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If your nanny got a parking ticket

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snickersnack · 17/09/2008 16:53

Just out of interest, if your nanny gets a parking ticket in your car while she?s in charge of the children, do you pay? Or would you expect her to? She?s just left me a message to say that she got a ticket this morning while dropping off at a playdate and to apologise. Which makes me think she assumes I?ll pay. Which I probably will, as it?s the first time, but don?t want it to become a habit?is it just a cost of having a nanny that I hadn't budgeted for?

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nannynick · 17/09/2008 17:29

Can't see how you could be responsible in any way for your nanny getting a parking ticket, thus why should you pay?
If you told them to park in a particular place, knowing full well that by doing so it would be in breach of parking regulations, then I feel you share the blame... but I would expect that isn't the situation here. Your nanny choose to park their (or your) car in an unsuitable place and thus I feel it is the nanny who should pay the fine.

georgimama · 17/09/2008 16:57

I don't have a nanny but I don't see why you should pay, presumably she igmored some parking restriction or another and it was her fault. If I had a company car and parked on a yellow/overstayed in a car park and got a ticket I wouldn't expect them to fork out, even if on company business.

It may be more diplomatic to tell her that you will pay for this ticket but that you will not pay for any others, otherwise she may think she can just park willy nilly because you will stump up, which is not on.