I wish i could explain this away as a parody, but i nannied for a family who paid me 12 bucks an hour to nanny with “light housekeeping” that turned out to be caring for livestock, gardening, picking up dog shit, peeling wallpaper off their walls, etc. All while watching their 5 kids all under the age of 6 lol. I quit after they started doing “biweekly evaluations”
Imagine needing a master’s to make $5/hr
There’s no way this is real, right?
I’m betting they are. Knew a few international students who nannied for a bit, crazy unhinged parents, mostly felt like they got a nanny just to punch down. Masters degree to watch your mouth breather? Fuck off.
I think it has to be satire, but very light satire. People are insane like this.
It has to be. It sounds like it’s making fun of people who have these exact sorts of exacting requirements.
If we put aside the fakeness, anyone who actually tried this is just begging to get robbed, and would deserve it.
No they’ll be ok because you see they keep their cabinets locked.
mug the family dog and never return it
Lmao even 18$/h would be insane. The rest of it is just high standards, the 18 bucks a day is the big issue here.
You want all those things and true excellence? That’ll be $1,800 a day.
High standards!? A MASTERS DEGREE to babysit? Lmao.
It’s very common for teachers to have masters degrees to even teach children, so it isn’t totally ridiculous. And, if the person is looking moreso for a governess or a lifelong nanny or whatever (think: Mary Poppins), they end up being the children’s parent, teacher, friend, pe instructor, etc.
Teachers, sure. But a nanny? Good luck
Imagine you have a master’s degree in education.
Now, would you rather teach room-fulls of shitty kids, all day, five days a week, and making lesson plans, for like $30/h with benefits and you’re w2? Or a few shitty rich kids all day, everyday, until they’re all 18, with no benefits, and you’re 1099 ic - but you get to bill for $150/h?
Where do you see $150/hour? We’re talking about this post that says $18/day.
It’s a mystery.
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At least 180 would be respectable, tf is 18 a day?!!
I’m not so sure it’s $18 an hour. I think it’s just $18 a day.
This absolutely cannot be real. Masters Degree plus apparently teaching experience plus materials and food for about 5 (probably 8-10) hours a day. For under $20/day. It’s either fake or she never found anyone, and is blacklisted from the nanny community.
Yeah, looks like satire. Who locks their pantry??
The wife of one of my dad’s cousins. She’s not related to that story, I assure you.
What an amazing coincidence. My cousin’s wife isn’t relevant to this story either.
99% sure this is a parody, mainly because she only mentions her childrens’ ages in the context of a bachelor’s degree not being enough, but it troubles me that I can’t say I’m 100% sure.
An article on the subject
Yesterday I found an incredibly convincing fake of a ragepost (on Lemmy - couldn’t find it again so sourced it from Facebook). Reverse analyzing the details revealed that the selfies were modified to increase duckface, a pile of cigarettes were added for the narrative, and an accompanying news report screenshot was expertly modified using two different articles and changing many details. I can’t in good faith believe any social media meme after this:
All the selfie captions are fake.
Great work! I did think that news article was a bit too perfect of an ending
Ooof I normally think I’m good at catching these, but took the bait on this story.
The only thing that seemed slightly off when skimming was her use of a cafe style/glass ashtray on the centre console, which would be completely impractical for someone who is “always smoking in the car”.
incredibly convincing fake of a ragepost
This is considered incredibly convincing?
Thanks for doing the legwork that one got me
I think the post you saw on Lemmy must have gotten removed or deleted. This comment I found seems to be debunking the same post but the link button leads to a blank page. I do wish there was an archive of removed/deleted Fediverse content for reference purposes (with a reasonable level of censorship, such as omitting illegal content and personally identifying information). I think I saw another post on Lemmy of the same misinfo less recently than a day or two ago but I couldn’t find that post.
Oh I actually fell for the original post, I wonder how many more didn’t know it was fake.
There are publicly available mod logs at the bottom.
Does there exist means to identify which deleted/removed post the comment in the screenshot was from or means to view that post as it was prior to its deletion/removal?
Mods typically include a post’s content in the mod logs. Click the three .s under a post/comment on the right side, a drop-down should allow you to see what was logged for that post’s removal and all other mod actions for that user.
The screenshot is from searching comments local to Lemmy.world. There are not three dots anywhere around the comment on that page. I’m also on mobile, and tapping a username to see their specific modlog actions apparently doesn’t work.
Oh, you do have to be logged in, look at the comment from your instance.
That was fake?!
dammit i ate the onion, now i have to go tell the friends i told.
If your brain doesn’t automatically reject information provided this way (screenshots cobbled together) I’m not sure what to say.
hey at least ill cop to it and do damage control
A good first step heh ;)
yours can be addressing what a smug condescending asswipe you are to well-intentioned folks who don’t think the way you do, for no good reason at all <3
Some of you need to completely get off the internet or at very least take some media training.
I’ll make whatever commentary I want. Don’t like it? Feel free to block me. 👋
It reads like a combination of multiple people’s ridiculous individual requirements wrapped into one listing. Like one person said no spare room, someone else said to bring educational stuff, another is only paying $18 a day, and so on.
So definitely a parody, but I would bet each individual thing is based on someone and maybe slightly exaggerated.
I get the same feeling on this one. I’ve seen serious ones wanting a degree in early childhood development or similar and offer babysitter rates, but I think they went slightly too far on this for it to be taken seriously.
I always remember how stupid and shitty people are. Probably real.
I want to believe.
No one replying to this post like it’s real is allowed to ever criticize anyone for being gullible ever again
Yeah no way this is real.
Haha I thought that too. “The cabinets will be locked” is the weirdest part imo. As if people spend hundreds or thousands of dollars installing locks in their own home so they can keep potential nannies out of the snacks.
Honestly I wouldn’t be that surprised if at least some people have done that. The richer people get, the more they hate the concept of sharing. These are the kind of people that would let food rot rather than give it away.
Surely some people have done that. Doesn’t make it not weird af though
Sure but your comment was about it not happening and I’m saying that, weird or not, there’s a high chance at least a few people have done that or something similar.
Not sure why someone downvoted you. The mother of one of my classmates as a child was absolutely psychotic (still is) and she insisted on having locks on every cabinet, not just to keep out the nannies (though I think she paid premium prices for all of her nannies to be Harvard-educated), but to keep out the children, so they couldn’t snack without permission. All of her children got fucked socioemotionally from her insanity.
I read that as locking the cabinets to keep the kids out. So they won’t be able to grab candy or whatever.
Who has locks on their cabinets…?
I have the low cabinets in my kitchen and my fridge door “locked” with these little buckle things because my cat and dog can open them and like to try to steal/destroy things.
Well yes I know about those. Presumably a nanny would be smart enough to open those. All you have to do is push down on them a little, if it’s the same thing I’ve seen
Doubt a nanny with a masters could figure that out. One with doctorate might though.
I dunno, I saw meme on Lemmy about someone getting their PhD in Physics; had to remind themself “the crocodile eats the little number” when it came to < and >.
People who breed serial killers
People with crotch goblins
Uhhh, we got those types in my family. Yup, also rich people.
Saw your comment and thought “Surely there aren’t many people who think this is real.” Then I scrolled down.
Are they paying me 18 whole dollars per day or do I need to pay 18 dollars for the privilege of caring for their shits?
Sorry, I can only afford to pay 14 dollars. And I only have one colouring book. However I have three doctorates in biochemistry, child psychology and astrophysics.
Why are you stooping to nanny jobs, then, with that many high end degrees you’re easily qualified to be a bar tender!
Everyone’s railing against “the snacks” bit, but no one is talking about the “we do not keep anything like this at home”
And if we did, we lock our cabinets, so that’s completely out of our hands and beyond any of our control apparently.
I recall working with a guy who couldn’t understand why his daughter was paying so much for child care. After probing further, he said he was able to hire a retired widowed school teacher and pay her $100/week as she was living very comfortable off hers and her deceased husband’s pension.
They also provided her with food, a room, and a she was a family friend.
Food and a room is worth a few hundred a week though.
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I’d pretend I’m interested and haggle with them over the conditions. Just to get them hooked.
You. I like you.
$18 a day
What the fuck economy is she living in
Don’t forget to bring snacks though
Does $4 an hour make it sound better!?
"Hi, please come and parent for us for below minimum wage, and somehow also manage to feed and house yourself.
No, we won’t help you, just be independently wealthy but not too wealthy or we’ll think you’re better than us.
Thanks!"
18$ - 10$ for “snacks” = 8$ for 4.5h = 1.77$/h
Nice wage for someone with a masters degree lol
It’s 7 to 10 hours a day and they won’t be telling you when they’ll be getting home for you to be able to leave.
I mean the time frame is extremely specific, but yeah realistically they wont ever be back in time.
Also need to subtract housing cost and learning materials.
not too wealthy or we’ll think you’re better than us.
Nah more like
not too wealthy or we’ll think you think you’re better than us.
