Today, while babysitting my neighbors' kids, their oldest son used a paint pen on the carpet. The boy blamed me and I got fired. He's only 3 and can barely talk. FML
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Today, while babysitting a 9-year-old boy, I stubbed my toe on a coffee table. I yelled, "SON OF A…" but managed to stop myself before saying the last part. The boy yelled, "You were gonna say bitch! I'm telling mom and dad!" and, despite my desperate attempts to dissuade him, he did just that. Guess who's fired. FML
Today, the woman I babysat for blamed me for the cut on her son's face, and fired me with no pay for not looking after him properly. He already had the cut when I arrived. FML
Today, I slipped on a crayon a little girl threw on the floor, causing me to drop the tray of water I was carrying, making me spill it all over her. After getting cussed out by her mom, I was fired for making a customer unhappy. FML
Today, I was fired because a 10-year-old shat his pants and couldn't follow directions. FML
Today, I babysat the brattiest and most foul-mouthed 8-year-old I've ever met. After I survived three hours of it, his parents finally came home. He claimed I'd invited a boy over and that we did "stuff" on the couch all evening. They believed him. I didn't get paid, to say the least. FML
Today, I had to clean up after the kid who discovered he could finger paint with his poo. FML
Today, my son drew in Sharpie all over the wall, so I spanked him as punishment. When my boss came over for dinner, my son shouted, "Daddy made me take my punishment in the butt." FML
Today, I was babysitting my neighbor's kid. We were playing in the yard, when he fell and got a small scratch on his leg. I gasp, and he takes a huge breath in and yells, "FUUUCK!!!" as loud as possible. The parents thought it was me, and the mother slapped me in the face. FML
Today, while babysitting, I got stabbed by a 7 year-old with a mechanical pencil. FML
Today, I got fired from a great babysitting job because the little girl said I was boring. FML
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Vinchenzo_Flux 8
Weren't you watching him? YDI because that's your job to watch him OP.
Airman1988 9
That boy has a future in politics.
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Comments (108)
carry_on 19
If only they'd of checked his hands for pen I suspect he would of been caught 'red handed' or whatever colour the pen was. It's their loss though, good luck job hunting!
landon_loe11 16
YDI for letting a 3 year old outsmart you.
CaptainSaveAHoe 11
they'd have* would have*
HowAreYouToday 34
most pathetic thread I've ever seen...
Pleonasm 35
Nah, it won't take long til you read worse. I'd say a week, give or take a couple of days.
TheChiver 7
#34 the most pathetic thread you have ever read.
XxDevilxXGt 26
Or if the parents had half a brain they would think "Hey, why in the world would our babysitter draw on our carpet with pen. CLEARLY our 3 year old who doesn't know better didn't do it." Then again, you were supposed to be watching.
HowAreYouToday 34
#37, I have seen worse ones... This one's just sad...
tjv3 10
I would have fired you too since he was under your supervision and he painted the carpet
asb818 14
51, You have read worse ones...
Vinchenzo_Flux 8
Weren't you watching him? YDI because that's your job to watch him OP.
bReLiNg 18
When the house is silent there is trouble. I peed in a iced tea container and my mom caught me putting it back. >D
Catkam623 27
I peed in a trashcan:)
pradip 26
The oldest one was three, and OP might have been busy with the baby. Kids need just few minutes to mess up things. OP can't be blamed here, but should've explained herself. Movies have taught me babysitting as more of a help rather than a job.
Jessj958 19
I agree #2, maybe OP should have been paying a little more attention. But on the other hand, I know from experience it only takes a second for them to get into trouble.
MichellinMan 20
So if any of you have been a babysitter before you'll understand. Kids can do things you'll never know about, or something you can't prevent. For instance, when I was nineteen my neighbor's son hit me in the back of the head with an aluminum baseball bat.
Rainbow35 6
If there was multiple kids and the oldest was three, OP could easily have been feeding a baby or changing its diaper which would mean their hands were full for at least two minutes.
dorworters 9
yeah, they didnt fire you for drawing on the carpet, dumbass. they fired you for failing your ONE job, which they pay you for. How complicated is it, really? To watch a kid, and NOT let him destroy part of the house?
bReLiNg 18
Too bad they didn't have a creepy teddy bear camera... Then they'd know the truth.
Karalela44 15
Ladies an gentelman...zoey 101
StalkerChick 13
But they'd also see OP sneaking a few drinks from the liquor cabinet.
annie_nk 22
And stealing money.
GTAmax99 12
And perhaps some stuff they can't show the kids
andiw 6
They are creepy!
Airman1988 9
That boy has a future in politics.
MsConfusedd 27
I'm sure the parents will believe you over him. Jus tell them calmly your side. Hopefully they know you're more mature than that (and you're probably a better artist than he)
annie_nk 22
It depends on his parents. They might be the ones who believe their child is a perfect angel and does no wrong.
Bibliovore 26
Or they might recognize that while OP didn't mark the carpet herself, the little boy did it on OP's watch -- and OP was there to watch him.
Enslaved 36
Your probably got fired for not watching him properly and making sure he didn't get into mischief.
tacojauns 45
blaming a 3 year old now that low
CaptainSaveAHoe 11
go sit in the corner and don't come out until you've re-read this fml 5000 times.
tacojauns 45
Well I was thinking that most likely the babysitter said something to the affect of "No he did it". Also does no one understand sarcasm anymore?
annie_nk 22
I don't see how that could have been sarcastic in anyway.
EvilUndead 9
44, on the internet people don't "get" sarcasm by default. You're writing TEXT. There's no body langauge and no voice cues to let others now you're being sarcastic. Use "<sarcasm>" tag.
YepThatsMeee 23
#56, back in the day they used to have something called "books". I hear they used sarcasm there too, and sometimes people even understood it.
laden_swallow09 34
65- They also had adjectives and adverbs to describe how a person spoke in them, too. Something you can't really pull off easily in a chat room or posting on a bulletin board like FML unless you're roleplaying to begin with.
EvilUndead 9
65, In case you didn't know it, internet is not a book, because books don reply to your opinions. If you try to convey sarcasm properly, you'll only get "tl;dr" as a reply. And without doing it you'll be misunderstood. Enjoy the 21st century.
1215116a 14
I hate kids like that. I don't know if a three year old should be able to do that without you stopping him, but sounds like a brat.
jujubunni5 9
He's three. He doesn't WANT to get in trouble. Toddlers do things like that not because they're bratty but because they can. The parents should have listened to te baby sitter but don't assume the kid is a brat!
Jovecove 13
He's only 3, I'm pretty sure he isn't really clear between what's right and wrong. Isn't it a little early to judge him as a brat?...
1215116a 14
Yeah I suppose so, sorry if I judged too fast. I should have considered him being three and all.
calivianya 29
IMO, most three-year-old children are brats because they just are brats at that age, so I'm going to deem your use of that word appropriate.
Jovecove 13
Good girl Julielee
tacojauns 45
Just saying in the FML you said he blamed you, you didn't say you didn't do it.
ElatedEarthling 15
"Their oldest son used a paint pen on the carpet"....yeah.
tacojauns 45
Ya i messed up and I couldn't edit it before I noticed it, my bad!
Axipiter 24
Captain Backtrack to the rescue!
Ashley_Radke 13
Stop commenting without reading it -.-
notjanedoe 27
You are to blame, it was your job to make sure he didn't do something stupid as 3-year-olds are prone to do.