there was a previous post where someone was asking about Sitters and whether they're any good. To date, I've thought they are fab - use them regularly.
However, on Saturday we had the girl we usually get from Sitters - always been great. Only this time, she helped herself to a packet of crisps I was saving for a picnic on Sunday, ate half and put the rest back. And she took two diet cokes out of the fridge.
Now half a bag of crips and two soft drinks isn't a big deal - but helping yourself without asking is. i don't like the thought of her browsing through our cupboards and just taking what she likes.
BUT WORSE. My husband knows he left his £200 worth Mont Blanc pen on the dresser in the kitchen as he'd used it to write out the telephone number of the place we were going. And on Sunday morning when he looked for it, it was gone. Now admittedly we have small children who might have taken it, but we have searched everywhere for it and it's gone. I can't accuse her of taking it, but it seems awfully suspicious. Giving her the benefit of the doubt, I knew she was doing some puzzles when we got home so I thought she might well have gone in search of a pen and used the mont blanc and then just packed it up with her puzzles - easy enough to do.
I called Sitters (who were great) and they called her and got back to me. Apparently she admits to taking a coke but denied taking any food. She also said she didn't know what a mont blanc pen is and used her own biros for the puzzles she was doing. She is the only one who could have eaten the crisps - so she's lying. And if she's lying about that, then she could be lying about the pen.
Fairly obviously we won't be using her again. Sitters have asked whether we would like to make a formal police complaint against her. Personally, without knowing for sure what happened to the pen, I'm loathe to do it. But I feel really violated. And if she did take that pen I am thoroughly pissed off as it cost a lot and was an anniversary gift from me to my DH.
grrr