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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were_giraffe 2
1) Who said it was up to you to pay to feed the kid? You should have handed him the bill. OR 2) If the kid's over 4 or 5 that's when you tell them... You'll eat your dinner or I'll call your parents. If the kid still says no, call the parents or tell the kid, "fine. You'll eat if you get hungry enough" the kid won't die if it misses one dinner and now the kid knows that if it refuses to eat for you again, you'll just cave and buy it pizza.
meliese 0
what a cheap a**whole
Sondra16 0
wow i would be so pissed i babysit enough to not get like a real part time job considering im only 16 so i would be like setting my limit for how much i should get an hour if you buy pizza or not!
fmlroxmysocks 0
why is everyone so worked up about the $19 pizza. it all depends where she lives. in my neighborhood, i get a large pizza for $16. but 5 dollars is really a large tip. 15% is usually the norm. but seriously, tell the guy that u bought a pizza, he'll reimburse you. and tell him that $2 an hour is really nothing.
takran 0
FYL for getting ripped off twice: buying a 19 dollar pizza (and giving a $5 tip?! did the delivery person have sex with you?), and then being paid almost nothing for babysitting. Protip: negotiate rates before agreeing to babysit. If they won't be reasonable, refuse.
balanceMMX 0
i hope you ate some, too. surely you didn't buy a large pizza just for the kid? that kid needs to learn to stop being picky or starve.
FMLaddictaylor 0
2 dollars per hour? **** that! Next time you babysit, make sure you're paid well!
qwerty123456789 0
Wow, you should have babysat somewhere where the person would be willing to pay you more than 1/3 of the minimum wage. For putting up with a brat like that, I would've charged 10 bucks an hour. You should have told him about the pizza or complained about the kid to make him pay you more.
DiSab 0
$20 for 10 hours?? What an asshole. Last time you'll be watching his kids, I'm sure.
Kitiara521 24
1.) 25% is way too much tip... especially since some pizza places factor tips into their delivery bill. 2.) $20 for 10 hours is so wrong. You have my sympathies.