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I am a live in nanny, to a pair of lovley 6 month old twins, a boy and a girl. The parents and I got along fine and well until the paternal grandmother came for a visit. She has been here 3 weeks, and she is making my job enviorment stressful, and hard.
Some things that should be mentioned are- the family I work for is Korean, and I am a caucasion american. This was not a problem at all... but the parents of the twins are adamant about being very respectful to her, and following all her wishes precisely... down to hang drying towels, wearing gloves when feeding the babies, and not allowing me to eat lunch at the table, because I am just a worker. (I eat standing up in front of the sink, or in my room.)
The grandmother has said a number of derogatory things towards me, such as 'oh you have a little bit of a brain! I didnt know.', (after I expressed three times that I had not added water to the babies rice cereal) 'you shouldnt lie about the babies food, its bad for them.', 'you and your soap smell bad', and there are so many more.
If I take a rest during my ten hour shift, she scolds me. Most the time I dont even hve enough time to eat!
She also has broken dishes, spilt water, and thrown away things that arent supposed to be thrown away. When asked about it, she tells the parents it was me, and I cant argue because of course they will believe her over me.
I want to keep this job. The parents and I have a good work relationship, and I get along great with the babies. Not to mention, the job pay is excellent.
Is there a way that I can go about this problem and air my greviances without disrupting their ideals of respect and authority? Does anyone know what my rights are legally if I approach this and am fired for it?
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