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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SAHM mom of a preschooler here. I made an agreement with a very sweet and capable college student to have her babysit for 4 hours each Wednesday this semester so I could have the time to go to appointments and do things without my little one in tow. We agreed upon a pay rate for those 4 hours and it seems like a great situation for us both. One week in, she tells me that her schedule changed and she’ll have to arrive 30-45 minutes later than we’d agreed on going forward. No problem, but it cuts into the 4 hours of babysitting because  at the end of her shift my child heads to his afternoon preschool program. So she can’t stay any later to make up for the 45 minutes. I (perhaps mistakenly) continued to pay her the agreed upon rate even though she’s working closer to 3 hours instead of the agreed upon 4.

This morning she texts me and apologetically says something came up and she’ll be an hour + 15 minutes later than our originally agreed upon start time. I get it - life happens - and it’s not a huge deal. My question is, do I now do the math and pay her less for today’s shift? I’m torn - do t want to feel like a grinch for docking her pay but I’m also not running a jobs program for college students.

How would you handle this?[/quote]

I would start finding someone else. She isn't reliable[/quote]

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