To expect my nanny NOT to feed my two year old a McDonalds Happy Meal?

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I know it's not the end of the world and he is nearly three but I don't think it's unreasonable to expect her to ASK me, at least, before takes him out and stuffs him full of chicken nuggets and chips for lunch.

I'm not against McD's as such, but he's still really little and there's no need to take him there yet - it's not a bloody treat - as she seems to think.

I think that's what has annoyed me most. It's just food, I don't want him associating it with being a "treat" outing.

ahhh, so it is shit wages and exploitation that is (also) the issue. Anna/Jane, if any nanny is going to work for you, they had better be well informed outside of their professional childcare arena.

Yes - but I wouldn't leave my child with a moron, as some people seem prepared to do.

No you don't, Anna. You grow your own. Your underlying feeling about nannies is becoming clearer.

Anna

Are you saying the OP's nanny is a moron? A moron is someone with an iq of between 50 and 69. Do all people who eat at Macdonald's occasionally share this iq?

'fess up. This thread has nothing to do about anything except the fact your dss' nanny annoys you and your dp and you can't do anything about it.

Does everyone who disses Macdonalds on here never eat at Pret a Manger either?

Who are owned by Mds

If you don't, then good for you for sticking to your convictions. But I have to confess, even though I personally dislike Mds, I've had many a Pret sandwich in my time because they are yummy. (Once or twice I've even enjoyed - gasp - a ham and cheese baguette, which those of you who have been following this wonderful thread throughout will know is FAR less nutritious than a Happy Meal).

Well in the UK McDonalds certainly pay their staff wages that are comparable to those paid in similar establishments and again in the UK, in nutritional terms, food at McDonalds is no different to much on offer at Nando's, Giraffe or a myriad of other places which escape McDonald's oppobrium.

Does the ban on "large multinationals" extend to your choices in clothing, supermarkets, furniture, pharmaceuticals, petrol stations etc etc?

Pret food is also often more fattening (and of course less nutrtitious) than McDonalds. IIRC, a tuna bagquette at Pret has something like 850 calories compared to a Big Mac ata around 500.

Tuna baguette is a revolting concept.

Well we agree on that! I make my own lunch because I can't bear the revolting food that chains like Pret serve.

Don't get me wrong Anna, I'm not a defender of the kind of pap Mcd's serve as such. It's just that I think an awful lot of people are pretty ill-informed when it comes to food and that McDonalds gets unfairly picked on.

My kids do get McDonalds, maybe 2 - 3 times a year. This will always be because we have been on a long day trip somewhere, I will have prepared a picnic lunch and I know we will be home well after bedtime. If we'bve done a 15 mile bike road or similar, the last thing we want to do is go to a proper restaurant and spend an hour or more waiting for supper.

My DP used to run a chain of restaurants and we are pretty well-informed about what goes on in that industry .

YABU unless you specifically asked her not to feed him Macdonalds, a decision I would heartily endorse.

I am going to ask my (french) dh what he would do if the nounou took ds to McD.

I took my 72 year old mil (aslo french) to Mcd; she had never been before. I took her and the children (baby had homemade puree) - she had never been in one before.

Georgiemum said:
"Sack her is she is stealing or thumping the kids. Or sleeping with your husband. Or boozing from your supplies. Or selling your stuff on e-bay."

What if she's thumping my husband and selling the children on ebay?

I've read the last few pages of this thread and am dumbstruck by some of the attitudes here. I clearly will never live up to JaneLumley's perfect parent group, and as for calling it 'gross misconduct' to take a child to McDonalds - words fail me.

I cannot understand why this thread didn't stop on any of the occasions when someone said 'tell your nanny that you are not happy with her taking the child to McDonalds - if she carries on doing it, then you have a problem/issue.'

maybe some people on here have 'food ishoos'

It's quite interesting that France is McDonald's fastest growing market in Europe and also the most profitable. The Times did a feature on this fact last month and interviewed French people eating at McD's arounf Paris. Without exception, they all claimed they never ate there "normally". I just dion't understand why say a cheese baguette with french fries is considered so superior to a hamburger with fries.

Where would you eat a cheese baguette with chips?

I would be hard pushed to find that menu around here.

Oh, and I know who eats MD at every meal: my (pregnant) Portuguese gardienne, her DH and DS...

I used to be a manager of Macdonalds and I was a party entertainer there Please note I was 17 my father always said I was the devil now its confirmed, Since I entertained children whilst they stuffed there little faces with processed food

Most cafes in Paris have a cheese sandwich on the menu and most also have frites. If you so desired, you could order them at the same time. Alternatively, you could order a staple menu item at a Parisian bistro like say hamburger et frites. Which of course, nutritionally speaking, would be identical to a meal at McDonalds.

LOL chocolatedot everyone laughs at tourists who make odd menu combos .

We were in the Georges restaurant on the top of the Centre Pompidou a couple of weeks ago having lunch. A group of tall, highlighted and bulging-midriffed women sat down at a table near us and proceeded to have:

• a glass of champagne
• a starter of a Club Sandwich
• a main course
• an Irish coffee

We concluded they had to be English .

And when my DH walked past their table, they all turned, stared and started drooling . Yet more confirmation...

Anna: "And when my DH walked past their table, they all turned, stared and started drooling"

Were these English women teething? lolol

I can never understand the French attitiude of superiority when it comes to their food. Up and down the country their menus are stuffed with frites, hamburgers and yes, nuggets. There is virtually no innovation outside Paris and also limited regional variation, compared to other European countries. Just like the great myth that French women are chic.

I completely agree about the lack of innovation - it's terrible. Even in Paris there really isn't much going on on the food scene. I rarely like the so-called new/innovative restaurants here - you can eat more interesting food in many, many other countries than France.

But people do have much more informed awareness about nutrition here. It is just part of the culture.