*picture the steam coming out of my ears*
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Topic: *picture the steam coming out of my ears*
Posted By: Maya
Subject: *picture the steam coming out of my ears*
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 1:22pm
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I had arranged to meet with Katherine this afternoon to go over some OHbaby! stuff, and I got a babysitter in to stay with the gremlins. I got her thru SJS and she's been a few times, but I've never left her on her own with the girls.
I left her an itemised list of what to do, not so hard really, all she had to do was feed them when they woke up and play with them till they had to go back to bed. I had been gone less than half an hour when the babysitter rang me and said Sienna wouldn't stop screaming. I went thru a checklist of things to see what the problem was and she had no idea so I told her to walk around the house with her for 5 minutes and I'd call back. I call back and they were both screaming. So I said "I'm coming home" and she said "no, no, don't come home, I'm ok." I don't think so! So I flew home and both babies were screaming on the floor, picked them up and they were happy as. I told the babysitter to go and she had the nerve to ask me to pay her! I don't think so! I am sooooo mad! If she didn't think she could cope she shouldn't have bothered accepting the job, and then to expect me to pay her when I've wasted time and gas going all the way out to Botany for nothing!  -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: thunderwolves
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 1:39pm
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I see the steam!!!!! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 1:41pm
Oh Emma! That's dreadful!! 
Honestly! What did she think you were going to do when you had to make an urgent trip home to your distressed children? Give her a hug and pay her double? I'd have given her a kick too for good measure ... ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 1:41pm
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oooo the nerve of some people
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 1:44pm
Oh so THAT's where all that steam is coming from!
 Better luck next time, Emma!------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 2:20pm
arrgghhh big hugs emma ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 2:24pm
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OMG Id be angry to.
I wouldnt have paid either, geesh if I was her I wouldnt ahve expected to be paid. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
http://lilypie.com"> 
http://tweetytweety85.bebo.com - bebo |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 2:33pm
| Man that sux! She should pay you for wasted time and petrol money! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 3:22pm
What a pain! It's like me with my home help Some people seem do try anything for the money  ------------- |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 3:23pm
Anyone who knows the gremlins knows that they are pretty easy-going babies (now at least, not so when they were smaller) so I'd love to know what she did to rark them up in the first place. Poor wee things  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 3:24pm
Awww poor wee gremlin monsters! Post them down to me! They can happily pinch Isla's toys 
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Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 4:20pm
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Aww poor gremlins and yes I also see the steam. I can't believe she expected you to pay her some people. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 4:49pm
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Hey Emma, not to much steaming please your frizzying my straighten hair Oooo I would have been livid too ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 5:11pm
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ohhhh yes i can see the steam. poor wee babies. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 6:30pm
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Make sure you let SJS know so they know NOT to refer her to other babysitting jobs if that is what happens when she has kids in her care! -------------  
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 6:35pm
I surely did! And the lady I spoke to said rather incredulously "she's studying primary teaching, I think she's picked the wrong career"
Of course with hindsight I feel a little sorry for her coz she was really frazzled and stressed (she was crying when I got home) but at the same time she took on the job knowing she was going to be left home alone with them so if she didn't think she could cope she should have said no... ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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miss wrote:Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 7:24pm
she should have counted herself lucky madam wasnt home too... 
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Posted By: floss
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 7:46pm
| Gez Emma that is terrible service SJS should offer you lots of free babysitting with decent sitters! |
Posted By: bumblefoot
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 7:52pm
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Sheesh Emma that sucks! From a nannys point of view here, if you cant even settle a bub, AND you dont even pick them up off the floor to help settle them, Id be rather ashamed!
Its the first thing that should be done! Good thing you didnt pay her,fancy expecting to be paid! Uh uh girlfriend... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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