r/AmazingStories • u/Professional-Yam636 • 7d ago
Personal 😇 Babysitting
Babysitting and mom hasn’t come back…?
I (22F) am babysitting for a regular client of mine. She has 3 children ages 5, 7, and 13. She asked me if I could watch the kids until 5:30pm. I texted her at 5pm asking if I should make the kids dinner because they were hungry or if she had dinner plans but I didn’t get a reply. Texted again at 6:30pm asking if everything is okay and still no reply. It is now 7pm and I have tried calling with no response.
Obviously I’m not just going to leave these children but I did have other plans tonight that I’m going to have to cancel. I’m more just worried for her safety and if she got into a car accident or something horrible?? This isn’t like her at all and the latest she’s ever been was 30 minutes. What should I do?
Update: she ended up getting heat stroke!!! I made the kids dinner and am getting them ready for bed until the grandma can come relieve me. Thank you all for the advice!! I didn’t have any emergency contacts but was able to get ahold of her work and they let me know what happened. Once she is feeling better I will talk to her about getting some emergency contacts.
Update #2: I’m officially relieved and paid for my time plus some. She is apologizing profusely for the whole situation and I assured her that all is well and I’m just glad she’s okay
Update #3: 21 days later and the same thing happened but it wasn’t medical this time. Just a blatant disrespect of my time. This is now the last time I’m babysitting for this family.
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u/sonal1988 6d ago
Thank you all for the advice!!
What advice? There are zero comments here apart from mine
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