Haircut, Babysitter and Kids: Don't take your eye off the ball

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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By w_t_f - 18/02/2009 09:16 - United States

Today, I woke up to the sound of scissors. My mom was cutting my hair while I was asleep. FML

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By peestain - 25/10/2010 10:06 - United Kingdom

Today, I babysat my neighbour's spoilt bratty twins. When I told them it was their bed time, they pushed me over. One then started smashing me with a plastic sword, and as I lay helpless on the floor the other one peed on me. I got owned by two five year olds. FML

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Back to square one

By Anonymous - 05/05/2009 03:39 - United States

Today, I was babysitting for my neighbors. Their 5 year-old had finally fallen asleep at 11 after two hours of stories and songs. No sooner had I tiptoed out of the room did I realize that my phone had dropped out of my pocket onto the bed. It was ringing. It was their mother checking in. FML

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By TimeForAHairCut - 08/06/2012 23:44 - United States - Eugene

Today, I was napping when my little brother cut off huge chunks of my hair. He thought it would turn me into the older brother he always wanted. He's 8. FML

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By ellieowenie - 29/07/2012 08:11 - Australia - Sydney

Today, my 4-year-old son cut half of my hair when I was asleep because he thought I would look better that way. FML

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By kids shouldnt have hard sports equipment - 18/01/2016 01:48 - Australia - Woodville

Today, I was knocked unconscious by the 10 year-old I was babysitting because it was his younger sister's bedtime and he didn't want her to go. When I came to, their mother was screaming at me for sleeping on the job. In the middle of the kitchen floor. I lost a job and gained a killer headache. FML

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By Noname - 09/03/2009 23:36 - Canada

Today, I was babysitting my co-worker's son. He was eating Jell-o and spilled it on his top, so I pulled off his PJ's, and went in his room to grab a new pair. I heard a thunk and ran to find him out cold on the floor. His parents walked in on me trying to wake up their naked 3 year-old. FML

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By hair2daygone4ever - 14/01/2010 15:45 - United States

Today, my four-year-old daughter thought it'd be funny to cut my hair while I was sleeping. FML

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By mandy - 10/04/2009 15:35 - United States

Today, I was babysitting my neighbor's kid. We were playing in the yard, when he fell and got a small scratch on his leg. I gasp, and he takes a huge breath in and yells, "FUUUCK!!!" as loud as possible. The parents thought it was me, and the mother slapped me in the face. FML

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By ellen77 - 13/09/2013 05:55 - United States - Santa Barbara

Today, I had to babysit two kids. It all went well until one of them duct taped a knife to a toy machine gun, lit the barbecue on fire, and ran around like a wild banshee screaming obscenities. The other one got scared and climbed onto the roof of the house. FML

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thabeast 0

Friday 10 July 2009 9:32

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

aback 4

Friday 10 July 2009 9:32

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.

Comments

mustlovemarvin 0

Sunday 12 July 2009 5:47

I'm a full time nanny, I empathize whether you took a nap or not. I think people are being kind of harsh.

miss_california 0

Sunday 12 July 2009 17:34

i agree that this kid is a total brat, and i empathise with the OP over that because i've babysat some terrors in the past too. but nothing this bad ever happened to me because i never left the children unsupervised while i napped! as a nanny i'm sure you would understand the dangers of leaving a child unsupervised, especially one who is clearly not well behaved. at least now the OP probably won't inflict her lazy and irresponsible babysitting on anyone else's kids.

mobius8 0

Sunday 12 July 2009 11:32

strawberryswirl 0

Monday 13 July 2009 3:37

You're a ******* idiot for falling asleep. Basically, I'm glad that happened to you. YDI

Renalia 5

Monday 13 July 2009 4:48

I understand taking a nap. Sometimes, you really are just too tired. Besides, parents do not watch their children every second, and will often times duck out for their own naps or whatnot. If they are old enough to know how to use scissors and to have the idea to use them on hair, they are old enough to take care of themselves for a little while. It's not like there was a baby in this case, in which it would be a definite YDI. Instead, I agree, it's a FML.

TheIrishJaneDoe 8

Monday 27 July 2009 11:17

I completely understand that parents sometimes take naps while their kids are awake. However, babysitters should be more careful, if only because some kids will try to get away with things they wouldn't ever dare to do with a parent in the house. When I was a kid I tried to get away with all kinds of shit when I was under a babysitter's supervision. (By the way, did anyone else get the evil urge to repost the entire mobius/lucy debate and highlight all the grammar and spelling mistakes? I love finding stuff like that when the whole argument basically sounds like, "You're stupid!" "Nuh-uh, YOU are!")

samthehotkid 0

Tuesday 26 January 2010 9:57

how would you feel if the person you paid to WATCH your kids just decided to have a nap. YDI and then some.

kylea1995 0

Tuesday 2 February 2010 3:35

well ur not supposed to sleep dumb ass

prettybrwneyes16 0

Wednesday 10 February 2010 20:56

I would've given that kid a spanken and then made his parents buy me a wig

talicaroxi 25

Saturday 21 February 2015 2:31

Then the parents would have had you arrested for assault on a minor and sued for leaving a minor unsupervised and had it well known that you openly admitted neglecting a child