21.12.06 - Меня конечно это письмо просто взбесило, я не долго думая накатала Пайпер сочинение, где рассказала ей все то, что я об этой семейке думаю.
"Piper, I've read Liga's letter, and I think that what she says is absolutely disgusting. I know that you understand MY point of view and really appreciate it; I'm glad to have counselor like you, however I can't help but write this...It's going to be really long letter
About the items you mention:
First, I just receive an AT&T phone bill for Mia's 415.383.8990 house number (which no one else uses) for a total of $249.32. So it appears she is in debt to us rather than the other way around.
If Liga can send you a copy of the phone bill, and if it is really 249,32, I will pay for it from 251 dollars that she ows me for educations, vacations and the last week of work.
Second, payment for School is NOT in LIEU of attending school but FOR attending school. I gave Mia several catalogues from College of Marin and other Adult Education programs in Marin. Her response was that there was no classes there that interested her and that she wanted to attend SF State. Why can't she attend College of Marin? Are host families now expected to pay the GG Bridge toll as part of aupair's education expenses? I did not tell Mia she could not go to SF State. However, Mia made absolutely no moves to do anything toward meeting this goal of registering for classes. I will not pay anyone for NOT attending school. MOST IMPORTANTLY, payment for school would have been made TO THE SCHOOL NOT to the aupair. So, I consider 75 dollars toward education absolutely senseless.
The college was supposed to start only in the end of January, and I had plenty of time to sign up for classes; I don't think that it is necessary to explain to Liga or anyone else that it is impossible to start attending classes before the begining of new semester; moreover it is up to me, not her, to decide what college I want to attend attend. When I was thinking about going to SF State, I wasn't planning on asking Liga to pay for my commute to the city; I was going to take a bus from the very beginning and to pay for it myself. I sent my application to the college of Marin more than a week ago, and I'm going to register in person this week. What other moves does she expect me to do...?
Vacation... Mia had the entire weekend of Thanksgiving holiday off.
As far as I know, au-pair can have one full weekend a month, and this weekend is not considered to be her vacation...Am I right?
She chose not to participate in our Family's Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday... instead she opted for a computer chat room as more important to her and this was a direct insult to my entire family.
Yes, that day I did prefer talking to my mom, who is the most important person in my life, to spending the evening with a bunch of people I didn't know These people never did anything to make me feel as a part of their family so why would I take part in family activities. I didn't meen it as an insult, I just didn't feel comfortable; I'm sure that they didn't miss me much at the table.
she only worked 2 hours per day for the last 2 weeks.
I worked with Hoy's previous au-pair and know what her working hours were. I did the same amount of work she used to do (with the exception of driving kids to school) and even more. She worked from 7 a.m. till 4 p.m. and spent with children a little bit more than 1 hour in the morning and 3 hours in the evening. Yes, I did spend less time with the kids than she did, but I did lots of stuff she never thought of doing. For example, I cleaned up kid's rooms every day, organized their clothes, did laundry, I also cleaned up kitchen that, for some reason, needed it badly every day. It takes time to do all of these and I definitely didn't do it for my own pleasure...
So again, she owes me for vacation time.
Does she really want me to pay her...? If she doesn't, i don't see any point in writing it...
Third .... I took 2 hours time out of my schedule to bring Mia to DMV to make her more marketable to her next family. At my billable rate, this is a cost of close to $1,000.
I appreciate the fact that Liga took me to my driving test and "made me more marketable to the next family". Unfortunately, she forgot to mention that it would cost me 1000 dollars! Does she want me to pay for it as well?...
I did this even though she did absolutely nothing to enroll in driving lessons as I had requested. She called people and that was it.
I had an appointment for driving lessons, 130 dollars each. But the day I got my license, Liga told me that they didn't want au-pair any longer, so I cancelled this appointment.
She is not a safe driver and I would not trust her in a car with my children.
I have been driving children to school for last 2 weeks on a daily basis, and my new family had checked my driving skills before they decided to hire me. I took test and got license just like every other driver in the country. As far as I know, in most cases it takes au-pairs more than one time to pass the test...whereas I passed it from the first try...It meens that I'm not so bad as Liga says and this is HER opinion that I can't drive. I can't say that I have big driving experience, but, at the same time, I beleive that the problem is not in my driving but in the place where they live.
She is a smart young lady -- book smart, but oblivious to the world in front of her, simple things -- and with young children this is frightening.
Yes, I'm a smart lady... Smart enough to realize that the problem is not in me. I really love children and I'm fond of my new family and kids. I'm here only for 4 days and the kids keep hugging me and telling me that they love me. When I came to Hoy's family, I honestly tried to make Anavija and Torben love me...but not every 4 year old child calls you "stupid idiot" and not every 6 year old girl says to you "I'm not talking to that stupid nanny" when you just ask her to take a bath or to get dressed...They don't listen even to their own parents, so why would they listen to a nanny? What is really frightening is the way they bring up their children and treat other people!!!
Maybe it is not very nice to write things like this, but this is what I feel. Thank you for reading it
P.S. I don't mind at all if you send any part of this letter to Liga. Actually, I would like her to read it.
Mia."
В результате, через несколько недель я получила чек от агенства...выкуси Лига...))