Tell Your Nanny To Get Off Her Cell Phone Already

Lily standing near the Turtle Fountain in Staten Island

Okay, so the air quality on Staten Island isn't so great but I'd much rather visit our friends there than stay home any day. I offered to take my friend's son with me because she works and I know her nanny is very lazy. She declined. Now maybe she was worried about letting me drive her little angel with out her present I can see that. But instead she replied, "Oh, it's too hot out today to play outside. Jeffrey is just going to stay in and play with his toys." Which is code for: he's going to watch TV all day while his nanny talks on her cell phone.

I see so many nannies on their cell phones at the parks and play grounds. They simply ignore the children while they chat away for ages oblivious to the goings on around them. It's quite a recipe for disaster. I call them virtual nannies because they look like they're there when they're not. I'd like to hit the delete button on a lot of these women or at least refresh their page. And a lot of them are paid really well too!

I have several friends with nanny issues but the cell phone one is the most common complaint. However, I have a great idea to stop your nanny from being on the cell phone all day. Now this will only work if she agrees to show you her cell phone records, hey while you're at it check their text message counts as well. Tell her at the end of the year that you're going to give her a bonus based on the minutes she uses during her work hours. If they total less than 30 minutes per day she gets $1000. Believe me it will be worth it!

Comments

i stongly agree with this.
but the bonus is way to high!

Don't have a nanny but great idea. How about she won't have a job if she doesn't start doing her job.

Anonymous,

You're right, the bonus is too high. Mayvbe it should be $500.

Beckey,

You're right, these nannies should just be doing their job but it's really difficult to find good help these days - especially in the big city where everyone is a freak and has an angle. The parents are literally at the mercy of these nannies....so are the children!

Cheers and thanks for your comments, I really appreciate them.

Cheers,
Sherry

I don't think that the bonus is too high... Granted when they're not doing their job, they're not doing their job; but these are women who are basically putting their OWN lives aside to take care of someone else's children and they work long and difficult hours. I just read an article that said that the average work day for a nanny is 15 hours. That's crazy! A thousand dollar bonus at the end of the year for a job well done I think would be a great idea!

How the heck are you going to verify how many minutes your nanny spent? Steal the bill?

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