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  • Two nanny questions: if nanny routinely arrives 10-15 minutes early in the AM, do you pay extra (she is not asked to)? If so, how much? Also, at what time do you pay for cab home?

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    04.24.08, 09:48 AM [ Flag ]

    • no, and after 10

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      04.24.08, 09:49 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • Can I ask where your nanny lives? Ours lives in Flatbush and says she needs a cab home at 7 because it takes her 1.5 hours to get home (UWS) and it's not safe there at 8:30. Thoughts?

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        04.24.08, 09:50 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • she lives in Brooklyn, but likes her neighborhood. If she told me it wasn't safe at 8:30 I might question that.

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          04.24.08, 09:53 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • Get a new nanny. She needs to move if she's not safe there.

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          04.24.08, 09:53 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • how on earth does it take her that long to get home? and what part of flatbush?

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          04.24.08, 09:53 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • That's what I was wondering, but since I don't do the commute, it;s hard for me to say.

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            04.24.08, 09:54 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

            • live on the uws. our first nanny lived in brooklyn near kings county hospital. it took her under an hour to make the commute. but that area is dangerous after dark.

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              04.24.08, 09:56 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

              • so in that instance, what would you do? what time would you send her home in a cab?

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                04.24.08, 09:57 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                • i would pay for a cab whenever she stayed later than her usual time. i.e. if she usually left at 6, i'd pay for a cab if she stayed until 6:30 or later. and i'd pay for a cab and send her home early on halloween or other days when the neighborhood is really bad. but otherwise, she'd take the train/bus.

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                  04.24.08, 10:00 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                  • i can't think of a single job where employers pay cabfare based on where their employees lived vs. based on the time of night. and we would not have been able to afford it either.

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                    04.24.08, 10:01 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

              • Not so much anymore - but it would depend how long a walk from the subway and where too. Our nanny lives in crown heights and we give her cab fare after 8, sometimes earlier in the winter. She says the subway is faster at 7:30

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                04.24.08, 10:07 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • are you kidding? From the UWS to Flatbush? Of course its an hour and a half - at least that I'd say.

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            04.24.08, 09:59 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • Flatbush is underserved by MTA, and is unsafe in parts. she probably has to wait for buses to get home

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          04.24.08, 09:53 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • I would question whether she is just pocketing the $ and taking public transport at that hour. I know friends that send nanny home in car service so they can avoid the cash issue.

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          04.24.08, 10:10 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • my nanny did this. somehow her pay-per-ride metrocard would run out at the same intervals whether we'd paid for cabs that week or not

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            04.24.08, 10:12 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • i would do after 9

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        04.24.08, 09:55 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • 1) my nanny does the same and i don't pay extra. 2) i pay for a cab whenever she stays later than her usual time.

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      04.24.08, 09:50 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • no-but that's nice of you. She probably just doesn't want to be late

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      04.24.08, 09:50 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • No to 1st question, I pay after 9 pm

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      04.24.08, 09:50 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • mine does this and i don't pay extra

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      04.24.08, 09:50 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I wouldn't pay any extra, but I would show my appreciation in other ways - if I ever come home early I would let her go home right away or other kinds of flexibility like that. I would pay for a cab home after 8 I guess.

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      04.24.08, 09:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • 1st ?: no, but I appreciate it. and spend the time talking with the nanny. It's nice, actually. Cab, after 8pm.

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      04.24.08, 09:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Don't pay extra but I would pay cab fare after dark, especially if she lives in a shady neighborhood.

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      04.24.08, 09:55 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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