pabarker
01-01-2009, 07:09 PM
The paper ran this story today about people using the speed-dating model to find baby-sitters. Somehow I think the methods used by the nanny and sitter companies that have posted on this site are a lot better.
Baby sitters join the latest speedy circuit
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Katie Schaefer and Barrie Davies met several years ago at a speed-dating seminar, chatting for five minutes before furiously scribbling notes about what they liked — and didn't — about each other.
So when they eventually got married and had a daughter they named Victoria 2½ years ago, it seemed natural to try something new but similar to find a helper: speed baby-sitting.
"I thought, you meet a series of baby sitters for just a couple minutes? Well, there might be a good connection with your family like there was with us. Let's give it a shot," Schaefer said.
Click here for the full story: http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1219&u_sid=10527100
Baby sitters join the latest speedy circuit
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Katie Schaefer and Barrie Davies met several years ago at a speed-dating seminar, chatting for five minutes before furiously scribbling notes about what they liked — and didn't — about each other.
So when they eventually got married and had a daughter they named Victoria 2½ years ago, it seemed natural to try something new but similar to find a helper: speed baby-sitting.
"I thought, you meet a series of baby sitters for just a couple minutes? Well, there might be a good connection with your family like there was with us. Let's give it a shot," Schaefer said.
Click here for the full story: http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1219&u_sid=10527100