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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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 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'm babysitting kids whose parents said they would be back by 12. Its 4 a.m. and they still aren't home. I don't get paid enough for this. 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 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 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
Today, I was babysitting a couple of kids. I'd spent time with them before, so I brought my video game console to play with them. I forgot to take it home with me. They soon sold it to another kid for $10. 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
Today, I volunteered to babysit my nephew. He somehow managed to lock himself in the bathroom and then flood it with the sink. I had to call his parents, and they're now on their way home from their romantic anniversary dinner. I'm not even getting paid for this. 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
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mimori_kiryu 5
never leave a kid alone...
thenumberblue 0
I pity the fool that trusts a 4 year old!
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kad11111 0
1) It's a federal offense to eff with someone else's mail no matter what your intentions were. That's why pizza places tape fliers to the mailbox instead of putting them inside. 2) You don't ever leave a kid of that age alone in a house. 3) YDI
hahafmlyo 0
YDI for leaving a child alone. that's a thing on the not to do list in teen living/babysitting
buggybeauty 0
little bastard.
CharliePoops 0
damn kids...
sunshineox 0
wow, what would you have done if that kid choked? you def deserved it for being an unfit babysitter. if I hired you, I woulda lit a torch user your ass to fire you for that... literally.
SithHunter09 2
YDI. I don't know about you, but back in 6th grade, we were taught that if you ever babysit, you never leave the house unless it's an emergency. you especially never leave the kid comepletely alone.
Moemoemoe_fml 0
While it does sucks for you and is indeed an FML for the day, it is nevertheless completely normal and fair that you would be made to pay for the damages caused by your failure as a babysitter. It's your fault, after all. You're lucky the baby didn't get hurt.
grog_fml 3
that was dumb
twilight_0118 0
wow ok you are an extremely stupid and horrible babysitter. NEVER leave a child alone, no matter how old he/she is! YDI. definately. next time, don't be such an idiot. and you didn't think to call the parents??! that was just rediculously stupid.
rohosoccer08 1
if the kid is 4 it's usually ok for you to step away for a minute, usually a mailbox is just a single step outside the door. now it would be a whole different story if they lived way out in the country where the mailbox is at the end of the mile long driveway... but that is probably not the case.
twilight_0118 0
and you definately deserved to pay for the damages as well.