Couple things wrong with your comment. Maybe they were only going out for a few minutes and OP decided to buy the chicken nuggets as a sort of special treat, instead of something that they had at home. Maybe the kid got dropped off in the morning before eating breakfast but the OP didn't realize the kid hadn't eaten. Maybe the kid normally doesn't eat much between meals, and so OP figured they wouldn't want anything today either. Maybe OP did bring a snack for the kid, and the kid already ate it, but they were out longer than planned and it was lunch time. There are plenty of reasonable situations in which a kid might be hungry while out. Even if it was a different situation, who are you to say that OP didn't learn to "actually taking care of the kid you're babysitting." First of all, even if OP hadn't immediately run home to get food for the kid, I don't think making them wait for an hour or so to eat counts as not taking care of the kid. Secondly, people make mistakes, and then they learn from them. That middle paragraph of your was just plain rude. Also, Maybe it wasn't literally their last two dollars but their last two dollars in CASH. Unless its something I'm doing online, I pay cash for everything, because I don't have a good enough memory to keep track of how much I spent at one time or another. I can figure it out, if I add up receipts, but in cash I don't even have to look. I can just remember. That's just how my mind works. Most of the time I don't even have my card with me, so I wouldn't have been able to replace the chicken nuggets, regardless of how much money I had at home. Besides, you don't know the OPs situation. Maybe OP has tons of money that's being set aside for something specific and the 'last two dollars' was actually the last two dollars of their 'spending money.' I know I certainly wouldn't dip into my emergency money, or the money set aside for when we buy a house, or my college money, for something like that. No, $2 out of a few thousand isn't much, but if I do it for that what else will I do it for? I'm very careful with my money, but there have been many times where I've been on my last couple dollars, but still had money if something major came up.

why write an essay? tldnr

summary: You're being ridiculously judgmental, and rude.

If the OP decided to get something special for the kid do eat, I don't understand why the OP would make a deal about it's their last $2. If they were doing it to be nice and have something special, I don't see why they feel the need to get upset about it when this accident happened. They make it sound as if they really put themselves through a lot trouble spending their last $2 on something that just got ruined. I like your kid dropped off before breakfast theory, but McDonalds doesn't really serve chicken nuggets until breakfast is over. Maybe not, I haven't been there in a long time. I totally agree with you that there are plenty of good reasons that this kid would be hungry while their out, but if you watch a kid consistently you get a pretty good idea about what their metabolism is like, aka the time between they ate and when they are going to want to eat again. An hour or two? The OP shouldn't have to directly and immediately bring the kid home, but if they are already on the way to McDonalds, don't you think they should make that extra effort and take the extra time to go home and make a meal worth having? I have problems with this post because when you're babysitting, you're supposed to be taking care of the kid. I realize not everyone can think so far into the future to bring an extra couple dollars when they go out just in case they need it (OR ask the parents for a few dollars to go out if this was supposed to be something special), or pack the meal which the OP may or may not have done before they went to mcdonalds, but this person is seriously complaining about a kid being a kid. Nothing's wrong with their decision to spend their money on a meal, but whining about it is pointless when there are other decisions they could of done. Yes, it's a bummer that this kid spilled the coffee, but it's not the end of the world. The kid crying for an hour? They were ready to go home anyways. If the OP is that money conscious, chances are they would have considered and taken their alternatives.

The OP didn't care that it was her last two dollars. The FML was in the kid crying for two hours. The money was mentioned to show that she couldn't just buy the child another thing of chicken nuggets. My point about breakfast was that it was a lot later than breakfast time, which is why the kid was so hungry. Same goes for the metabolism bit that you mentioned. If you think that the child had eaten then you don't expect the child to want food early. Or, again, they were out later than OP expected, and she knew that the child was probably hungry which is why she bought food as soon as the kid mentioned it. That was also explain why OP brought them to a fast food place instead of going home, which might have been a long drive or walk. The fast food place was probably right near where they were. Another reason could be that they hadn't finished doing whatever they were out to do. I agree with you that the child crying for an hour meant he wanted to go home, and was probably aided by the fact that he was hungry and hungry people in general are pretty cranky, but perhaps the child was also stubborn. They could have gone home after the incident, and OP could have gotten them something else to eat but maybe the chicken nuggets were a treat and he wanted them, instead ot whatever it was he got instead. I've seen pretty stubborn kids before. And listening to a child cry is not pleasant no matter the situation or duration. I would be pretty unhappy if I was OP.

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If she didn't have more money she couldn't have bought more, and some places might be nice enough to replace your food but they're not required to if it wasn't their fault it got ruined.

If it was intentionally the OP probably would have mentioned that. The way it's worded implies that it was an accident. Yes, this is a good opportunity to teach him to be more careful, but he's certainly not a brat because he knocked over a coffee. Kid's spill stuff all the time. If he DID intentionally smack it, then yes, he should be punished, but again, I doubt it. Besides, if it was intentional he probably wouldn't have cried.

If a kid can't sit down at a table without knocking something over on the other side, then they're a brat and need to stop flailing their limbs all over the place like they're having a seizure. "Besides, if it was intentional he probably wouldn't have cried." You haven't spent much time around kids, have you?

I raised my two younger sisters, thank you very much, and spent a month and a half of one summer babysitting 8 of them all day, and have babysat countless other times on a less long-term basis. A kid doesn't have to be "flailing their limbs all over the place like they're having a seizure" in order to knock something over. They could have just been reaching for ketchup, or reaching to get the chicken if OP hadn't already handed ti to them, or the coffee could have been placed directly beside the chicken, and their arm hit it as they were reaching. If you have never seen a well behaved child knock something over, I'm going to guess that its more likely you've not spent much time around children.

#49 You haven't spent much time around kids, have you? Kids knock stuff over. It happens. It doesn't matter how close or how far you are away. It doesn't matter if you're staring them down or if you're neglecting them. How many times do you knock stuff over? It still happens when you're adult. Uhh, gee, maybe you should have been watching yourself? durp...

Get off your high horse Jamie oliver. She was treating the kid not forcing pizza, chips and burgers down his neck every hour of the day. One treat never hurt anyone.

Eating junk food doesn't make you obese, consuming more energy than you put out is what makes you obese. You can eat strictly at McDonalds and lose weight. do you know nothing about calories? Poor thing...

Yeah, you can lose weight because muscles weigh more than fat. I suggest you watch Super Size Me and get some scales that show your fat, muscle and water percentage. It's much better than just judging the weight.

No no no! Idiot! You are so wrong your wrong is wrong! A pound of muscle and a pound of fat weigh the same! You'd lose the muscle if you didn't keep on top of exercise, but then you'd gain the weight in fat because you're not burning off the calories. Since fat is less DENSE than muscle (meaning a pound of fat takes up more space than a pound of muscle), if they're losing muscle, they won't get any skinnier (which is what most people mean by losing weight, I've noticed). There might be a point where the amount of muscle lost is more than the amount gained in fat, but otherwise, you're not going to be able to eat straight McDonald's every meal and actually lose weight.