No my sitter rate is not $30/hr...

[Anonymous]

First of all, I say ghetto all the time. lol I am not either of the PP who have discussed this yet though.

I can't imagine hiring a sitter, not clarifying that it would be an hour gig and would pay $12, and then actually hand the sitter a ten and two ones. That's like sitting down at a cafe with waiter service, ordering a $3 coffee and tipping 20% (60 cents). The waitress did just as much work as she would have if you would have ordered a more expensive drink, she chatted with you and walked to your table multiple times, give a buck at least!!

[Anonymous]

First of all, I say ghetto all the time. lol I am not either of the PP who have discussed this yet though.

I can't imagine hiring a sitter, not clarifying that it would be an hour gig and would pay $12, and then actually hand the sitter a ten and two ones. That's like sitting down at a cafe with waiter service, ordering a $3 coffee and tipping 20% (60 cents). The waitress did just as much work as she would have if you would have ordered a more expensive drink, she chatted with you and walked to your table multiple times, give a buck at least!!

If you say ghetto all the time, you need to grow up.

You also need to work on your reading comprehension. OP said in her first post that she was hired for an hour. She knew the terms. She also said her rate was $12/hr. These are the facts. This is nothing like waiter service. Waiters don't set the prices and they also provide a service above the actual item ordered at the cafe. Babysitters set their own rates and provide only the service they offer. They should, obviously, set a rate that is worth it to them. But if they fail at that, they have no business whining on a message board.

Grow up, OP.

[Anonymous]

OP was not hired for a specified time. She had no way of knowing she'd only be making $12. The mom should have made that clear or she should have paid an appropriate amount for the hassle. She IS cheap AND manipulative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

First of all, I say ghetto all the time. lol I am not either of the PP who have discussed this yet though.

I can't imagine hiring a sitter, not clarifying that it would be an hour gig and would pay $12, and then actually hand the sitter a ten and two ones. That's like sitting down at a cafe with waiter service, ordering a $3 coffee and tipping 20% (60 cents). The waitress did just as much work as she would have if you would have ordered a more expensive drink, she chatted with you and walked to your table multiple times, give a buck at least!!

If you say ghetto all the time, you need to grow up.

You also need to work on your reading comprehension. OP said in her first post that she was hired for an hour. She knew the terms. She also said her rate was $12/hr. These are the facts. This is nothing like waiter service. Waiters don't set the prices and they also provide a service above the actual item ordered at the cafe. Babysitters set their own rates and provide only the service they offer. They should, obviously, set a rate that is worth it to them. But if they fail at that, they have no business whining on a message board.

Grow up, OP.

I see now that OP did say it was a 1 hour thing in the first post. Op later says "She asked me to come and I did. No time constraints. Then she only needed me for an hour."

OP, which is it?? If it was a planned one hour job then getting $12 makes complete sense in my opinion. You have nothing to complain about. If MB calls and asks "can you come babysit my kids tomorrow from noon til 1?" you need to either accept and realize you'll get your hourly rate ($12) for this job or tell MB that you have a minimum of 3 hours in order to cover travel etc.

But, say you babysit them often and it's always a whole evening (~4 hours) then you get there, they leave, and then come back an hour later. That would have pissed me off and I would have probably mentioned it, or at the very least mention my minimum next time.

[Anonymous]

OP how far away is your commute? Did you drive, get a ride? Not that it makes much of a difference but I'd be kindve annoyed if I drove 20 - 30 minutes for an hour worth of work however, I'm sure you knew it was only going to be one hour and you accepted so not the moms fault.

[Anonymous]

OP here.

-She did not tell me it was for an hour. I stated that she hired me for an hour because that was the outcome.

[Anonymous]

Oh, and to the PP, no I did not know it was an hour, as I have stated before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mother here. If you told her your hourly rate was $12 and she asked you to come for one hour, and then paid you $12 - then it seems like she wasn't intentionally being a cheapskate - she was paying you what you asked.

If you want to establish a minimum that's fine - but you have to be clear and direct about your rate. You can't fault someone for not paying you more - just for kicks - than the rate you quoted.

I won't take a stance on whether $12/hr is sufficient or insulting - I'm just saying that it sounds like you got what you asked for in terms of rate. Was she supposed to read your mind?

It's not about mind reading, it's about common decency.

Then when the person said they needed one hour of care, the OP should have said up front that if its just one hour, the rate is X, or I have x hour minimum.

If I told a sitter I needed one hour and she said her rate was $12, I would give her $12. (Also I used to babysit for $12 an hour)

[Anonymous]

^^ sorry I obviously replied before reading the rest of the thread. In either case I might be annoyed but still wouldn't fault the mom if she thought your rate was $12 an hour she had no way to know that would be different or you had a minimum if it wasn't discussed.