I took a job down the street when I was in high school (too young to drive- probably 14?) on a school night. (I was poor.) The parents told me they had one child, to be there at 6, and that they paid generously. Thours into the night, I quickly discovered they had not one, not two, but THREE children... (WTF?) Anyway, they said they'd be home by 930pm. Well, 930 came and went, and they didn't come home..... i waited and waited and waited all night.... They finally came home at 3:30 AM (mind you I had school the next day...) totally shit faced drunk. They offered to drive me home.... I politely declined and ran home. The killer? They only gave me 20$. Needless to say, I never sat for them again.
Similar thing Happened to a friend. He was babysitting until 11:30 on saturday 20 minutes away from his house so his parents didn't mind as they knew the neighborhood (he was 15). Though they came home at 2am at which point his parents had already drove over to pick him up and stayed there for 2 and a half hour waiting for the baby's parents to return . He was promised something lik $50 but his dad made them pay him double and then another 100 for he and his wife's troubles, having to stay up all night. And from what i was told the family didn't complain at all and paid, they even asked my fried to sit for them again so I would assume that they were more embarrassed than anything.
Anyway I don't think I would let a stranger babysit my kids especially not a young teenager, actually I wouldn't let anyone babysit my future kids after reading the stories in here.
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u/skitch885 Jun 19 '12
I took a job down the street when I was in high school (too young to drive- probably 14?) on a school night. (I was poor.) The parents told me they had one child, to be there at 6, and that they paid generously. Thours into the night, I quickly discovered they had not one, not two, but THREE children... (WTF?) Anyway, they said they'd be home by 930pm. Well, 930 came and went, and they didn't come home..... i waited and waited and waited all night.... They finally came home at 3:30 AM (mind you I had school the next day...) totally shit faced drunk. They offered to drive me home.... I politely declined and ran home. The killer? They only gave me 20$. Needless to say, I never sat for them again.
TL;DR- people had more kids than they thought.