Nannies with no sense of time
gali:
If the nanny is called before the hour she has to come - she will come. No need to dismiss her, just continue the play as usual. For instance - she has to come from 3 PM to 4 PM. If you schedule her at 1 PM, and you have a day off, she will come. So, you have to schedule her after 4 PM.
But, sometimes, when I call a nanny for the next day, and she has to come at 8 AM - I always call at 7 AM another nanny, "just for now", because several times the scheduled nanny didn't arrive, and I had to leave the mother at home.
phyllis_p:
Quote from: gali on 2005 August 15, 18:33:12
If the nanny is called before the hour she has to come - she will come. No need to dismiss her, just continue the play as usual. For instance - she has to come from 3 PM to 4 PM. If you schedule her at 1 PM, and you have a day off, she will come. So, you have to schedule her after 4 PM.
But, sometimes, when I call a nanny for the next day, and she has to come at 8 AM - I always call at 7 AM another nanny, "just for now", because several times the scheduled nanny didn't arrive, and I had to leave the mother at home.
Well, the problem with this is that she was coming at 9 at night, so I suspect by 3 the next afternoon she would be long gone. She was supposed to "track schedule," not come "just for now." When I'd made arrangements before, she always waited and showed up about 15 minutes before a child was due to be home alone.
Anyway, thanks for all your input, folks (I tried to post this before, but my connection lagged and the response didn't post). I've read about all these other instances -- multiple nannies, nannies who don't go home, stinky nannies, passed out nannies -- and even had one who did the last 3 before the Maxis patch came out. But I've never had one who came at the wrong time and didn't show up when she was supposed to be there. Being a curious person, I still have to wonder whether these are all different problems that manifest with a single "object" (the nanny,) or whether they are all manifestations of the same problem. I suppose I'll never know ;-)
Anyway, thanks again, folks. I truly appreciate it.
Phyllis
ZephyrZodiac:
Just turn the existing nannies into babies with SimPE and let the game generate new ones - they just MIGHT be OK for a while.............. ???
vecki:
Quote from: phyllisp on 2005 August 15, 17:43:21
But I've always used them anyway, and with good results -- until now. At one particular house, they can't seem to track the parents' work schedule anymore. Didn't need a nanny when the kid was little because there were grandparents, but the grandparents died and the kid needed someone for an hour after school. The father called the night before to make arrangements; then an hour after he called, the nanny showed up. Puzzled, he dismissed her. Next day when kid comes home from school -- no nanny. Dad calls and fires nanny, then Mom calls and hires one for the next day. An hour later, nanny shows up. Mom dismisses her. Next day after school -- no nanny.
Question: Are you calling using a normal phone or a cell phone?
When I had Nina Caliente call using a cell, the nanny would show up the hour after calling, regardless of when Nina was working, and leave while Nina was at work, and the toddler playing on the floor. Eventually the toddler passed out and the Social Worker appeared to take her away. I quit that one without saving because Nina hadn't done anything wrong. Next time, I tried using the normal phone, and the nanny was able to track the schedule fine.
I now always use the normal phone for services and I haven't had that problem since.
Mobile phones are for socialising only! If they're lucky enough to get one! And that's only if I'm feeling generous and have remembered to put a mobile dispenser on a community lot!
ZephyrZodiac:
I don't think I've ever used one to call a nanny, but they work fine with the repairman, delivery etc., so why the freaking NANNY!!!! Because the nanny is totally b******red!
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page