Kids: Today, I was babysitting a 5 year old boy. When I was on the...

By loueb17 - 15/02/2009 05:57 - United States

Today, I was babysitting a 5 year old boy. When I was on the phone with my mom, he called 911 and started to cry. When I got off the phone the police were at the door. It turns out that the "emergency" was that the VCR was not working. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/05/2009 03:39 - United States

Today, I was babysitting for my neighbors. Their 5 year-old had finally fallen asleep at 11 after two hours of stories and songs. No sooner had I tiptoed out of the room did I realize that my phone had dropped out of my pocket onto the bed. It was ringing. It was their mother checking in. FML

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By whattabrat - 26/02/2012 05:16 - Canada

Today, I was babysitting. Everything was going well until the kid called 911 on me for making him eat his vegetables. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/03/2020 14:00

Today, I was babysitting my 4 year-old twin brothers yet again. I began to get desperate when they took my phone and would start crying every time I tried to take it back. My mother found me thirty minutes later, huddled in a corner, crying. I'm 27 years-old. FML

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By never again! - 22/06/2021 02:01

Today, I was babysitting my nephew. He was acting up, so instead of spanking him, I put him in the corner for timeout. He screamed and thrashed and kicked the walls so hard my neighbors called the police. My sister wasn’t answering her phone, and I had to explain why a 7-year-old was acting like that. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/06/2019 00:24 - United States - Santa Cruz

Today, I was babysitting my friend's 12-year-old son while his dad was having an emergency procedure at the hospital. I walked into the den to see if he wanted to go out to dinner, only to find him watching Pornhub on my iPad. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/04/2020 23:00

Today, I found out that because I'm a cop, my 5-year-old son thinks the only way he can contact me is by calling 911. FML

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By lockedoutbabysitter - 09/03/2010 17:19 - United States

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

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By ellen77 - 13/09/2013 05:55 - United States - Santa Barbara

Today, I had to babysit two kids. It all went well until one of them duct taped a knife to a toy machine gun, lit the barbecue on fire, and ran around like a wild banshee screaming obscenities. The other one got scared and climbed onto the roof of the house. FML

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By Noname - 09/03/2009 23:36 - Canada

Today, I was babysitting my co-workers son. He was eating jell-o and spilt it on his top, so I pulled off his pj's, and went in his room to grab a new pair. I heard a thunk and ran to find him out cold on the floor. His parents walked in on me trying to wake up their naked 3 year old. FML

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By Lauren Smith - 17/10/2010 16:52 - United States

Today, I came home from work. I was really tired and told my son that I would make him dinner later. He called the cops saying, "Mommy won't feed me." FML

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beekers 0

Sunday 15 February 2009 10:11

If she was ignoring the boy and talking on the phone then that's a problem. But if she was just making a quick call and he didn't come to bother her, then there is no big deal. I bet all you chastising her for talking on the phone have never baby-sat a kid a day in your life.

firstworldissues 0

Monday 16 February 2009 18:29

This happened to my cousin. He was babysitting my younger cousin (his brother) who was like, 4 or 5 at the time, and they got in a fight over taking his toy away. He ended up chasing the little brother around the house, who ran into the kitchen, called 911 and yelled 'my brother's being mean to me!' and hung up. Cops came over, it was embarrassing for all. The kid got taught what a *real* emergency was that night.

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moodyreallyrocks 27

Tuesday 24 January 2012 18:26

VCR! WOW, haven't seen that word in forever

Nudi_fml 13

Sunday 19 February 2012 6:24

Ydi for being so focused about your phone call. The kid called 911, then cried long enough for the police to arrive. All of which you were completely oblivious to. Earn the money you're getting paid!

Honda288 2

Thursday 1 March 2012 5:13

Who the hell still uses VCRs?

1098765432 0

Tuesday 11 September 2012 20:29

Watch him, hate lazy sitters like you

NakedPixels 15

Monday 8 July 2013 10:18

Fake. No one uses a VCR anymore.

RedX72 3

Friday 9 May 2014 6:55

My brother did the same thing but with a missing movie

Crisler121413 13

Saturday 19 July 2014 20:07

Actually you can't "guarantee" it's important. You don't know this person's relationship with their mom. All we know is that they were being paid to supervise a young child.

Crisler121413 13

Saturday 19 July 2014 20:11

5 years old isn't old enough to be by yourself. Play on your own, certainly, but being left along for any duration past going to the restroom isn't intelligent, especially if it's someone else's child. Why not interact with the child and do an activity instead of being the boring babysitter who checks in occasionally or just watches? Why is it up to a little kid to entertain himself when someone is being paid to watch and interact with him anyway?