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
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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 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'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 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 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 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 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'm babysitting three children under the age of seven. They have no discipline, don't listen, scream all the time, won't nap, terrorize my dog, and have peed their pants a collective 5 times today. I am not getting paid for this. Their mother has no plans to come get them any time soon. 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, after my family left me at home for the weekend before finals while they went on vacation so I could focus on my studies, I spent the weekend watching my little cousins for no pay. It wasn’t an easy babysitting job either. I had to pay attention to and then re-enact basically every Bluey episode ever to exist, with no time to study. FML
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anniebananie 3
Why didn't you say anything?! Stand up for yourself!
Alister09 0
I would say Hmm...$5 for 8 kids under 10? I think I'll tell everyone that goes to my school that you're cheap and you'll never be able to get a babysitter again!
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Comments (180)
Greyst0ne 0
YDI for working under the table
kazkazkazkaz 0
YDI for not firmly establishing your rate before the parents left. FYL because they're assholes and paid you a pittance per child. Also, it's illegal in most places for there to be a higher ratio of children to childcare workers. Ex. 4:1 is fine, 8:1 is ******* insane.
alphabetcity 0
8 kids under 10? Damn where you babysitting the gosselins or something?
ohgoodness1344 0
yeah I've babysat this same girl twice a week (at least). Her parents are divorced and they both have me babysit, the mom is really good about paying me the agreed amount, but the dad never tells me when she has a friend over, and pays me less then I should get for just watching his daughter let alone a friend too. In that situation I always call her mom up (who I know better) and bitch about her ex and I always end up getting the money. With this family I get 10$ an hour, one time I baby sat her and her dad didn't tell me that she had a friend over and failed to tell me that I had to drive her to her friends birthday and stay there for 3 hours... talk about awkward , I watched her and her friend a total of 9 hours and got 60 dollars total, I was so mad .... the mom then got me another 100 dollars out of him for him being an ass :)... just stand up for yourself
Honda288 2
Wow, cheap basterds. Haha
somedaysoon 0
........... well you know anyone that goes to an ASU game is going to be a cheap bastard so.. serves you right.
DameGreyWulf 1
So this is what the Octomom's been up to...
TheChanel 0
what the ****!?! are they even allowed to do that? however, revenge - tell everyone u know what they did & make sure they tell everyone, that way it gets around, especially anyone that might babysit for them. then they won't be able to go out anymore & they'll have to stay home with the little monsters
nomo_fml 0
Eight kids?? WTF. These people seriously need to stop breeding if they can't afford to spend the time and money to take care of their own damn kids.
maree_fml 0
bullshit