Today, my babysitter told me to find a replacement, so I tried to bribe her into staying by offering her a raise. She told me that the money would be better spent on an exorcist. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had a babysitting job. When I got there, the parents were rushing out the door and told me they'd left instructions for the kids on the table. The first bullet point stated that the oldest was convinced she is possessed by the devil, but just to ignore it. Three more hours to go. 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, as an agency babysitter, I was sent to babysit “Satan’s evil twin.” This kid is so bad, the dad pays additional fees to the agency for every time he damages the sitter's personal items, or if they require a hospital visit. His advice was, "Don’t be afraid to hit him back or he will take your eyes." FML
Today, I called my usual babysitter, one of the few people who can handle my difficult kids, to ask her to watch them for a night next week. She refused. It turns out my wife has been repeatedly underpaying her and she's fed up with it. So long date nights, I guess. 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 was told at my babysitting job that I can't bring my toddler with me. My employer is my best friend. Now I have to find a babysitter for my kid if I want to babysit hers. FML
Today, I found out that when my room-mate agreed to babysit someone's two year old kid for money, what he really planned on doing was dumping it with me. The kid won't stop crying and screaming. FML
Today, while babysitting a girl, I told her to be quiet so she wouldn't wake her little brother. In reply, she told me that she would kill me, wake her brother up to show him my dead body, then draw all over my face. I'm stuck with her for another two hours. FML
Today, I babysat for a woman for the first time. When I arrived, there was a large pile of dishes in the sink. I decided to wash the dishes for her while the kids napped. She came home, noticed it, and bitched me out over how I'd only done it "to try and get more money" out of her. What? FML
Today, a woman got out of a car to scream at me as I was walking with the kids I babysit, demanding to know where I was taking her children. Apparently the woman who pays me is also a babysitter, who I have been "covering" for on her party nights. The mother doesn't believe I didn't know this. FML
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Top comments
RichardPencil 32
Just find a babysitter who can handle sociopaths. The world needs your child to be "high-spirited" and not exorcised.
cacheson 42
Perhaps you need Nanny McPhee. Or Mary Poppins, depending on what you're hoping to accomplish.
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Comments (75)
AwkwardBookworm 27
You could set up a camera somewhere in the house so when you aren't home you can see what it is that your child is doing to make the babysitter think they're possessed
wanted_2_want 40
Awwww!! Your little angel is giving people some hell.
sarcasticlilshit 9
Is your child named Damien by any chance
Cathrin 26
I'm very curious as to what your kid(s) did to make her think that. Unless she's very thin-skinned(in which case she's in the wrong line of work), that had to be beyond normal brat behavior.
WardenWolf 26
I'm going to flat out say it: YDI for not disciplining your kid(s) and teaching them how to behave properly. Chronic bad behavior is almost always the parents' fault.
ChickenNug 17
#38 As a person with Autism, I have to say having Autism does not excuse someone's behavior. We still know what's appropriate and what isn't. So, if Op's kid(s) do have Autism or any other mental/social/behavioral disorder, it does not excuse how they treated the babysitter.
Zanquis 22
Hire a priest, they can do exorcism and like young kids... Two for the price of one. K that was just a bad joke seriously, maybe you should install some security cam to watch your kids when you are gone. Some think they can get away with everything when mommy is away.
speshlk37 13
Aren't Exorcists free?
ClairvoyantVamp 19
NO ONE ELSE SAY YDI. We need to keep it at 666
ClairvoyantVamp 19
Alas, it was too late, and they clicked away. Does no one appreciate irony?
Joshawott 21
People here are assuming that OP's child misbehaves, but what if their house is actually built on an ancient Indian burial ground?
Zanquis 22
would interresting to see european Indians...
Joshawott 21
Maybe they went on holiday and liked it so much they settled there? Wouldn't be the first horror movie with huge leaps in logic :P
lolhahaxd 2
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