Kids: Today, I was babysitting. Being kind, I went to grab their mail,...

By lockedoutbabysitter - 09/03/2010 17:19 - United States

Today, I was babysitting. Being kind, I went to grab their mail, while their 4 year old ate lunch. He locked me out, wrecked the house, and let me in right when he saw their car two hours later. I didn't get paid. I paid them. FML

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By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2015 but it's good stuff - United States - East Carondelet

Today, I'm babysitting kids whose parents said they would be back by 12. Its 4 a.m. and they still aren't home. I don't get paid enough for this. FML

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By GabsAlot829 - 21/07/2009 22:17 - United States

Today, I babysat the most annoying and obnoxious kids for almost eight hours, when the parents assured me that they would only be gone about three or so hours. After constant calling and worrying, they finally showed up at 11:30, completely drunk. The mother paid me with three dollars and a banana. FML

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By raquel - 17/07/2015 16:40 - United States

Today, I babysat the Antichrist of all kids. After the 5 long hours were over, his parents came home. Instead of paying me what they agreed, they offered to let me eat some leftovers of a takeout in the fridge. I'm so afraid of confrontation that I accepted. FML

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By Thatguynoonelikes - 29/09/2015 13:21 - United States - Mansfield

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By JazzyandAlice - 20/09/2009 06:06 - United States

Today, I went to babysit eight kids under the age of ten, all by myself. After five hours of Hell, the parents finally came back from the ASU game. I got paid $5. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/10/2023 07:30 - Canada - Québec

Today, I volunteered to babysit my nephew. He somehow managed to lock himself in the bathroom and then flood it with the sink. I had to call his parents, and they're now on their way home from their romantic anniversary dinner. I'm not even getting paid for this. FML

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By rachelllynne - 09/05/2013 17:44 - United Kingdom - Manchester

Today, the woman I babysat for blamed me for the cut on her son's face, and fired me with no pay for not looking after him properly. He already had the cut when I arrived. FML

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mimori_kiryu 5

Tuesday 9 March 2010 23:04

never leave a kid alone...

thenumberblue 0

Tuesday 9 March 2010 23:04

I pity the fool that trusts a 4 year old!

Comments

aardvarkish 16

Tuesday 9 March 2010 23:19

Me, i would never touch someone else's mail.

lawlita 0

Tuesday 9 March 2010 23:19

YDI. You're supposed to be watching him, not going to fetch the mail.

paul924 0

Tuesday 9 March 2010 23:23

dude, first thing is u bring a leash for the kid and bring it with u, also, u can sue for that

lendahandmanda 0

Tuesday 9 March 2010 23:32

how is OP gonna sue? SHE (or he...) left the child UNATTENDED. If anything the parents can sue OP for negligence and emotional trauma to the child, not to mention the property damages.

Xxdom4073xX 0

Tuesday 9 March 2010 23:35

Property damage would be pretty hard to sue for. The negligence, eh, doubt that would fly as well. There really isn't a case here, more morals then anything.

lendahandmanda 0

Tuesday 9 March 2010 23:43

I agree, it would be ridiculous for the parents to sue her, but to me, it makes more sense for the parents to sue her than OP suing them. neither have a solid case and I'm sure it would be dismissed, but if it came down to it the parents, from the information we have in the FML have much more of a case than OP.

Xxdom4073xX 0

Wednesday 10 March 2010 0:28

58- I never said Op could sue, just saying there isn't a case anywhere in this FML, ^_^.

dm72 0

Tuesday 9 March 2010 23:25

Sounds like Denise the Menice

sublime93 0

Wednesday 10 March 2010 0:40

Denise, the girl version of Dennis?

SeedlessMe 13

Wednesday 10 March 2010 1:05

Good thing She's the nice one, not the menace

nessalujin 0

Tuesday 9 March 2010 23:26

sucks for you

EricJ 3

Tuesday 9 March 2010 23:30

It's lousy that you were locked out, but I babysat when I was a teenager lots of time, and it never occurred to me to get the parents' mail. It's their mail. It's no burden for them to get it themselves. Let people get their own mail in the future.

Hellooomindyy 0

Tuesday 9 March 2010 23:31

Now if this was me, I wouldnt being paying them shit. Either way you still stayed there and provided a service. Its not your fault that the child did that shit. What if he went to the bathroom and locked himself in there, would you be at fault for that too?

FernandoTorres_fml 0

Tuesday 9 March 2010 23:38

It is her fault. The parents hired her for the sole reason of avoiding that situation. She clearly failed to do her job and let the child run loose around the house...