the plot thickens
ok, i just called another nanny to set up an interview and -- i swear on my own future grave -- her outgoing message was the percy sledge's "when a man loves a woman."
let us leave aside the fact, for now, that "WAMLAW" is an execrable piece of trash -- i never liked that song. (if you want good percy sledge, check out "baby help me.") so if i were making this personnel decision based solely on musical taste, the marvin gaye nanny would win on the downbeat.
but, i digress. more to the point: what the hell is going on with brooklyn babysitters and their rub-me-down voicemail slow jams?
does anybody else think this is a disturbing trend? i must get to the bottom of it.
let us leave aside the fact, for now, that "WAMLAW" is an execrable piece of trash -- i never liked that song. (if you want good percy sledge, check out "baby help me.") so if i were making this personnel decision based solely on musical taste, the marvin gaye nanny would win on the downbeat.
but, i digress. more to the point: what the hell is going on with brooklyn babysitters and their rub-me-down voicemail slow jams?
does anybody else think this is a disturbing trend? i must get to the bottom of it.
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ahh yes, the plot thickens! keep us posted.
I predict the next one you try will have R. Kelly's "I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)"
What weirds ME out is that they're listening to the same music I was listening to 35 years ago, or however long ago it was. First time I heard WAMLAW was in Norway, 1970. Oh baby, I loved that song.
At least it was Sledge's version, and not....(gulp), Michael Bolton. Perhaps they all belong to some nanny/sex cult. Nannies Gone Wild???
Runkle in Ohio
Maybe they just figure that anyone not willing to find out who this person is with several minutes of Marvin Gaye in lieu of a voice mail greeting will be kinda boring, and have painfully conventional children. Hence, not worth working for in the first place. Kind of a strange vetting system, but one never knows...
oh man, I was interviewing for nannies several weeks ago, and one had an entire mary j blige song as her greeting - the ENTIRE song. towards the end she mumbled something about leaving a message.
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