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
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, because money is a little tight, I decided to sell one of my retro video game consoles. The family member that initially gave me it to me saw the ad on Facebook and demanded I give it back to them. FML
Today, I babysat a 10-year-old and we played Pokémon. It was my first time playing, so he showed me. I ended up winning and the kid started crying and told his parents he hated me. They decided not to pay me for the night, and now I'm out of a job. 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, the kids that live down the street had a yard sale in my yard while I wasn’t home. They sold a bunch of my daughter's toys, which I now have to replace. 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 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, my phone went missing. My 8-year-old son took it to school and sold it for $10. FML
Today, I sold my Xbox 360 on Craigslist. I met the dude at the mall. I gave him my Xbox and a handshake for buying. I left without the money. FML
Today, I was caught stealing a video game. I realized after my parents were called that the case was actually empty. FML
Today, my class got baby dolls for the week to teach us how to be good parents. After school, I went to the store with my mom with the baby doll. When I got home, I realized that I left the baby doll in a shopping cart. FML
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princessbloky 12
Ask the parents to reimburse you for it.
WitEluded 13
Hopefully the parents will get involved and fix it for you. If not, go to the parents of the kid who they sold it to.
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Comments (61)
PotatoIsLife13 10
How did the parents not realize their children had a gaming console that was not their own?
aimbug 42
The parents probably knew nothing about it.
ezrajab 22
I see a court case in your near future
alex_gen 39
What bothers me is that they sold the console. You just spent all night playing on it, and having the time of your life -- what reason would those children have to get rid of it?
SecundusSecunda 27
I would say that just because they're young, doesn't mean they aren't jerks. They clearly don't respect the OP, and I think his username might be a hint as to why they might have done that.
pockleboy 7
U might be able to sue them if they don't get it back in the condition it was in, unless something is left in there house for 30 days it is still yours so they basically stole and sold it, and if it comes back damage you could sue for damage, so this is going to go one of three ways. 1) you get it back and all is fine. 2) you get it back but you never babysit for them since you don't trust them. Or 3) you don't get it back, you sue them, they fire you. And there is the off chance that they fire you and tell others not to hire you since you sue people in which case you can sue them for defaming you, (you can get a lot of money from suing someone for defaming you). If your a person who is not worried about money or is just that nice kind of person then you don't have to sue, I just wanted to let you know of the possibilities.
worldclassrager 41
They owe you 10$ maybe their parents will add that to your payment
leogachi 15
@17 No, they owe him a console.
IssacB 14
They sold it using GameStop logic. Originally worth hundreds, used, and then worth tens.
elek2008 9
they cant legally do that. make sure the parebts get it back.
aimbug 42
Forget the parents just reimbursing, I would make the kids pay you back out of their pocket money to teach them a lesson.
Red_Curls1995 28
The parents should pay to replace it and those kids should be punished. What little assholes.
vikky538 29
So technically you paid them to watch their kids