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I Get Stiffed

"Dear Hoboken Nanny,

I babysit for a few families in town.  One family in particular never leaves me money for dinner and always stiffs me at the end of the night.  It's either they don't have cash and have to write me a check, which is fine.  But often when they do have cash, they don't have enough.  So, I'm not paid in full.  It's usually only a dollar or two, but I still get very annoyed since that's money that I deserve. This family sends their only child to daycare and don't use me that often, so maybe they think it's no big deal.  To me it is.  A dollar is a dollar.  I feel weird reminding them the next time because that makes me seem money hungry.  Any help on what I can say?  Thanks, Jessica"

Jessica, I hear you on this.  Think about what is more important to you.  A dollar or the possibility of losing a family over a dollar.  I know it is VERY pathetic for Parents to stiff their babysitter...the person who takes such good care of their child(ren).  I truly believe that Parents just don't get the whole babysitting aspect.  Some do, some don't.  At the same time, if it annoys you that much, talk to them.  Say "The past couple of times you have shorted me (X amount) and it adds up.  I rely on this money for bills. I know to you that it's not much, but even a dollar can help me." But really, I know it stinks, but to me, a dollar isn't worth the lost of a family because this could make them angry.  

Thank you for your question!

Have any questions or comments?  Email me at HobokeNannySpy@gmail.com

YAY...Daddy's Home! 

The dad ambushed me today and stayed home from work.  YAY.  The kids were awful!!!!!!!

The best part of it was that the dad told me he was "too tired to babysit" his kids.  Yep.  I know that I'm paid to do this, however, a dad does not "babysit" his kids.  A dad is the dad, not a babysitter.  WTF!

What did he do all day you ask?  I don't even know.  He wasn't sick.  He just made the kids crazy by walking in and out of where the kids were which then made them cry every time he left the room.  COOL BEANS, DAD!  

Please go to work tomorrow, PLEASE.

Bad Parenting Sighting

Today, the runts and I were walking to Church Square Park..  I couldn't believe my eyes.  It was about 3pm and we were on Willow and 4th Street. There was a Mom riding her bike with her son in tow.  Both WITHOUT helmets.  I could not believe that this mother was riding her bike and not leading by example.  I mean, as a Parent that's what you're supposed to do, right?  Right.  What's the safe thing to do?  Mom, you wear a helmet so that your son knows that it is mandatory to wear a helmet.  I mean, has she not heard of a traumatic brain injury?  Does she not know that she should be wearing a helmet, and better yet, her own SON should be wearing a helmet with no question??

Mom, you get a big FAIL.  You are teaching your son to be unsafe.

Pesky Neighbors

Part II

I ran into that awful SAHM neighbor today.  Wouldn't you know...she IGNORED me!  She only said hello to the kids, not me.  I wonder if she knows I wrote about her?  She's lousy and needs a job. 

BAD NANNY SIGHTING

I was hanging out in Church Square with the runts this afternoon.  There was a Nanny there with a little blonde girl, I think her name was something with a "B." The Nanny was African American. They had a navy Bugaboo stroller.  The Nanny did not say one word to the girl for the entire hour that we were there.  And then I realized that the Nanny had her earbuds in!!!!  Please tell me why would a Nanny need her buds in while at a park?  Also, this Nanny was not watching this little girl.  God forbid the girl need her Nanny and she was screaming but the Nanny couldn't even hear her because her headphones were in her ears!

If anyone knows this Nanny and the family that she Nannies for, someone please tell the Parents.  There is no reason to have buds in anytime during the work day. 

Mother of the Year

I want to give this very prestigious award to a fantastic Mom of Hoboken.  

She is African American with two kids: a boy who is about 7 years old, and a girl who is about 5 years old. 

Mom, you absolutely suck and deserve to be locked up in jail and have your kids raised by wolves, who would probably be a better parent than you.  

Story:  I saw this woman walking on Washington Street.  The kids were playing a game and running ahead.  This awesome mom was on her phone, barely screaming ahead so the kids would stop.  Finally, after about 4 minutes and still walking slow, the mom gets off her phone and every other word out of her mouth was the f bomb.  "Why these f'in kids always f'in runnin the f ahead...blah blah blah."  So, she finally catches up to her kids.  And she grabs them and starts yelling at them, still with the f word.  Really.  She was cursing like no other at her kids.  I wish a cop was around to cuff her and test her for drugs because it was ridiculously disgusting how she was talking to her kids.  I felt so sad for the kids who had to be surrounded by their mother and her mouth.  Truly a disgusting woman.

Thank you, psycho.  You are the best mom in all of Hoboken!

Also, I hope you aren't a Nanny.  Because I would love to see you talk to another kid like that.  

Bad Kid and Parenting Sighting

On Saturday as I was walking through town, I came across a cute little boy with his mom.  I guess he wanted a chocolate milk and they were outside an establishment on Washington Street that had one.  So, what happens next?  The little boy is supposed to say "thank you so much, Mom.  You're the best!"  Right?  Nope.  This little blonde kid brat throws a huge fit and screams "This isn't what I wanted! Not this chocolate milk!  I don't want that chocolate milk!!!"

The mother proceeded to ask what the little brat wanted and she took him inside to get a different milk. 

Um, excuse me?  

As a Nanny, one of my favorite things to do is watch how Parents interact with their kids.  So, I watched this interaction until they left the scene.

  Ok, so let's talk about what should have REALLY happened here.  

If you're standing on the middle of Washington Street and you let your son talk to you like that, there's a huge red flag that you are a sucky parent.  No kid should talk to an adult like that.

Then, if your kid asks for a chocolate milk and you buy him one(don't even get me started on the purchase of the second one), the kid better have said please and thank you.  If he doesn't, he's a huge rich boy brat and deserves to spend 2 weeks with me and he'll know please and thank you.  Let alone that he should never speak to an adult in that tone.

Lastly, if your kid throws a tantrum over a chocolate milk, there are deeper issues.  Really.  A chocolate milk doesn't vary.  I mean even YooHoo tastes just as good as the Horizon Organic chocolate milk.