Don't take your eye off the ball

By armybrat - 10/07/2009 00:19 - United States

Today, I took a nap while babysitting my neighbor's kids for the day. I was woken up by an obnoxious sound, only to find the youngest kid holding scissors in one hand, a pony tail of hair stuck down in his shorts, jumping around like a horse. Oh, and a semi-bald patch on the back of my head. FML
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thabeast 0

umm, don't fall asleep when you should be watching children... duh

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aback 4

Don't nap while babysitting. You got off cheap. The kid could have got hold of a lighter and decided to play barbeque with the couch. You're paid to watch them. Sleep on your own time.

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jessamyn_it_is 0

Why would you sleep while babysitting?! YDI.

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pingpongdj 0

don't fall asleep! but it sucks anw. D:

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kopei 0

I voted both, 'cause you shouldn't have been sleeping, but I understand how you feel about the hair thing, if my hair was chopped off, I'd die.

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BlackScorpionAng 0

Awe now that was a funny comment worstpersonalive .

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zargon 1

YDI for reasons already stated and *not* an FML because it's just hair. It will grow back.

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inerdablanket 4

It takes time to grow back. It's not like her hair is going to be back by tomorrow.

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Cloudy_fml 0

Yeah, but she's not going to die from lack of hair in the mean time . It's not like the kid cut off her hand.

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CoconutsandJelly 0

Would you want to walk around with a ginormous bald spot in the middle of your head? YDI for sleeping on the job. You better be lucky he didn't injure himself or his siblings with those scissors, or this would be a huge FML for you.

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wut_fml 0

i know some girls who struggle because it takes years for their hair to grow even a couple of inches. so yeah, it'll grow back, but for some people, it could take a long ass time.

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zargon 1

It takes forever to grow a couple inches when it's long, but it grows much more quickly when it's short. She may not get it back to the length it was, but she can style it now to be presentable and it will soon grow to be decent-looking at minimum. Unless she's Samson, she is worrying *way* too much about hair.

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sexymessy 0

Well,I would say both BUT you took a big risk when you decided to take a nap on the job. Kids can do anything in the shortest amount of time. You really got lucky that they didn't hurt themselves. So for the first time EVER I'm going to say YDI!

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cucumberfabulous 7

Wow I'm sorry!! That sucks! Even though you shouldn't sleep while babysitting (unless it was late, & they were already in bed too) I'll still say FYL.... =(

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I_am_stupid_also 6

I got news for you gripers, mothers and fathers sleep all the time when they are at home with their kids. Kids are very draining. If she was babysitting as a neighborly thing, FHL. If she was being paid then its more of a YDI.

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Leptailurus 0

Okay, true, moms and dads fall asleep while their kids are at home... but, should they fall asleep when the kid is in a position to get a hold of a pair of SCISSORS??? Probably not.

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anonaussie 0

#17 yeah parents fall asleep when looking after their kids (i have 2 so I know all about this) but a half decent parent would make sure their kids don't have access to dangerous things ie scissors

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coffee_chick 0

mothers and fathers aren't paying themselves to watch their child...

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mobius8 0

I have to disagree with this. No good parent falls asleep while watching their kid when they're still awake if their kid is young enough not to know not to play with scissors, etc.

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alex_vik 0

Yes, parents fall asleep, but they're not the ones getting paid to watch the kids.

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mobius8 0

So quality of care depends on whether or not you're getting paid? If it was my kid, I wouldn't expect the baby sitter to provide a higher standard of care than I would as a parent. If you think it's unacceptable for a babysitter, you really think it's unacceptable for yourself as a parent.

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anonaussie 0

not only did you fall asleep which is totally irresponsible but the kid had access to scissors. Your lucky the kid didnt hurt them selves or even kill themselves, scissors can do heaps of damage. You coulda ended up in serious shit

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I_am_stupid_also 6

Kids are not imbeciles. If they are kid's scissors, there really isn't any danger. Sure one could go psycho and stab your eyes out, but that just doesn't happen.

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aback 4

If they're sharp enough to cut off a ponytail before she's able to stop them, they're sharp enough to do damage.

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0 3

You can't watch the kids for one day without falling asleep?

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