Two weeks ago we welcomed our second au pair... Our first was brilliant but I adjusted my expectations again... But this one has reached new lows!
He is 18 and I think probably just clueless if not a bit lazy...
Yesterday he brought kids home from school, put TV on and slept on sofa. I'd asked him to change two of their beds and prepare baked potatoes for their tea. He has sole charge from school til my do gets home 6pm.
3 hours later ... He'd had a nice sleep, laundry was damp in tumble dryer and he'd baked sweet pots instead of the ones labelled "baking pots" that I'd showed him the week before and had fed my daughter lettuce and bananas for tea. No breakfast stuff cleared away.
Is it retrievable?!! We have no issues with hours worked - he will do about 12 per week, paid 60. Only housework I ask for is changing the kids beds.
I also expect if he eats with us to chip in somehow be it helping prepare or clear away, as I would expect any adult. Mmm