Friday, January 5, 2024

Deranged stories about nannies in New York and the people who report them online for perceived missteps

This article is packed with enough specific anecdotes for a TV series, including one person taking an upskirt photo at the park as potential blackmail material. From the first story in the article:

Heather fired Katie. And then things took an unexpected turn. The next nanny Heather hired, Sara*, started getting confronted on the street by a group of six or seven caregivers who were loyal to her predecessor. They would call out to Caleb by name, take videos and pictures of him, and sometimes malign Heather to Sara. 

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“PLEASE REFRAIN FROM WORKING WITH THIS WOMAN,” she wrote to everyone. “SHE’S NOT FOR NANNIES, SHE’S ACTUALLY AGAINST NANNIES!!!”