Teen sitter purposely misled me and made me look like the bad guy.
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Anonymous
| She texted saying that she was running late, her mom hadn’t picked her up because there “was an accident”. I was clearly annoyed with her that I would have to make other arrangements and I had several conference calls scheduled. She got to our house about 35 mins after the time we planned for her to be here and I was short with her because of the difficulties. Later on, she tells my DH that she’s sorry again for the disruption because of her mom being in an accident earlier in the day. He told me about it and I feel terrible. Her family lives on our street and i saw her mom going in the house with crutches so i know she’s telling the truth. She phrased it that there was an accident, not that her mom had been rear ended! Now I look like a jerk. What would you do or say in this situation? |
Anonymous
| You should apologize, of course. You were a jerk, probably stressed about your conference calls and weren't thoughtful enough to ask any questions that would have given you more information. You're probably intimidating to the poor girl and she was terrified to tell you she would be late so used as few words as possible. Be more approachable and you'll get more info. |
Anonymous
| Apologize - she didn't "purposefully" mislead you, you guys had a communication issue. You didn't need to be a jerk, frankly. |
Anonymous
| Apologize op. It put it in perspective for you. |
Anonymous
| OP the teen sitter did NOT "purposely misled" you. Geez. |
Anonymous
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btw, I'm concerned about your subject line. Why on earth do you think the sitter purposely misled you? She was probably frazzled because her mom was in an accident!
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Anonymous
| Teenagers are not masters of clear communication. |
Anonymous
| Purposely misled you? Huh? Sounds like it was just a miscommunication. You should apologize and explain that you misunderstood. I would also ask if they needed anything. |
Anonymous
| Being rear ended is the same as “there has been an accident”. I never use the term rear ended because growing up my other was of the mindset to jump to who was at fault if she heard that phrase. |
Anonymous
| When she said there was an accident, did you ask if everyone was okay? |
Anonymous
| How is it safe to have a baby sitter coming to your home right now? |
Anonymous
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You sound stressed and took it out on her. 35 minutes late given the circumstances sounds pretty good. You need to apologize.
But curious where she was that her mom was picking her up (and on crutches). She clearly wasn't home. Is it safe to have a teen in your house who has been out and about? |
Anonymous
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What?? Why int the world do you think she purposely misled you? If she was trying to mislead you it would have been the other way around - thinking that it was a big deal when it really wasn't.
I don't see anything wrong with what she sent and it sounds like you were a jerk when you shouldn't have been. |
Anonymous
You are still blaming her. Stop being a bitch. You could have asked her if everything was okay when she told you that "there was an accident". For me, I would have figured something bad happened. For you, well....you just seem to assume the worse of people and frankly you are still doing it. "Teen sitter PURPOSELY..." Also, your grammar is bad! |
Anonymous
No because I took it to mean her mother was stuck in traffic due to an accident not that she was actually involved in an accident |