Unusual approach to finding a nanny on Craigslist
Categories: In the news, Weird but true
When you're looking to hire someone, you generally find yourself talking up the position to make it more desirable to the top candidates. However, Rebecca Land Soodak took a different approach with her Craigslisting to find a nanny by opening the ad with: "My kids are a pain in the ass."
If that failed to entice a prospective child-care provider for her kids ages: 12, 9 and 6-year-old twins, Soodak helpful warned interested parties about their future employer: "I can be a bit difficult to work for. I'm loud, pushy, and while I used to think we paid well, I am no longer sure. I work from home, so you get the pleasure of being hounded by me all day long. And, you get to pretend to like me, because I am deeply sensative (sic). (But well-dressed and a know it all, a winning combination, I assure you.)"
Amazingly, fifteen serious applicants approached Soodak for the job, which can be taken either as a sign of the current hard times or that the allure of living on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and weekending in a country house in Connecticut is still as strong as ever.
Twenty-five-year old Christina Wynn, a recent transplant to the area with no prior nannying experience accepted the position. "I met the oldest child, but not the others, which my mother said was crazy - to accept the job without meeting all the kids. So we'll see."
Good luck, Christina. I have a feeling you're going to need it. (And if it doesn't work out, you can always write a book about your adventures!)
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Jan Bay 8-30-2008 @ 5:13PM
I wish Christina Wynn the best and hope that she doesn't stop shopping for a positition in the case that Rebecca wasn't just trying to be funny.
If she composed the wording of the listing to be cute; I hope that for her sake that her children don't see it. Before y'all start to flame me and tell me to lighten up let me explain. It's my opinion that young kids tend to be what their parents tell them they are. If they were not a colossal pain before, they may well become one after they've read that that is what they are "supposed" to be.
Jan from http://www.unique-baby-gear-ideas.com/
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