if a nanny lost your house keys, would you expect her to pay to replace them?

[Tutter]

and would you be pissed off, or just see it as One Of Those Things?

I'd see it as one of those things but I'd expect her to pay to replace them. I don't think losing the house keys is the normal sort of wear and tear you'd expect to write off.

have you had A Talk with her tutter? things aren't going fantastically with her iirc?

One of those things.

But I would expect her to pay to replace them. Accidents are all very well, but her carelessness isn't something you should have to pay for.

no

I would pay for replacement but ask her to show that she has taken steps to make sure she doesn't loose them again, eg a key ring that has an extending cord and clips onto a handbag.

Does she know where she lost them? You might need to change the lock if there is any chance that they could be picked up by someone who knows/can work out where the house is.

I was thinking that bran. In any urban area IMO lost keys = hassle of new locks tbh. Otherwise insurance policies might be invalid...

yes, have done, hc

she's a bit dippy. have talked to her about thwe Big Stuff (sharp knives in grab-0able positions, bad nappy changes etc) but an trying to let the smaller stuff go

that's what worries me most tbh bran

I think I would be pretty pissed off but then I would probably cover the cost of replacing them and changing the locks as I guess it is part of the cost of employing someone.

But then Tutter I am a soft touch which you will see from my other thread !

oh bugger. are you looking for someone else....? losing keys is a big pita.

no, one of those things and I wouldn't expect her to pay to replace them, no.
If I was employed and lost (say) my company uniform then I wouldn't expect to pay for it unless it said so very specifically in my contract
total PITA though, sympathies

Wot Harpsi said, exactly.

you're right, of course, harpsi

I would only expect her to pay if she lost them more than once.

At work if you lost your security pass you were allowed ONE replacement before having to pay.

I wouldn't ask her to pay to replace the keys because it negative feeling wouldn't be worth the small amount of money it costs to copy keys.

However... I do think you'd be wise to change the locks and I would be mighty unhappy about that cost. I might split the cost of changing locks with her and give her the opportunity to bsit for her share. I did this when a nanny lost her mobile phone. She assumed she had to pay for it, and I said "I'll split it with you." And then I said she could just pick up some babysitting hours if she wanted and she was happy with that.

But, this mother's help is one dopy chick. Is she actually making your life easier or harder?

In those circs I wouldn't expect someone to pay either harpsi, but this is potentially access/security to someone's home
Maybe it would depend on the context. Someone who'd worked for me for a while and I felt was inherently trustworthy and careful, no...someone who was often scatterbrained and careless, and not doing as requested workwise, not so sure.

no- for the same reasons as harpsi. If I lost work keys I wouldn't expect to pay for replacements.

can you claim on your household insurance for cost of replacing locks/keys?

you might want to have a chat and explain what 'taking responsibility' means and next time something is lost or broken she can pay for replacement.

No, I would pay.
One of our former nannies lost one of my car keys -cost about £250 to replace (not to mention my fear that the car would be stolen since she seemed to lose them in the 10yards between house and car).

I would pay and consider changing the locks if necessary.

I would be annoyed but I wouldn't expect her to pay for them.

no

I would def change the locks though and if they were lost again she would pay for them.

No, as Harpsi and et al have said.

ok!

Im a nanny... i have the biggest bunch of keys EVER. House keys for my house, my mums, my dads, my grandparents, current place of work and the previouse 3 jobs, (where i go occasionaly and are all happy for me to keep their keys) as well as my car. + 2 key fobs to get me into local sailing clubs
(24 keys in total)

I Have never lost my massive bunch of keys. (It weighs a ton, and makes a massive noise if dropped)

However one day one of the keys (of my old job) came off the key ring. (they had given me a flimsy key rings with 3 keys on to attatch to my key ring and because it was a flimsy key ring it just came off)

The thing was they had just had massive building works done on their house, and had all of the doors with the same yale key. 6 doors in total, 5 of those external doors.

The key went missing on the school run, ie between their front door and my car (massive driveway) or actually at the school.

Asked in the office at school and looked all over the massive drive way but we never found it.

Due to the possibility of the fact that the key might have been on the drive they had to change all 6 brand new locks. (less than a month old)

Whilst i was mortified they didnt expect or even ask me to pay.

(Even if they had i wouldnt have paid.... I had not been 'negligent' and had attached the bunch of keys to my key ring with the key ring they provided for me)

So far that is the only key i have ever lost!