I used to be a nanny and take a nap when the infant would nap because I had two jobs but I snapped awake the moment the baby would wake up. Never sleep while watching someone else's kids without permission and if you won't wake up at the drop of a pin.

that wasnt very responsible of you

If you did that while babysitting my kids I'd very carefully carry you out back and dump you in the pool to wake you up, then lock the door and let that be your notice of termination. YDI dipshit.

Your FIRED, for sleeping on the job.

I hope they fired you. I understand you're tired, but you're there, and you're most likely getting paid, for a reason. That reason isn't to sleep.

That actually happened to my friend (he's my friend's older brother). He was babysitting me and my siblings and we were all in bed. He was watching tv and he closed his eyes. My parents walked in the door to find him sleeping and he was still conscious to wake up.

So I've been babysitting since I was eleven and now I am a nanny. Once the child(ren) are in bed asleep, I see no reason why I cannot fall asleep. Of course, I'm always able to hear them if they wake up, but OP never stated what time it was when the parents came home. If it was late,and the majority of babysitting happens at night, than it should be Ok if OP falls asleep. Now, the parents making crying noises is a little weird. Fake crying from an adult sounds nothing like a child crying. I doubt I would wake up hearing some grown ass man whining like a child. I'd like to know more to this FML and what the out come was.

I believe it is time for a new career. I've been a babysitter for years and never once fell asleep. You could have slept through something dangerous and those kids could have been injured or worse.

Nice going. Time for a new job maybe?

Am I the only one who finds it odd that the parents would stand there and fake cry? Just wake the sitter up and tell him/her that you'd prefer that they not sleep on the job.