Today, I had to watch my neighbor's daughter for 10 hours. She wouldn't eat anything I had to offer, so I ordered a pizza for $19 + a $5 tip = $24. Her father came by to pick her up, thanked me, and gave me a $20 bill. I effectively just paid to watch his kid. 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, while delivering pizzas, someone ordered $19.41 in pizza and wings. After finally finding her appartment, she paid me in two sandwich bags full of pennies and nickels. I had to count them out before giving her the pizza. We aren't allowed to enter the residence, and it was 22 degrees. FML
Today, I babysat for my neighbor's brat kid. The mom gave me $15 for 5 hours. I complained to my mom when I got home because last time I got $15/hour. Turns out my mom had told my neighbor that she thought they'd paid me too much last time. Thanks mom. Thanks. FML
Today, I tutored a kid for two hours, for $25 an hour. When it came time for them to pay, my mother told the kid's parents that they could give me ten bucks for the whole thing. She does this a lot. FML
Today, I was delivering pizzas for my summer job. I got a big order to deliver for a fellow graduate's party. While I was being paid for the order my friend shows up and says "Don't pay him, his parents are rich, he can handle it." Then they shut the door and took off. The bill was $75. FML
Today, I got a $20 tip from an old lady I delivered pizza to. Ecstatic, I walked back to my car where there was a $30 parking fine waiting for me. FML
Today, while I was delivering pizza in the torrential downpour, I waited 5 minutes in the pouring rain for an old lady to dig 20 bucks out of her purse. Her total was $19.99. She told me to keep the change and make lots of money. FML
Today, I ordered pizza for dinner and left cash by the door so my son could pay for it, in case it arrived before I got home. I told him they should get all the money, but I just found the tip. Apparently he thought I'd miscounted. I'm a server. 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 had to pay my manager $10 just to take my stalker's order so I didn't have to. FML
Today, my daughter asked for a dollar to buy ice cream from the ice cream truck while I was on my computer working. Out of my wallet she took a fifty dollar bill. The ice cream man got a big tip before driving off. FML
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wtfdidido 0
$20 for 10 hours is stupid. Why were you even willing to do something without knowing how much you'll get out of it?
TheCrow471 0
I wouldn't do that guy a favor again.
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babyblue1990 0
Why the hell would you pay $19 for a pizza? If anything, get a $5 Hot and Ready pizza from Little Caesars. But I would never babysit for them again if they're gonna cheap out on you like that
fauxfire76 0
If the kid don't eat what you have to offer, let them starve.
white_mouse 0
TEN HOURS? Are you serious? Even if he hadn't given you money for food, that's like... $2 an hour... HASN'T HE HEARD OF MINIMUM WAGE??? I babysit for $10-$12/hr O_O;
bcky 0
Wow, you got ripped off big time. $5/hr is MINIMUM, I usually get paid $10/hr, though I'll only go as low as $7/hr. Man, FYL for real.
shadow_moses 0
thats 2 dollars an hour, that guy ripped you off terribly, how old are you? what an asshole.
aam291 0
remember the good old days? when people did favours for other people, without expecting to be paid. even better, remember the days when people didn't complain over useless crap
zanzibar_fml 0
As a delivery driver for a major pizza corporation, I would like to say thank you for being someone who tips so generously. You are the people who help me through college.
Presto_Cadenza 0
I charged $2 per hour when I babysat eight years ago... but I live in North Dakota; everything's cheap here. And I'd charge more now. YDI for not setting a price and for buying a ridiculously expensive pizza for the kid.
SuperBigTurnip 0
2 dollars an hour is pretty crap pay. But hey, at least you get pizza.
PureGold 0
You got $20 for watching a kid for 10 hours?!?! What the hell, why didn't you speak up? Go to your neighbor's house right now and demand at least $30 more, cause $20 that just isn't right AT ALL. That's just cheap. And he probably thought he was being generous...what an asshole. You need to tell him you paid $20 for the pizza for his daughter, so the $20 he gave you didn't actually cover your salary. And you deserved even more than that anyway. I hope he meant to hand you a $50.