Complaint Against alexa, Italian Family

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Full name Unlock with Membership Known aliases Unlock with Membership Street address    Unlock with Membership City Unlock with Membership State Unlock with Membership Country Unlock with Membership Zip code Unlock with Membership More photos Unlock with Membership Complaint   >> Posted: Sep 30 '09 by Meagan in Missouri, United States I began my relationship with this family in a great way -- lots of communication and openness. However, much more was expected out of me as an aupair than was ever originally stated. I was asked to leave the house every weekend because they could not trust me with an alarm key -- however I remained in house during the week. I felt like I had a lack of trust and privacy from the beginning. The mother fought constantly with me on the way I "did" things and in the end, I left two weeks after arriving. Comment   >> Posted: Oct 21 '09 by alexa in Lombardy, Italy Meagan was not asked to do any light (let alone heavy) house work. She was supposed to play with my children, do homeworks with them and feed them if I (the mother) came home late from work. But she informed me that the only things she could prepare were peanut butter and jelly or cheese sticks (which Italian children don't eat). Thus, I would leave prepared food only to be heated for dinner. As to the fact that 'I fought with her' on how she did things, well it is not my style to fight with anyone. I just told her that it was no good that while 'playing' with my children (aged 4 and 6) she would not interact, would not utter a word (she was supposed to help them learn English) but would read her own book; she would not help them shower, but just tell them to do it; she would not wash their buts after pooing, but tell them to do it; she would put them in time out without telling me (once); she would not help them pick up their toys, but just tell them to do it and not even check if they had done it or not. As to the allarm key: we had agreed that she would work 2 weekends a month, the other 2 she could travel or join us on our travelling. At first she said that it was fine and that it was very nice of us to invite her to join us, but later she changed her mind and said that she wanted to spend all her fee time on her own without any intrusion in her privacy. As to our lack of trust: our whole family placed great hopes onto her, but they were not met. She left without even telling the children that she was leaving and needless to say she didn't even said good bye to either me or my husband (whom she treated as though he was invisible, never saying hello or thank you for all that we did. A few examples: lending her my mobile, my phone key for the computer, taking her to get her sim card, her pubblic transportation card, showing her the city, taking her out for lunches...).