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AIBU?

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To report my colleague?

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HeyNannyNanny · 27/02/2019 13:31

I work in a private household as a Nanny.
There are several chauffeurs but during the week my charge and I typically have the same one. He's lovely though he could potentially be awful and I wouldn't know as we don't share a common language.

I dread having to get into the car as it absolutely reeks of smoke. I'm not sure if he's smoking a particular kind of tobacco but the smell is very heavy and genuinely makes me feel nauseas every time we travel (spend about an hour or so in the car each day).
He never smokes in the car, but smokes outside of it and comes straight into the car after.

The smell is so bad it has made me sick several times (and I'm rarely sick, and not usually a princess about such things I swear) and I'm getting quite concerned about the air quality and the secondhand smoke risks for my charge.

The car never smells when my boss is being driven.

WIBU to have a word with the Mum/Dad (bosses) about this?

I hate the idea of snitching and he's obviously within his rights to smoke, and doesn't actually do it in the car or on the property but it truly is foul in that car.

Im worried he'll get in trouble and I'm selfishly worried about my relationship with him, as it'll be obvious who has said something and I have to see him every day.

OP posts:
MadameDD · 01/03/2019 08:26

HeyNannyNanny - I believe you re you not speaking Russian but trust me google HNI (high networth individuals) and family office jobs and quite a few of them require office staff (e.g. an EA/PA etc) to speak Russian, because the documents etc can be in both Russian and English but how can family members understand documents if they don't read English text.

A mere nanny, yeah you don't need Russian apart from everyday words.

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