Brittany_Lynn
I like dinosaurs :3
ARRRGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! :hair:
In June I started a babysitting job for a young couple, who have a 2 year old and a 5 year old (both boys). The boys were wonderful, and the job was awesome. I was working Tues-Friday, 25+ hours a week, $150 per week no matter the hours. After 2 weeks, the mother pulled me aside and told me that they were having financial problems, and couldn't afford to pay me the $150, so the father was going to take the 5 year old to his business every day, and I would just watch the 2 year old, for $75. I was under the impression this was going to be a one time, one week thing, but the same thing happened the next week.
So the last week in June, on Friday, I left before the father came home (he was in charge of paying me) because I wanted to go home, it had been a long day. July was going to work like this:: The first week in July, I was going to watch the children for one day while the mother had a spa day. Then,when they went on Vacation from July 1st through the 15th, I wouldn't be working until the 15th. I thought we would arrange for me to get paid from the week before on whichever day was the spa day. (interesting that they couldn't afford $150 per week but they went on a 2 week vacation to Canada, and the mother had a spa day, right?)
She changes her mind and decides she will have her mother in law watch the children, because although she has to pay her mother in law (!!!) she doesn't have to pay her *as much* as me.
I realize at this point that I am doing too much work for too little money, and I cannot live off of $75 per week. I told the woman, "I know you and your boyfriend can't afford to pay my bills, obviously that's not fair to you, but I do have bills and I need something that pays more. I'm looking into Temp work, and I have a Temp Job that lasts until the 19th of July, so when you get back from Vacation you'll just need someone to cover those 4 days, at the moment." She was fine with that. Then on the 10th ish of July I sent her a message, even though she was on vacation, saying that I had gotten another temp job that started after the 19th and I wouldn't be able to watch her boys at all until further notice. I remember saying "I will try to get a C shift job so that i can keep watching the boys because they really are a treat to hang out with, but with the economy like it is, I don't know how that will work out."
I didn't get a C shift job, I got a daycare job that I started August 19th or 20th--I don't get paid until September 3rd, though.
So at this point I still hadn't been paid my $75 from the last week in June that I watched their kids. I had to borrow money from my mom to make August Rent, and I've gone on food stamps so I can eat.
On August 10th I sent a polite facebook note (after not recieving replies via text message) asking for my $75 and stating "I can come over or you can put it in the mail, my address is..." She said she would put it in the mail either that Saturday or Monday, at the latest. Friday rolls around, no check.
So on Friday I called the husband and left a message asking for the money.
No reply.
Monday, the 23rd by now, I call him and he says that he gave her the money (they are no longer living together, apparently) and she was supposed to mail it, he was gonna go call her and find out where the money was, and I should call him back in an hour. I did, no answer. I left a message; no return call.
Tuesday night, after waiting all day for a call, I sent this message to the mother of the boys via Facebook::
The PS is what gets me the most!! I GAVE PLENTY OF NOTICE!!! AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!
I did not watch her kids for free, and whatever problems she is having doesn't justify keeping money from me! I know that the 'side note' is just her trying to justify the fact that I haven't been paid yet, adn that I've been lied to and run around the mill, but it is still SO upsetting, and SO tempting to write back and give her a piece of my mind!
But I haven't got my money yet, so I can't do that. I had a long talk with my mom about it, and she took the husbands number and called him from her phone (since he doesn't answer my calls) and told him that she was calling behind my back (so he wouldn't think I was bothering him) to make sure that I was going to get my money.
I guess he is going to put a check in the mail box for me to pick up from their house, but he won't have enough money in the bank until Saturday, so he's going to post-date it for Saturday. :eyeroll:
I put $10 in my car for gas money so I can work my current, PAYING job, so all I have left in my bank account is $2.14. My mom said as soon as she sees the check, she'll give me the $75 if I sign the check over to her (my mom is almost as poor as me, otherwise she'd give me as much money as I needed for my expenses), but WHO KNOWS WHEN THAT WILL BE?!
I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW!!!
I could use some 'Brittany you are totally in the right and that woman is way wrong and I can't believe that she said that about you not giving her enough notice' sort of comments. -sigh-
Oh, and don't worry about me being broke affecting my chinchillas--I have 20# of PSRC and all the hay and dust they could want, so they're set...it's me who isn't, lol.
In June I started a babysitting job for a young couple, who have a 2 year old and a 5 year old (both boys). The boys were wonderful, and the job was awesome. I was working Tues-Friday, 25+ hours a week, $150 per week no matter the hours. After 2 weeks, the mother pulled me aside and told me that they were having financial problems, and couldn't afford to pay me the $150, so the father was going to take the 5 year old to his business every day, and I would just watch the 2 year old, for $75. I was under the impression this was going to be a one time, one week thing, but the same thing happened the next week.
So the last week in June, on Friday, I left before the father came home (he was in charge of paying me) because I wanted to go home, it had been a long day. July was going to work like this:: The first week in July, I was going to watch the children for one day while the mother had a spa day. Then,when they went on Vacation from July 1st through the 15th, I wouldn't be working until the 15th. I thought we would arrange for me to get paid from the week before on whichever day was the spa day. (interesting that they couldn't afford $150 per week but they went on a 2 week vacation to Canada, and the mother had a spa day, right?)
She changes her mind and decides she will have her mother in law watch the children, because although she has to pay her mother in law (!!!) she doesn't have to pay her *as much* as me.
I realize at this point that I am doing too much work for too little money, and I cannot live off of $75 per week. I told the woman, "I know you and your boyfriend can't afford to pay my bills, obviously that's not fair to you, but I do have bills and I need something that pays more. I'm looking into Temp work, and I have a Temp Job that lasts until the 19th of July, so when you get back from Vacation you'll just need someone to cover those 4 days, at the moment." She was fine with that. Then on the 10th ish of July I sent her a message, even though she was on vacation, saying that I had gotten another temp job that started after the 19th and I wouldn't be able to watch her boys at all until further notice. I remember saying "I will try to get a C shift job so that i can keep watching the boys because they really are a treat to hang out with, but with the economy like it is, I don't know how that will work out."
I didn't get a C shift job, I got a daycare job that I started August 19th or 20th--I don't get paid until September 3rd, though.
So at this point I still hadn't been paid my $75 from the last week in June that I watched their kids. I had to borrow money from my mom to make August Rent, and I've gone on food stamps so I can eat.
On August 10th I sent a polite facebook note (after not recieving replies via text message) asking for my $75 and stating "I can come over or you can put it in the mail, my address is..." She said she would put it in the mail either that Saturday or Monday, at the latest. Friday rolls around, no check.
So on Friday I called the husband and left a message asking for the money.
No reply.
Monday, the 23rd by now, I call him and he says that he gave her the money (they are no longer living together, apparently) and she was supposed to mail it, he was gonna go call her and find out where the money was, and I should call him back in an hour. I did, no answer. I left a message; no return call.
Tuesday night, after waiting all day for a call, I sent this message to the mother of the boys via Facebook::
Today I received this reply::
!!!!! :hair: :banghead:
The PS is what gets me the most!! I GAVE PLENTY OF NOTICE!!! AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!
I did not watch her kids for free, and whatever problems she is having doesn't justify keeping money from me! I know that the 'side note' is just her trying to justify the fact that I haven't been paid yet, adn that I've been lied to and run around the mill, but it is still SO upsetting, and SO tempting to write back and give her a piece of my mind!
But I haven't got my money yet, so I can't do that. I had a long talk with my mom about it, and she took the husbands number and called him from her phone (since he doesn't answer my calls) and told him that she was calling behind my back (so he wouldn't think I was bothering him) to make sure that I was going to get my money.
I guess he is going to put a check in the mail box for me to pick up from their house, but he won't have enough money in the bank until Saturday, so he's going to post-date it for Saturday. :eyeroll:
I put $10 in my car for gas money so I can work my current, PAYING job, so all I have left in my bank account is $2.14. My mom said as soon as she sees the check, she'll give me the $75 if I sign the check over to her (my mom is almost as poor as me, otherwise she'd give me as much money as I needed for my expenses), but WHO KNOWS WHEN THAT WILL BE?!
I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW!!!
I could use some 'Brittany you are totally in the right and that woman is way wrong and I can't believe that she said that about you not giving her enough notice' sort of comments. -sigh-
Oh, and don't worry about me being broke affecting my chinchillas--I have 20# of PSRC and all the hay and dust they could want, so they're set...it's me who isn't, lol.
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i'm sorry that they treated you like that! You controlled your temper a lot better than I would've! lol I hope you get your money, she sounds like a -insert creative word here-. 
