Helpers and mobile phones

agree with aussiegal & rani. like rani, my previous helper also rushed through tasks & then only to find her later in room/kitchen talking with friends, texting or playing games on her phone. or staying in the washroom for a long time to do the same thing.

i believe certain house rules are necessary. for some, it may be re: mobile phones, and others something else. i envy those who have helpers knowing what to do at what times & no rules are needed. sounds like you have an amazing helper. unfortunately for mine, training is needed & as are house rules.

banning phones during work hours & enforcing their emotional cut off from their familes/friends? i'm not sure about that as they have plenty of time after work hours/weekends to catch up...
 
i don't think either aussiegal or rani were endorsing banning mobile phone usage during ALL work hours. just whatever makes sense given the type of helper they have.
 
zac08, after work hours at my place is around 9pm or whenever she finishes the dishes & wake up time is 7am.
i think that is quite reasonable, maybe not in your point of view.

i agree with aussiegal & rani also in that they understand there are helpers out there who are not as responsible whislt some are. it seems yours is great, so good for you! not everyone is as lucky you must understand.
 
was merely addressing your counter to happyv's point that banning mobile phones during ALL work hours is not fair. seemed to me as though you support banning use of phone during all work hours which me to sounds unreasonable. i mean, if you have to impose that kind of rule in with your helper, she is clearly too immature and not responsible at all and you should fire her!

i have absolutely no issues with rules for helpers. we have rules too of course. but having to impose a blanket 'no phone calls at all allowed from 7am to 9pm' sounds ridiculous and again if you feel like you have to set such a rule, your helper is clearly not someone you can trust and lacking sound judgement and on the basis of that should be terminated.
 
although i agree to an extent with happyv, the difference between a parent doing something and a helper is this:

as a parent, if something happens to my child due to MY neglect, that is my fault and i have no one to blame but myself.

god forbid something happen to my child and i find out that my helper was busy talking on the phone and didn't prevent it because she was otherwise occupied... i honestly don't know what my reaction would be.

i do not agree with banning phones, but as others have pointed out, what one considers "common" sense may not be all that "common".

i don't have a problem with my helper using her phone, so long as she uses her brain about it.

would i be happy if the kids were swimming and she was yakking on the phone? NO>

would i be ok with her on the phone whilst folding clothes or whilst the kids are playing happily in the living room? YES>

that said, i used to do a lot of private tutoring. there was one helper in particular that was ALWAYS on the phone. there were times when i arrived, she had the phone crooked in her neck... it was still there 2 hours later! those people had call waiting. i know of many that stopped call waiting so that they'd know if the helper was on the phone. (this was back before mobiles were all that common~ remember the days of pagers?)
 
I guess one thing it really depends on your helper. How mature and responsible she is. Also put yourself when you are at work in the office, did you ever had any private calls? Obviously most of us don't talk and giggle for half an hour but we still have our private calls during office hours. It's a way of relaxing and keep in touch with our friends. I think it should be the same with them. That's just my thoughts.
 
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