It’s just fun, fun, fun reading about bad nannies, and this little piece from the U.K. certainly delights!
A mother illustrates how rules imposed by the EU have changed the quality of service one gets from nannies these days. Back when she was a kid, it was all hard work and dedication, warm kisses and fun. Now, it’s about accommodating wretched French girls with nary an interest in the host- country’s culture.
Au pairs in Europe are protected by European Union rules, which limit the number of hours nannies may be expected to work, how late, the type of work employers can expect them to do and the minimum amount nannies should earn in pay. The rules also stipulate he number of paid holidays and which ones.
This particular family’s au pair stopped working promptly at 7 p.m. (as is her right), checked her email at will, talked with her boyfriend in Canada on the family’s phone, complained about the local cheddar cheese and laughed at the family’s favorite rugby team. The nerve!
Sure, she played with the kids, but she refused to “clean bottoms” and turned away in disgust when the little ones refused to use forks and threw food on the floor.
This particular nanny lasted only a few weeks (long enough to go on vacation with them -- work it, girl!), just long enough for this woman to claim her home had been turned into a Marxist state. Those bread lines must have been a bitch.
