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Jesaroo
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Re: Would this bother you?
Posted by Chai77
I would be upset by this! NOT because she used the phone and the minutes, but simply because she did not ask you or tell you about it. Even if she didn't ask you first, she should have said something like "I had to use your phone to make an important call, I hope you don't mind" is all. I'm assuming you never told her she is free to use your phone.
I think what she did is sneaky and would make me wonder what else she might be doing with your personal belongings.
how is using the phone 'sneaky'???
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JennZ
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Re: Would this bother you?
Posted by Jesaroo
Posted by Chai77
I would be upset by this! NOT because she used the phone and the minutes, but simply because she did not ask you or tell you about it. Even if she didn't ask you first, she should have said something like "I had to use your phone to make an important call, I hope you don't mind" is all. I'm assuming you never told her she is free to use your phone.
I think what she did is sneaky and would make me wonder what else she might be doing with your personal belongings.
how is using the phone 'sneaky'???
Because she didnt ask to use it or tell her she used it. I would be upset also, you hire someone to come into your home and you assume they will do their jobs and leave. Would it have been ok if she called China? And didnt say anything?
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| Posted 7/3/07 2:28 PM |
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Jesaroo
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Re: Would this bother you?
Posted by JennZ
Posted by Jesaroo
Posted by Chai77
I would be upset by this! NOT because she used the phone and the minutes, but simply because she did not ask you or tell you about it. Even if she didn't ask you first, she should have said something like "I had to use your phone to make an important call, I hope you don't mind" is all. I'm assuming you never told her she is free to use your phone.
I think what she did is sneaky and would make me wonder what else she might be doing with your personal belongings.
how is using the phone 'sneaky'???
Because she didnt ask to use it or tell her she used it. I would be upset also, you hire someone to come into your home and you assume they will do their jobs and leave. Would it have been ok if she called China? And didnt say anything?
ok this is so dumb. the girl used the PHONE. to make a local call. calling China is totally different and you know everyone would agree.
what if there was some sort of an emergency???????????
maybe it was just to bullsh*t, maybe it was an important call. we dont know.
and point is she DID her job. it didnt stop her from doing her work.
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| Posted 7/3/07 2:30 PM |
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Bxgell2
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Re: Would this bother you?
We just fired an aide who was doing this. My father spends $15 an hour for someone to come to the house and assist him, and despite telling the guy that we have the bare minimum plan so we get charged for every call, he proceeded to use our landline ALL THE TIME. It was distracting him from his job, and clearly disrespectful to our request, so we fired him.
I would give her a chance - tell the cleaner that you have a bare minimum phone plan and get charged for every call. Ask her to please refrain from making calls from your home.
If she does it again - she's out.
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| Posted 7/3/07 2:31 PM |
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Bxgell2
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Re: Would this bother you?
Posted by Jesaroo
ok this is so dumb. the girl used the PHONE. to make a local call. calling China is totally different and you know everyone would agree.
what if there was some sort of an emergency???????????
maybe it was just to bullsh*t, maybe it was an important call. we dont know.
and point is she DID her job. it didnt stop her from doing her work.
I disagree - it's very presumptious to use someone's phone without asking. They have absolutely NO idea if you have a plan that does not cover local calls - for all they know, certain area codes, and local calls, are beyond the plan limits. I would never dare to use anyone's home phone unless I asked first. Would you just grab someone's cell phone and make a call without asking? I doubt it.
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| Posted 7/3/07 2:33 PM |
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JennZ
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Re: Would this bother you?
Posted by Bxgell2
Posted by Jesaroo
ok this is so dumb. the girl used the PHONE. to make a local call. calling China is totally different and you know everyone would agree.
what if there was some sort of an emergency???????????
maybe it was just to bullsh*t, maybe it was an important call. we dont know.
and point is she DID her job. it didnt stop her from doing her work.
I disagree - it's very presumptious to use someone's phone without asking. They have absolutely NO idea if you have a plan that does not cover local calls - for all they know, certain area codes, and local calls, are beyond the plan limits. I would never dare to use anyone's home phone unless I asked first. Would you just grab someone's cell phone and make a call without asking? I doubt it.
Thank You, this is what I was saying in a round about way!
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| Posted 7/3/07 2:34 PM |
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Jesaroo
is not the girl you knew
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Re: Would this bother you?
Posted by Bxgell2
Posted by Jesaroo
ok this is so dumb. the girl used the PHONE. to make a local call. calling China is totally different and you know everyone would agree.
what if there was some sort of an emergency???????????
maybe it was just to bullsh*t, maybe it was an important call. we dont know.
and point is she DID her job. it didnt stop her from doing her work.
I disagree - it's very presumptious to use someone's phone without asking. They have absolutely NO idea if you have a plan that does not cover local calls - for all they know, certain area codes, and local calls, are beyond the plan limits. I would never dare to use anyone's home phone unless I asked first. Would you just grab someone's cell phone and make a call without asking? I doubt it.
i know what you are saying, but i still think its not such a big deal.
YOUR story however is much different and i think that was very disrespectful and problematic and i think you were just for letting him go.
if she was home, i am sure the girl would have asked to use the phone. but she wasnt. so should she have called her to ask her to use the phone? that wouldnt make sense.
if its a one time thing i dont think it is a big deal. if it is common then i would be upset.
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| Posted 7/3/07 2:37 PM |
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browneyedgirl
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Re: Would this bother you?
i honestly wouldn't be upset at all.
i like to give people the benefit of the doubt. it seems like she was trying to get someone and finally got them.
you may want to say something like this to her : "i don't know if i ever told you this, but i don't always get cell phone reception in my house, but if you need to use yours, just go out on the front porch and you should be fine"
but honestly, no, i wouldn't make a big deal out of it
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| Posted 7/3/07 2:40 PM |
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Ophelia
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Re: Would this bother you?
maybe she was calling her home office.
they may require that they call when they get to a job...
I am not sure of the situation, but maybe you should just bring it up to her.
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| Posted 7/3/07 2:46 PM |
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evenedan
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Re: Would this bother you?
Not at all ESPECIALLY since your cell signal is spotty! It would only bother me if she was calling a foreign country or staying on the phone for long periods of time. If you have a flat rate and it didn't cost you anything and she was only on for a few minutes, I don't see the harm. Who knows what she has going on that she needed to check in about etc.
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| Posted 7/3/07 2:56 PM |
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Beth
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Re: Would this bother you?
no - I would not be mad- since they were local calls- and the cell service isn't so good
I would never get rid of a good cleaning lady over a phone call- they are very hard to find!
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| Posted 7/3/07 3:03 PM |
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: Would this bother you?
that would def bother me and I would wonder what else she is using of mine! 
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| Posted 7/3/07 3:12 PM |
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Chai77
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Re: Would this bother you?
Posted by Jesaroo
Posted by Chai77
I would be upset by this! NOT because she used the phone and the minutes, but simply because she did not ask you or tell you about it. Even if she didn't ask you first, she should have said something like "I had to use your phone to make an important call, I hope you don't mind" is all. I'm assuming you never told her she is free to use your phone.
I think what she did is sneaky and would make me wonder what else she might be doing with your personal belongings.
how is using the phone 'sneaky'???
As others have already said quite well, I think it is presumptuous and nervy to just pick up some one else's phone and use it without asking first or at least telling the person.
How would you feel if she took a nap in your bed without your knowledge? or used your lipstick? I think it's an invasion of your privacy and belongings. Maybe you wouldn't mind. To each his own!
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| Posted 7/3/07 4:19 PM |
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Jessica
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Re: Would this bother you?
nope it wouldnt
maybe she was calling her job, her doctor, her kids
cell phone might have not had service there
but if you feel uncomfortable, def bring it up to her
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| Posted 7/3/07 4:22 PM |
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HoneyBadger
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Re: Would this bother you?
I don't think I would be bothered by it for now. If you start to see a pattern, then maybe you need to address it with her.
Who knows? Maybe when you get home there will be a note on your kitchen table telling you she used the telephone.
Just playing devil's advocate here.
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| Posted 7/3/07 4:32 PM |
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Jackie24
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Re: Would this bother you?
a lil bit since it seems like it was sneaked
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| Posted 7/3/07 4:39 PM |
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KPsquared
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Re: Would this bother you?
It would bother me that she used the phone and didn't tell me. I would have no problem with her using the phone if she told me about it, she should have just said "oh by the way I had to use the phone, etc..."
I would say something to her. You are going to be thinking about this from now on when she is there.
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| Posted 7/3/07 9:26 PM |
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munchkinbugs
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Re: Would this bother you?
If long distance yes. If not no. She probably didn't want to use airtime minutes. Remember when there weren't cell phones.
As long as she does a good job and doesn't steal my stuff I wouldn't care.
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| Posted 7/3/07 9:30 PM |
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Reese32
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Re: Would this bother you?
I think I'd be bothered, but would let it go this time, and just keep checking my account to see if it happens again. If it does, I'd say something then. If you pay hourly, the time could add up, even though you're not paying any more the calls she made.
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| Posted 7/3/07 9:34 PM |
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june262004
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Re: Would this bother you?
That is why I would never let anyone in my house alone 
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| Posted 7/3/07 9:36 PM |
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4monkeys
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Re: Would this bother you?
While I can see both sides of the coin here, at first I was more  but as I think about it, I have to side with letting it slide for now.
Maybe she has other jobs where she CAN use it, no problem, and she wasnt thinking of "lemme leave a note".
and as we ladies all know, ten minutes can go in a flash, especially if we're cleaning and talking 
If the job was done, and nothing else seems wrong, maybe approach her about it if it does bother you.
 
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| Posted 7/3/07 9:38 PM |
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trnity44
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Re: Would this bother you?
So I talked to DH when I got home- and he doesnt seemed to be bothered by it! He says he doesnt care what she does as long as she does a good job with the house. He told me keep an eye on the phone and see if she makes long distance calls. She does do an awesome job at cleaning the house- so other than the whole phone thing today, we are really happy with her.
If I see this becomes a regular thing, I will bring it up, but otherwise, I'm just going to leave it alone for now.
ETS: I checked the phone records from last week, and she didnt use the phone- so it was just today.
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| Posted 7/3/07 9:43 PM |
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Stefanie
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Re: Would this bother you?
Ok, after reading this entire post...well sort of...I see that I'm the minority.
I would be bothered. I feel that I'm paying you to clean my house...not talk on the phone. EVERYONE has a cell phone nowadays so why does she feel the need to use your phone? She doesn't know you pay a flat rate or whats the situation with your phone service. It's just funny that she feels comfortable using your phone. I'm wondering what else she feels comfortable doing in your home. This is exactly why I would never want a cleaning person in my home.
I just hope you don't pay her by the hour...
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| Posted 7/3/07 9:48 PM |
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