Today, I babysat the Antichrist of all kids. After the 5 long hours were over, his parents came home. Instead of paying me what they agreed, they offered to let me eat some leftovers of a takeout in the fridge. I'm so afraid of confrontation that I accepted. FML
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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 babysat the neighbors’ evil kids. They dropped them over at my house and I played with them for five hours. After taking the brats back home and putting them to bed, their mother asked me what time I came back to the house. She only paid me for the 20 minutes I was in their house. FML
Today, I was babysitting. Being kind, I went to grab their mail, while their 4 year old ate lunch. He locked me out, wrecked the house, and let me in right when he saw their car two hours later. I didn't get paid. I paid them. FML
Today, I babysat a kid who was such a bratty little prick that I actually considered walking out on the job. After his mom finally got home 4 hours later, he called her a slut. When he got in trouble for it, he claimed that I taught him the word. Needless to say, I didn't get paid. FML
Today, I babysat a 6-year-old boy for the first time. When I said it was his bedtime, he just screamed "Eat a dick!" at me. I was so shocked, all I could do was leave him be. When his parents returned, I had to make up an excuse for why he was still awake and watching TV, to save my pride. FML
Today, I was babysitting. Everything was going well until the kid called 911 on me for making him eat his vegetables. FML
Today, my babysitter told me to find a replacement, so I tried to bribe her into staying by offering her a raise. She told me that the money would be better spent on an exorcist. FML
Today, I had a babysitting job. When I got there, the parents were rushing out the door and told me they'd left instructions for the kids on the table. The first bullet point stated that the oldest was convinced she is possessed by the devil, but just to ignore it. Three more hours to go. FML
Today, I babysat the most annoying and obnoxious kids for almost eight hours, when the parents assured me that they would only be gone about three or so hours. After constant calling and worrying, they finally showed up at 11:30, completely drunk. The mother paid me with three dollars and a banana. FML
Today, I went to babysit eight kids under the age of ten, all by myself. After five hours of Hell, the parents finally came back from the ASU game. I got paid $5. FML
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Inquizeron 18
Rat the little ****** out. No one should have to suffer 5 hours just to be paid with leftovers.
lexiieeex3 32
I know it can be tough but you need to learn how to stick up for yourself OP. I've been in similar situations where the families I babysit pay me much less than they promised but leftovers? Not okay. Not okay by a long shot.
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Comments (81)
persianchick 13
Wow those parents are great role models to their children. FYI
Frungy 9
Now sometimes hellish kids aren't the parents fault (some kids are just going through a phase), but in this case it is VERY clear that the parents are the source of the bad behavior. You made the right call. Take their leftovers, leave and spread the word to every other babysitter you know that they don't pay. The worst punishment I can think of is them being stuck at home with their awful child. The time and effort a confrontation would have taken are simply not worth it.
MyNameIsLaughter 18
If they made an agreement with you then ask them to honor that agreement. You are not being rude for requesting what you earned, so try to work through that fear.
chosha_fml 27
If you ever agree to babysit that kid gain without agreeing to an hourly rate up front, YDI.
MandieL 27
They did agree to a payment, but the parents backed out and offered OP food instead.
superwhovian 16
It AlDt
MandieL 27
YDI. I hate confrontation and asking for money, but babysitting is a job, and the parents agreed to paying you a sum of money. YDI for letting them back out of the deal. Every single time I ever babysat I got fed on top of the money I got, not as payment. These parents should be ashamed of themselves however.
randomcritic 14
Agreed. As a teen I was a petsitter and my main client left me a check every single time. Once he forgot and came over the next day to give me cash(he was my neighbor).
worldclassrager 41
Isn't eating whatever in the fridge mandatory? Did you even get paid in general?
awesumous 16
Grow some balls, you deserve to be paid! Stick up for yourself!!!
laden_swallow09 35
Contracts. Get your agreed payment in writing. Always.
Hop6e 22
Yah that's complete crap and if you babysit enough you on any of the babysitting websites? You can tell about the family and kid so other people living near by will know what happened if they consider babysitting for them too.