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Original poster

To think a student doesn’t need a nanny?

133 replies

SerenDippitty · 30/12/2019 17:36

Or a driver?

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/facebook-nanny-job-ad-student-17488931?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wales_main

OP posts:
checkingforballoons · 30/12/2019 17:39

Bit weird, surely that’s a housekeeper not a nanny?

Heismyopendoor · 30/12/2019 17:42

More of a house keeper. Tbh if I had the money I’d get one for myself. And I’m in my thirties 😂

Baguetteaboutit · 30/12/2019 17:45

Meh, I'd get myself a bloody nanny if I won the lottery. I was only just explaining to my wailing 5yo last night that actually, contrary to his complaining, I'd like nothing better than for someone to draw me a bath, warm my PJs and read me a book before I go to bed so yeah, why not?

Camomila · 30/12/2019 17:45

Yes they could have put housekeeper/PA on the job advert and it would have neen lots better!

DHs auntie is a 'nanny' to some 20/30 somethings, she still lives there but once they all got to uni age the parents changed her job title to housekeeper though! She went wedding dress shopping with the oldest daughter recently :) . I think they call her 'nanny X' like people would call an aunt 'aunty X'

TheBigFatMermaid · 30/12/2019 17:51

Quite identifiable in that ad! Pretty sure they won't get ripped to shreds by their cohort! Oh no, that won't happen at all! 😂

MamToTeens · 30/12/2019 17:52

The student might have a condition that makes it necessary. When I read it I instantly thought ASD.

Hefzi · 30/12/2019 17:53

Camomila she doesn't work for the Rees-Moggs, does she Grin?

Camomila · 30/12/2019 17:59

Haha no she works near Guildford!

BuffaloCauliflower · 30/12/2019 18:02

@MamToTeens bless you. There’s no indication of additional needs, and I’m sure they’d be mentioned if they were. The issue is clearly the ‘very busy first year schedule’

Missteebeee · 30/12/2019 18:04

It’s a housekeeper role

I’m not sure what the issue is

Sparklesocks · 30/12/2019 18:07

Part of uni is learning to cook and look after yourself.
Also imagine what the other students would think of their fellow student having their dinner made every night - you’d be a huge point of fun! Mum needs to cut those apron strings and let her little darling learn how to make super noodles and pasta Grin

minisoksmakehardwork · 30/12/2019 18:30

If the girl is Canadian, I wonder if she's French Canadian and the advert lost the sense of housekeeper in translation. My French isn't great so if someone has done what I did and googled, they could easily come up with nanny instead of housekeeper.

Emmelina · 30/12/2019 18:34

Surely half the point of going into halls is to learn to take care of yourself for the first time?

Original poster
SerenDippitty · 30/12/2019 18:36

Possibly she grew up with “staff” and has no idea how to shop for and cook food or take care of her clothes.

OP posts:
MereDintofPandiculation · 30/12/2019 18:40

Part of uni is learning to cook and look after yourself. If her parents can afford to hire two members of staff for her, she's not going to end up working in a minimum wage job, is she? Cooking and looking after herself are not necessary skills for her future lifestyle.

Purpletigers · 30/12/2019 18:45

Lucky kid !

Sparklesocks · 30/12/2019 18:53

@MereDintofPandiculation at the moment yes, but who knows what will happen in the future? She could fall out with her family, or they could lose their investments, umpteen things could happen. No matter how wealthy your family are you should be able to look after yourself as an adult and not be utterly reliant on others.

lovepickledlimes · 30/12/2019 19:02

If her parents want her to just focus on getting good grades and decicating herself to just being a student there us nothing wrong with that. Would be lying if I said I would not consider it myself if my kids went to uni. Any chores would be less time studying and could potentially effect her grade. Just as a poor diet could effect her health and again indirectly effect her uni performance.

Mlou32 · 30/12/2019 19:25

If they have the money to pay for it and are giving someone employment at the same time then good for them. Doesn't affect me apart from being envious Grin

Jiggeriepokerie · 30/12/2019 19:36

I took in an international post-grad student for 3 months because her very well off parents wanted to make sure she was properly fed, in a clean home and with a family who'd look out for her whilst she was here. She was perfectly capable of looking after herself but it was being overseas that freaked her parents out a bit. She paid me in a bottle of wine every Friday Smile

Iusedtobeskinny · 30/12/2019 19:41

Good for them, no problem with that and they no doubt have their own reasons for it.

lovepickledlimes · 30/12/2019 19:42

@Jiggeriepokerie never thought about it like that. Any parent would feel better if they knew their child was being looked after if in an entirely different country and so far from home

Halleli · 30/12/2019 19:45

I do hope for that girl’s sake that she isn’t the only Canadian law student starting at Leeds in September...

mbosnz · 30/12/2019 19:49

I do hope for that girl’s sake that she isn’t the only Canadian law student starting at Leeds in September...

That's what I was thinking.

It was bad enough for the law student I went to uni with who couldn't possibly manage to get up for 10am lecture, so her mother was dutifully there to record and notate them. . .

Purpleartichoke · 30/12/2019 20:01

There was a similar ad on my local listserv last fall. The student in question was blind and we live in an area with absolutely no public transit. The student needed a driver to get to classes or really anywhere he needed to be, and since they have to pay to have someone available, why not have the person also help the student who is facing extra hurdles out with day to day tasks.