Kids: Today, I had to watch my neighbor's daughter for 10 hours. She...

By Liz - 09/04/2009 21:51 - United States

Today, I had to watch my neighbor's daughter for 10 hours. She wouldn't eat anything I had to offer, so I ordered a pizza for $19 + a $5 tip = $24. Her father came by to pick her up, thanked me, and gave me a $20 bill. I effectively just paid to watch his kid. FML

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By JudasThePriest - 01/12/2013 07:42 - United States - Greensboro

Today, while delivering pizzas, someone ordered $19.41 in pizza and wings. After finally finding her appartment, she paid me in two sandwich bags full of pennies and nickels. I had to count them out before giving her the pizza. We aren't allowed to enter the residence, and it was 22 degrees. FML

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By Thanks a lot - 23/10/2015 01:27 - United States - Chestnut Hill

Today, I babysat for my neighbor's brat kid. The mom gave me $15 for 5 hours. I complained to my mom when I got home because last time I got $15/hour. Turns out my mom had told my neighbor that she thought they'd paid me too much last time. Thanks mom. Thanks. FML

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By Charity - 20/03/2017 17:00 - United States

Today, I tutored a kid for two hours, for $25 an hour. When it came time for them to pay, my mother told the kid's parents that they could give me ten bucks for the whole thing. She does this a lot. FML

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By blahpizzablah - 22/06/2009 00:37 - United States

Today, I was delivering pizzas for my summer job. I got a big order to deliver for a fellow graduate's party. While I was being paid for the order my friend shows up and says "Don't pay him, his parents are rich, he can handle it." Then they shut the door and took off. The bill was $75. FML

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By dammit33 - 28/05/2012 13:55 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, I got a $20 tip from an old lady I delivered pizza to. Ecstatic, I walked back to my car where there was a $30 parking fine waiting for me. FML

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By micheal - 21/06/2011 16:52 - United States

Today, while I was delivering pizza in the torrential downpour, I waited 5 minutes in the pouring rain for an old lady to dig 20 bucks out of her purse. Her total was $19.99. She told me to keep the change and make lots of money. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/07/2022 00:00

Today, I ordered pizza for dinner and left cash by the door so my son could pay for it, in case it arrived before I got home. I told him they should get all the money, but I just found the tip. Apparently he thought I'd miscounted. I'm a server. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/09/2021 02:01

Today, I babysat the neighbors’ evil kids. They dropped them over at my house and I played with them for five hours. After taking the brats back home and putting them to bed, their mother asked me what time I came back to the house. She only paid me for the 20 minutes I was in their house. FML

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By snowbell18 - 25/09/2012 07:08 - United States

Today, I had to pay my manager $10 just to take my stalker's order so I didn't have to. FML

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By BrokebyKids - 06/09/2010 20:26 - United States

Today, my daughter asked for a dollar to buy ice cream from the ice cream truck while I was on my computer working. Out of my wallet she took a fifty dollar bill. The ice cream man got a big tip before driving off. FML

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wtfdidido 0

Friday 10 April 2009 1:53

$20 for 10 hours is stupid. Why were you even willing to do something without knowing how much you'll get out of it?

TheCrow471 0

Friday 10 April 2009 1:52

I wouldn't do that guy a favor again.

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babyblue1990 0

Friday 10 April 2009 4:14

Why the hell would you pay $19 for a pizza? If anything, get a $5 Hot and Ready pizza from Little Caesars. But I would never babysit for them again if they're gonna cheap out on you like that

fauxfire76 0

Friday 10 April 2009 4:14

If the kid don't eat what you have to offer, let them starve.

white_mouse 0

Friday 10 April 2009 4:17

TEN HOURS? Are you serious? Even if he hadn't given you money for food, that's like... $2 an hour... HASN'T HE HEARD OF MINIMUM WAGE??? I babysit for $10-$12/hr O_O;

bcky 0

Friday 10 April 2009 4:21

Wow, you got ripped off big time. $5/hr is MINIMUM, I usually get paid $10/hr, though I'll only go as low as $7/hr. Man, FYL for real.

shadow_moses 0

Friday 10 April 2009 4:27

thats 2 dollars an hour, that guy ripped you off terribly, how old are you? what an asshole.

aam291 0

Friday 10 April 2009 4:29

remember the good old days? when people did favours for other people, without expecting to be paid. even better, remember the days when people didn't complain over useless crap

zanzibar_fml 0

Friday 10 April 2009 4:33

As a delivery driver for a major pizza corporation, I would like to say thank you for being someone who tips so generously. You are the people who help me through college.

Presto_Cadenza 0

Friday 10 April 2009 4:37

I charged $2 per hour when I babysat eight years ago... but I live in North Dakota; everything's cheap here. And I'd charge more now. YDI for not setting a price and for buying a ridiculously expensive pizza for the kid.

SuperBigTurnip 0

Friday 10 April 2009 4:37

2 dollars an hour is pretty crap pay. But hey, at least you get pizza.

PureGold 0

Friday 10 April 2009 4:43

You got $20 for watching a kid for 10 hours?!?! What the hell, why didn't you speak up? Go to your neighbor's house right now and demand at least $30 more, cause $20 that just isn't right AT ALL. That's just cheap. And he probably thought he was being generous...what an asshole. You need to tell him you paid $20 for the pizza for his daughter, so the $20 he gave you didn't actually cover your salary. And you deserved even more than that anyway. I hope he meant to hand you a $50.