Monday, January 29, 2007

worst job ever

On top of my full time summer job, I babysit for extremely rich families who come up to enjoy Tahoe summers. Usually the kids are pretty well behaved and I get paid very well, however I have had a few horror stories. One time I had a job babysitting for six kids. An infant, 4 boys ages 2, 3, 4, and 5 and a 7 year old girl. I've babysat for five kids before, so I thought I could handle it, plus my wages for six kids make it well worth it. The kids seemed fine when I met them, but the second the parents left, they all went crazy. The baby girl literally screamed the entire night. Nothing I did could make her stop screaming. Trying to deal with a screaming baby made it hard to pay attention to four little boys jumping all over the couches and running around the house. I tried to put the baby to bed and she just screamed and cried for HOURS. Two of the boys decided to take the couch apart and use it as a trampoline, which was fun until one of them fell and started screaming as well. The other kids happily watched a movie for most of the night, but when it was time to go to bed, one of the boys was hysterical, crying that he missed his parents. I tryed to get him to calm down for about an hour. FINALLY the parents came home and dealt with their kids. I was so happy to just get my money and get out of there. However, when I got to the car, I saw that they underpaid me by a huge amount! By that time I just wanted to get out of there, so I didn't say anything, but when they called me again for a job, I made sure to say no.

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