Why do families nowadays hire nannies but never let them do the grocery shopping?

Anonymous commenter: I invited friends over for dinner and picked out fifteen large shrimp at the supermarket, sold by the piece. I had the hourly worker help devein them, then marinated them with salt and black pepper and put them in the fridge. When the time came, I just needed to pan-fry them in butter.

My friends arrived early, so I had the auntie pan-fry the shrimp first. We snacked and had drinks while the beef stewed a bit longer.

While eating, I noticed there were only thirteen shrimp—there were three of us, and I'd clearly calculated five per person.

I asked the auntie about it, and she said she didn't know and asked if I'd bought fewer. My friend went to the trash can and pulled out the receipt. Sure enough, she found two devein shrimp wrapped in a plastic bag, along with some rosemary clipped from the balcony and a small piece of butter on the side. Only then did the auntie panic.

I was about to call the company to file a complaint, but she begged me desperately, saying her elderly parents were sick, her kids needed schooling, and her husband was in debt... I softened for a moment and let her explain to the company herself and terminate the contract. The company sent a new auntie. She didn't even dare pick up half a month's wages.

No wonder I always felt things disappearing quickly at home—the yogurt would be gone after a few sips, pastries that were there yesterday would be empty today, face masks too. When I bought shrimp by weight before, who counted? This time, sold by the piece, it was directly exposed.

My friend's family had a similar experience. At noon she wanted stir-fried salted greens with fish. The auntie bought seven yuan worth of salted greens and over sixty yuan worth of fish—after stir-frying, it was just a shallow plate. After the meal, I took her to the market. Same seven yuan salted greens, sixty-five yuan fish—when stir-fried, she laughed. From then on, she stopped being lazy and bought groceries herself, and they switched nannies.