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[-] woobat@midwest.social 12 points 3 hours ago

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"

[-] JokeDeity@sh.itjust.works 22 points 8 hours ago

There's no way this is real, right?

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

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.

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 4 points 3 hours ago

I think it has to be satire, but very light satire. People are insane like this.

[-] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 22 points 9 hours ago

If we put aside the fakeness, anyone who actually tried this is just begging to get robbed, and would deserve it.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 4 hours ago

No they'll be ok because you see they keep their cabinets locked.

[-] bluecat_OwO@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

mug the family dog and never return it

[-] SCmSTR 31 points 16 hours ago

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.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

High standards!? A MASTERS DEGREE to babysit? Lmao.

[-] bluecat_OwO@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

At least 180 would be respectable, tf is 18 a day?!!

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

I'm not so sure it's $18 an hour. I think it's just $18 a day.

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, looks like satire. Who locks their pantry??

[-] pickman_model@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 hours ago

The wife of one of my dad's cousins. She's not related to that story, I assure you.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 4 hours ago

What an amazing coincidence. My cousin's wife isn't relevant to this story either.

[-] Capybara_mdp@reddthat.com 27 points 1 day ago

Everyone’s railing against “the snacks” bit, but no one is talking about the “we do not keep anything like this at home”

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

And if we did, we lock our cabinets, so that's completely out of our hands and beyond any of our control apparently.

[-] Heikki2@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 hours ago

Food and a room is worth a few hundred a week though.

[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 196 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[-] Lyra_Lycan 107 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[-] sonymegadrive@feddit.uk 1 points 4 hours ago

Great work! I did think that news article was a bit too perfect of an ending

[-] oneser@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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".

[-] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago

incredibly convincing fake of a ragepost

This is considered incredibly convincing?

[-] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 day ago

Thanks for doing the legwork that one got me

[-] s@piefed.world 13 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago

Oh I actually fell for the original post, I wonder how many more didn't know it was fake.

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

There are publicly available mod logs at the bottom.

[-] s@piefed.world 1 points 4 hours ago

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?

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago

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.

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[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

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.

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[-] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

You all laugh but how many of you are part of hiring teams doing the exact same thing

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 hours ago

What... an odd accusation. Maybe it's different where you are, but I've never worked for a company where I had much say in hiring, except if it was an internal hire and someone I knew applied and someone asked me how that person was. I still couldn't make any choices on requirements and my say only went as far as my boss decided it did, and that was just once in about 25 years of work.

Most of the time we either keep begging for more headcount and hear just maybes, or we get introduced to the new hire for a position we didn't know was open.

[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

Mean I assume if the hiring team could offer a good salary that'd be part of the offer, so they didn't have to deal with so many applicants.

Cause not like the team hiring has a choice on what they write, just what they deal with. Everyone is a cog except the person that does sweet fuck all except set up the operation. Which shouldn't count for nearly as much as it does.

Mean if the hiring team is pocketing a bonus then fuck them too.

[-] subarctictundra@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago

I'd pretend I'm interested and haggle with them over the conditions. Just to get them hooked.

[-] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 55 points 1 day ago

$18 a day

What the fuck economy is she living in

[-] bananabread@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 day ago

Don't forget to bring snacks though

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[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago

$18 dollars a day for masters degree, snacks and material not included. lol this is true definition of unhinged.

[-] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 66 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"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!"

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 1 day ago

18$ - 10$ for "snacks" = 8$ for 4.5h = 1.77$/h

Nice wage for someone with a masters degree lol

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[-] Anissem@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 day ago

Lost me on the snacks. No one this douchey would let your poor ass bring in Walmart snacks.

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