Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Paid childcare

Discuss everything related to paid childcare here, including childminders, nannies, nurseries and au pairs.

Original poster

aupair or flibbity jibbet?

38 replies

kittywise · 29/03/2008 09:14

what do you reckon this came with an application

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Original poster
kittywise · 02/04/2008 10:19

Yes, but she never got back to me
Dp is silently weeping!

OP posts:
orangina · 02/04/2008 09:56

(prospect)

orangina · 02/04/2008 09:56

At least she is in a kitchen. Perhaps she is full of the joys of life at the pros[ect of tackling the giant sink full of washing up that is just out of view.....

orangina · 02/04/2008 09:55

I have to say, that is a relatively tame picture compared to some that came attached to recent nanny applications we had (not so many bikini shots, but quite a few cropped out having a drink and a laugh in the evening pictures. I think she looks fine, and would definitely trust my instinct in an interview, and not base it solely on the pic. She is probably trying to look like fun for the children. Woo hoo.
Mind you, I didn't interview a rather gorgeous looking young nanny when I was pregnant and feeling less than gorgeous, on the basis of her photo alone. She has been known since then as "the hottie from croydon" (accompanied by gentle sigh of regret from dh... haha!)

MrsRecycle · 02/04/2008 09:44

not mine - her prefers bigger chests

hifi · 02/04/2008 09:27

lock up your husbands.

MrsRecycle · 02/04/2008 09:25

Well I'll eat my words - our new AP turned up and had lost two stone after her picture was taken. Mind you she's had a lot of stress so not surprised. Old AP leaves today

Oh and kitty the new one is the eldest from a family of 11 siblings - she was interested in us because the amount of children we had.

poodlepusher · 01/04/2008 18:46

Looks a bit like Cheryl Cole.

Original poster
kittywise · 31/03/2008 17:47

pmsl I never looked at the date, cheeky mare!!!

OP posts:
jura · 31/03/2008 15:50

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

blueshoes · 31/03/2008 08:55

Mr kitty, lol. Better not get excited. Photo will be the best aupair has ever looked in recent life. Reality often brings you down with a thud.

MrsRecycle · 31/03/2008 07:57

From my experience, they normally put on 2 stone after the photo is taken anyway or turn up with facial piercings. I take no interest in the photo whatsoever.

Original poster
kittywise · 30/03/2008 23:48

Mr Kitty writing:

Don't worry about the questionnaire Kitty, employ her now!

OP posts:
Original poster
kittywise · 30/03/2008 22:27

Yeah I meant flibberities
He should be so lucky

OP posts:
Janni · 30/03/2008 22:25

If you want to be REALLY pedantic, kitty, I believe that a single flibberty or a few flibberties might attempt flirtation with your unfortunate DP

Original poster
kittywise · 30/03/2008 21:06

NOT flibbity's NO. apostrophe abuse

OP posts:
Original poster
kittywise · 30/03/2008 21:05

Hey ho, well she didn't even reply to blueshoes' questionnaire so there we go!

I think if you're a potential au pair then you should at least send pictures of you with the children you have worked with.

Anyway I don't have to worry about any flibbity's flirting with dp. he lost the ability to notice women year ago

OP posts:
Nighbynight · 30/03/2008 18:16

rofl

NorthernLurker · 30/03/2008 18:12

I asked my dh - he said don't let her through the front door

Nighbynight · 30/03/2008 18:09

On Au Pair world, the photo is a v important part of the application

after viewing 1000 of them, you can divvy them up into categories:

with children - yes
in front of famous sights they have visited - yes
with older woman clearly Mum - yes
with boyfriend - no (ffs you are applying for a job where you are going to live in my house! at least pretend a bit!!)
in bikini - no
looking drunk/silly/eyes closed - no
honeypot photo like the one kitty posted - maybe, depends on what she says in the interview.
If you got her off an internet database she may be husband hunting. If she came via an agency, she is prob just a bit naive.

3NAB · 30/03/2008 17:48

It could have been the only decent pic she had.

You can't make a decision on employing someone on the basis of the photo she sends.

Does she know you have posted her pic for all to see?

Miggsie · 30/03/2008 17:48

...so she won't be introducing your children to philosophy any time soon then?

Janni · 30/03/2008 17:45

Tend to agree with bigshopper - would she have included that photo with an application for, say a secretarial job? I know if I had an au pair I would be expecting them to make my life a heck of a lot easier by WORKING for me !!!

bigshopper · 30/03/2008 14:50

Looks to me like a sign that she's a bit clueless about what being an au pair is, so you should be very specific about the fact that it's ajob and that she will have duties_ that she can't decide not to do when she doesn't feel like it (experience of aps is that at least 1/2 seem to think they're on a school trip when they arrive)

Original poster
kittywise · 29/03/2008 22:17

I did think about that Jam, but my need for advice is greater than my morals

OP posts: