So professional nanny Sophia Pagliuca decided to share some of the worst texts she has gotten from delusional and entitled parents. From absurd wages to weird demands, some folks seemed to think she did her job just for fun.More info:TikTok
Being a nanny often means a lot of responsibility coupled with long hours
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So one professional nanny shared texts from parents who offered terrible rates and conditions
A good nanny has a balance a lot of spinning plates
Unfortunately, like manycheapmiddle managers or landlords painting over defects in a tenants apartment, some folks seem to not really understand the value of money. Imagine the labor that goes into being a nanny, as well as the responsibility. Something happens to those kids? Your fault.
The nanny has to stay with them, entertain them, often feed and transport them. As Sophia Pagliuca states in a separate video (which can be found below), there are a whole slew of other tasks a nanny might end up doing, from laundry to cleaning the home. Some parents might argue that the nanny isn’t doing anything half the time, as the kids are, for example, sleeping.
Some parents seem deeply misinformed about what things cost
By this logic, night guards or “mall cops” shouldn’t be paid either, as actual break-ins or robberies are few and far between. This is obviously not how the world works. There are days when a farmer does not have as much to do. Many office jobs have their own degree of “busy work” one messes around with until they get an email.
It’s also worth noting that if the nanny is already doing “so little” as to warrant a measly $5 an hour, why can’t one of the parents just do it anyway? After all, it’s so little work they say themselves and never mind that the nanny can be using that hour elsewhere to make a lot more. Part of this may stem from the fact that many of these parents haven’t worked this sort of job in over two decades and don’t seem to understand what a livable wage is. It wouldn’t be the firsttimethat folks don’t understand how the economy has changed over the last few decades.
Look at it from another perspective, as a parent, if you were going to entrust your kids for hours on end to a stranger, who would also feed them and drive them around, would you not want to pay top dollar for a person with a solid reputation? Unfortunately, entitlement and just being plain ol’ out of touch seems to have done its damage.
Viewers were shocked an appalled
She also posted some helpful tips for other nannies about how to share your rates
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