My ex
used to Nanny for a rich (and quite famous) sports personality.

She'd been working for the family for a number of years, taking the kids out to the beach, to our house to play, etc... when one day, she discovered she was pregnant.

She duly informed her employer, and guess what?

Yep, rather than pay the wages that she would have been entitled to for the period of her maternity leave, they accused her of stealing.

Stealing what, you may ask?

A child's coat. A 9 year olds child's coat.

The eldest of the kids she looked after, had one day simply left it at our house. They were always leaving something, toy car, train whatever.

The mother had seen said coat one day whilst visiting our house shortly after being informed of the pregnancy, and decided it was theft. Like the misses was going to wait 9 years to give our child a second hand coat?? She (and I) had (and have) not ever stolen anything from anywhere or anyone, ever.

I had a 'quiet' word, in which I may have insulted various friends of theirs (namely, one Lord who was in prison not so long ago), and they eventually relented, realising the futility of attempting such a morally void trick to avoid paying what they were legally bound to.

Tight, completely amoral, bastards.

...and she went back to work for them AFTER our first child was born!
(dchurch bah, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 11:20, 2 replies)

Come on
give us a clue who it is.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 12:34, closed)

ooohh
Can't really, but the family used to own a bank too.
(dchurch bah, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 13:36, closed)