong feelings about her being in the wrong and that she needed to move out. Another case that there are always 2 sides to a story.
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Post by Leia on Jul 12, 2014 3:18:08 GMT
I wish I would have seen the whole thing. It was funny that the boy said that his mom always won. Or did I misunderstand?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 3:32:02 GMT
It also looked like the kids were majorly coached to be scared of this lady. The mom reminds me of a family member very close to me. Always wanting someone else to do stuff for free or someone else to pay for her wants (not needs).
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Post by maryland on Jul 12, 2014 3:46:41 GMT
I didn't watch it, just saw a thing on World News Tonight about it. I was only partly paying attention, but I was on the parents side. But from what you say about the show, it sounds like the parents aren't innocent either. I can't believe they didn't pay her!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 13:07:21 GMT
I honestly can't believe their attorney let them admit the didn't pay her wages. Maybe they didn't have that attorney when they first went to the media. So when they fired her, she still had no money to go anywhere.
This was a bad arrangement on both sides. But they should really own that the consequences happening now are because they tried to skirt labor laws by getting someone on Craigslist rather than through a true nanny employment agency.
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Post by gsquaredmom on Jul 12, 2014 14:07:51 GMT
Mistakes on both sides. She garnered sympathy, but she is tagged as someone who files multiple nuisance lawsuits. She seems smarter than the couple, actually, and I think she knew exactly what she was doing the entire time. I do not know anything about labor laws, but that looked like bartering to me.
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Post by Rhondito on Jul 12, 2014 14:27:47 GMT
If I heard correctly, the nanny said she was working 50-60 hours a week? But the mom said it was more like 10-15? I remember wondering why someone would want the inconvenience of having someone live in their home for that little work? I know for me that would be more irritating than helpful. That point alone made me believe the nanny.
Also, another thing that swayed me toward the nanny was their house - from reading the story I figured the family must have a *really* nice house, but it wasn't. It reinforced the theory that they wanted to have free labor, so to speak.
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Post by shevy on Jul 12, 2014 14:43:13 GMT
The 10-15 hours don't add up though if you remember the document they wanted the nanny to sign. She was responsible to steam clean all floors once a week, cook all meals every other day, go on all family outings, help with all the kids during the day, keep her area clean and any other things the mom directed her to do. Way more than 15 hours a week.
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Post by cecelia on Jul 12, 2014 14:57:08 GMT
Wasn't there a pea who knew someone who lived on the same block as this family?
I agree, the mom did not come out of that interview looking good. I also don't believe her that the work was only 10 hours per week. Why bother? And if you are that terrified that the nanny would do something to the house when the kids are in it, why would you have your son sleep in the room just feet from hers? I really thought the whole family would be bunkered in the master room or the kids would be staying with family at another home.
I don't agree with the nanny at all. If she spent 7 or 8 years sleeping in her car, then she can go right back to that life without a major adjustment. Why live with all that hostility?
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Post by azredhead on Jul 12, 2014 17:11:54 GMT
Yea the mom didn't come off so well, but the Nanny knew full well what she was doing. She knew what to say. I didn't feel so bad for either one of them.
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Post by doxielady on Jul 12, 2014 17:15:35 GMT
I just watched it and think that neither side came off all that great. I think they were looking for something for next to nothing and she really does have a litigious past and knew what she was doing. I came away thinking that they deserved each other.
Morale - RESEARCH before letting someone live in your home and care for your kids. One would think that would be a no brainer. |
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